Kg Raja to Gua Musang 17/4/85 - 24/4/85

Expedition Leader - Zaharan Razak
Route Plan:
Day 1 : Kg Raja to Blue Valley Tea Estate. Continue for another 30mins to Penangau where is an overnight camp.

Day 2 : Penangau (4,800ft) to Fort Brooke (1,961ft) 5 hours, 17km. Clear track. Going down most of the way. Camp at Fort Brooke. Orang Asli village with school and clinic, also Army checkpoint. Penghulu Alang Inchah Bin Busu.

Day 3 : Fort Brooke to Mengrod (978ft) 4 hours 12km. Both difficult and easy sections encountered along this route. Slippery, pacat can be found. Mengrod is another OA village. Penghulu Mentri Awol Bin Kechik.

Day 4 : Mengrod to Reloi (700ft) 4 hours. Difficult section of 12km. Many ascents and descents. Predators frequent this section. Reloy is also a OA village. Penghulu Yaman bin Pandak.

Day 5: Reloy to K. Mering(650ft). 4 hours 9km. Another difficult section with ups and downs. No accommodation at Mering. OA hands to prepare bamboo rafts here. They are to be hired for the work in advance. Liase thru JOA in Tanah Rata.

Day 6 : Kuala Mering to Pos Belau. 35km by raft, whole day. Watch out for a stretch of spectacular and dangerous rapids called Jeram Gajah!. The OA raft makers will travel back from Belau to Mering by boat. School, clinic, army post at Belau. Penghulu Angah bin Jagah.

Day 7 : Post Belau to Kuala Betis. 30km 3 hrs by boat. JOA post here. Adequate facilities like a Rest House here. Kuala Betis is at the confluence of Sg Betis and Sg Berok where they form the Sg. Nenggiri which in turn flows into the Sg Kelantan.

Day 8 : Kuala Betis to Gua Musang. 34km by Land Rover. Overnight train back to KL.

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