BUKIT GASING FOREST PARK - A CITY JUNGLE TRAIL

    Bukit Gasing Forest Park is a hiking trail that located in the middle of the city. Bukit Gasing is located between the border of Petaling Jaya, Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and it also connected to Bukit Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur which has created two entrances to enter Bukit Gasing Forest Park. Main entrance to Bukit Gasing is located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor while the other entrance is from Bukit Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur. The origin of Bukit Gasing is actually a rubber plantation estate but has turned into a citizen’s favorite jungle escape. Since this forest park is near to the residential area, we can find the Chinese people bring their dogs hiking together in Bukit Gasing.

    Bukit Gasing consists of 100 hectares’ area with 160 meters high of the top hill. It takes only half an hour or 45 minutes to reach at the top but since there are variety of trails that you can use to reach at the top, you may take few hours to explore through the forest. The maps of the trails also can be downloaded in our smartphone to prevent us to get lost in the forest. There are many beautiful scenery and landmarks that you can find when you go through all the trails there.

Highlight and Landmarks of Bukit Gasing Forest Park

1. Steel Bridge

• Steel bridge can be found only when you enter through Bukit Keranchi entrance.

      2. Hindu Temple (Siva Temple)

• Hindu temple is located in a remote area in Bukit Gasing. Visitor need to be careful to find their way to this temple and can ask the other hikers to not get astray.

      3. Streams

• There are a few streams and wooden bridges that can be found in this area especially on your way to the Hindu temple.

      4. Instaworthy Abandoned Bungalow

• From the entrance, you can found a few abandoned bungalows that can be a spot to capture your memories. Usually visitor will never forget to record the memories there.

      5.      Suspension Bridge

• Suspension Bridge have been the main attraction in Bukit Gasing. This is because one of the trail to hike to the top hill is they need to pass through the suspension bridge which so narrow and only few people can go through in one time. It added one more adventure point for people who love to do adventurous activity.

    Bukit Gasing is suitable for those people who want to have a good exercise and test their own fitness during their leisure time. Bukit Gasing have different trails that have different level of difficulty. Since the highest point of the top hill is just 160 meters, it has been called as a baby hill by Malaysian standards but it’s adventurous because there are few steep slopes in this area including Abu Baker Slope. It can give good adventure experience for those people who like to challenge their self, and also it has different scenery when you walk more in the park. It’s really recommended for people who visit Bukit Gasing to take some time and go throughout the area and enjoy the scenery there.

Prepared by FATIN FASIHAH BINTI MOKHTAR (H18A0119)