Gunung Banang Hiking Trip (14th March 2020) & Gunung Banang Song.

Gunung Banang is located in Batu Pahat, Johor.
The peak is about 430 metre in height.

To climb this mountain, you can follow the paved road built by Telekom Malaysia to access its telecommunication tower. The distance to the top is about 2.9 km. You can read this blog on this hiker's experience in hiking up this paved road.

However, we did not take this paved road. We took the more adventurous route to climb this mountain. This jungle trail is more challenging and I have to admit, I almost gave up. While the hike is not the highest I have ever climbed, this is the most challenging as the trail was very steep all the way; between 60 to 80 deg steepness all the way.
(Google map video of the route that we took.)

But I made it in the end.

View of Selat Melaka, Batu Pahat River and Minyak Beku.

 

 

Batu Pahat town.

Dari secawan kopi aku belajar erti
pahit manisnya sebuah kehidupan
(and the bittersweet success of hiking up a mountain).

Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup.

Batu Gajah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gunung Banang is also immortalised in a classic Malay Asli song, titled, "Gunung Banang", of course.

Enjoy the song.

Lyrics:
Gununglah Banang,
Gunung Banang,
Tinggilah menawan,
Ahai...
Tinggi menawan,
Nampaklah lagi
Gununglah Soga
Ahai...
Gununglah Soga
2X

Bila ku pandang
Wajahmu Puan
Bagai ku pandang
Pintunya syurga
Ahai...
Pintunya syurga
2X
Selat Melaka
Selat Melaka
Airnya tenang
Ahai...
Airnya tenangBanyaklah perahu
Perahu Bugis
Ahai...
Perahu Bugis
 
 
Bila terpandang
Wajahmu Puan
Hati yang sedih
Terus menangis
Ahai...
Terus menangis