#17 Hiking Trails in Malaysia · 2026
Gunung Korbu
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🥾 Hiking Trails
Why go
Perak's highest peak and the second highest in Peninsular Malaysia, for serious jungle trekkers only. It demands multi-day planning and respect.
⭐ Don't miss: The summit camp and mossy ridgeline
- Entry fee
- Two permits required (state Forestry + Lembaga Air Perak dam); MGP guide mandatory
- Opening hours
- Perak forest reserve trails closed 2 Nov to 17 Jan (monsoon); open mainly Mar-Oct (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Dry season
- Time needed
- 2-3 days
- How to get there
- 4WD to the trailhead from Tapah; arrange via licensed guide.
- Address
- Gunung Korbu, Kampung Poh, 35000 Tapah, Perak
- Area
- Sungai Kinjang, Tapah, Perak
- Facilities
- 🧭 guided tours
- Muslim-friendly
- No surau confirmed on site
Surau/halal options not confirmed by JAKIM at the trailhead; check locally. - Accessibility
- Not accessible
- Kids
- Not suitable for children
☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.
- Requires state forestry and other permits plus a licensed guide
- leeches
- remote
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Gunung Brinchang
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Cameron Highlands' highest point, with cool mossy forest and a proper trail from town to the summit.
Don't miss: Mossy forest near the summit
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Don't miss: Strawberries and fried chicken
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