Mount Banang — Local services in Johor

Last week me and my aunts went to climb Mountain Banang. You can park your car where the red arrow pointed, it is like a small side parking area. The moment that we start climbing this mountain, we already feel pressured due to road steepness. The locals told us that the road is around 3km, but most of them are just climbing up. During around 1.2km, we found another trail to another spot, the jogger told us not to go there because that path is very dark and there is no clear sign for people to walk. Around 2.2km, we spot a bus stop that acts as a resting place. We even joke about when the bus is coming to pick us up. Throughout the journey, you can see many fauna and monkeys, which I recommend steer away from because they usually show up in packs. We took around two hours, with multiple rest, to reach the top, which ended up at the radio tower. We didn't have the time to look at the view because it was getting late. We spent around one and half hours going down because we needed to control our speed and maintain balance. Although the journey is hard at the beginning, but after reaching the top, it was totally worth it for...

Straightforward climb up of about 420m height and distance of 3km (one way) and it is all paved road. Average person can likely climb up in an hour and down maybe in another 40 minutes. There were monkeys and dogs along the path but they were generally quite passive. Can park at the base of the hill or at the restaurant beside, don’t make the same mistake as me and drive half way up the hill as it is difficult to make a u turn back down. Top of the hill is fenced off so no...

🔺Bukit Banang. Location: Batu Pahat, Johor. Ketinggian: 427 mtr dari aras laut. Difficulty: Easy. (2/10 if guna jalan tarmac road only); Moderate. (3/10 if guna jalan denai).

Tiada sebarang penanda puncak ditemui di puncak Bukit Banang. Bukit Banang telah dijadikan sebagai sebuah stesen pencawang sehingga kini.

Jarak perjalanan ke puncak Bukit Banang dari starting point adalah dalam sekitar 3km +/-. Terdapat beberapa pondok atau rest point di sediakan pada sekitar laluan track Bukit Banang.

Bukit Banang juga berdekatan dengan beberapa puncak disekitarnya seperti Bukit Segenting, Bukit Sinding, Bukit Soga dan Bukit Penggaram.

Laluan track jalan tar ke puncak Bukit Banang tidak dikenakan bayaran permit (F.O.C).. Walau bagaimanapun sekiranya guna track denai ke Bukit Banang dikenakan bayaran permit Rm10/seorang sebab dah masuk ke kawasan Hutan Simpanan Kekal (HSK) Bukit...