#4 Hiking Trails in Malaysia · 2026
Gunung Tahan
🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🥾 Hiking Trails
Why go
Peninsular Malaysia's highest peak at 2,187m and a bucket-list expedition, a week-long trek through Taman Negara.
⭐ Don't miss: Reaching the summit above the clouds
- Entry fee
- Park entry RM1 per person; licensed guide mandatory (guide fees from PERHILITAN/Kuala Tahan park office)
- Opening hours
- Seasonal; check closures with PERHILITAN (one report of closure until Feb 2026) (check before you go)
- Best time to go
- Dry season
- Time needed
- 7-9 days
- How to get there
- Guided trek from Kuala Tahan; book through Taman Negara/PERHILITAN.
- Address
- Taman Negara Pahang, 27000 Jerantut, Pahang
- Area
- Taman Negara, Kuala Tahan, Pahang
- 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
☪️ 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.
- Licensed guide and permit compulsory
- strictly regulated
- park closed until Feb 2026
- leeches
- remote
Also nearby
Taman Negara Pahang (Kuala Tahan)
🌳 National Parks & Rainforest · Kuala Tahan, Jerantut, Pahang
One of the world's oldest rainforests, around 130 million years old, with a canopy walkway, river boat rides to rapids and hide spots for wildlife. Stay in Kuala Tahan village, take guided night walks and cross the river by boat for the park office.
Don't miss: The canopy walkway and Lata Berkoh boat trip
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