#26 Hiking Trails in Malaysia · 2026
Gunung Pulai Recreational Forest
🌺🌺🌺 Worth the Detour · 🥾 Hiking Trails
Why go
Johor's most popular day hike for people from JB and Singapore. Pick the paved rail trail for an easy walk or head up the jungle trail for waterfalls and a summit view.
⭐ Don't miss: Gunung Pulai waterfall pools
- Entry fee
- RM5 permit per person on some routes, plus parking
- Opening hours
- Daily (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Dry months
- Time needed
- 3-5 hours
- How to get there
- Drive about 40 minutes from JB; Grab possible.
- Address
- Hutan Lipur Gunung Pulai, 81000 Kulai, Johor
- Area
- Pulai, Kulai, Johor
- Facilities
- 🚻 toilets🅿️ paid parking
- Muslim-friendly
- 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Surau nearby; halal certification not verified. - Accessibility
- Paved portions partly accessible
- Kids
- Easier routes are family friendly
☪️ 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.
- Slippery trails, leeches, wet-season floods
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LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort
🎢 Theme Parks · Medini, Iskandar Puteri, Johor
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Don't miss: Miniland Malaysia, built from millions of bricks
LEGOLAND Water Park Malaysia
🌊 Water Parks · Medini, Iskandar Puteri, Johor
Brick-themed water park with a wave pool, lazy river and a LEGO-ish splash zone. Gentle and made for little kids.
Don't miss: The Build-A-Raft River adventure
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