Trip Kak Long: Melangkap Campsite Aug 17

Bismillah...

During our trip to Sipadan, we decided to have at least a monthly activity. So to keep the momentum up, I quickly suggested a camping trip to somewhere in Kota Belud, which was about an hour drive from KK. I saw bff RM posted her hiking and camping pics on IG and asked about the details. It was nearby and very cheap, so why not?

I made a booking with the campsite right away and confirmed the hiking (which was organized by another party) about a week before our camping date. There were 3 packages and it was very hard for us to choose. But, it was raining throughout the week and we were left only with one accessible hiking trail so we end up doing the '4 in 1' package.

For the second time, we started with dramas. I can't find chicken wings to marinate the night before!!! I searched in all supermarkets around Putatan which usually have fresh chicken wings but there were NONE when I needed them the most. We were late the next day because I had to rush to Tamu to get some. The good side of it, the chicken wings in Tamu were so0o0o0 big!

AS had to back off at the last minute because he had food poisoning and to make matters worse; the bridge that connects the main road to where our hike starts was badly damaged and the village's cell tower was struck by lightning the night before and we can't contact our guide that morning.

At first, we were really clueless of how to get ourselves to the other side. NN approached one of the worker that was repairing the bridge and he let us through! Surprisingly, the bridge was already 'straightened' that evening after we finished hiking. But I thought it was scarier that evening when we had to slowly slide our feet on the steel slab thingy with nothing to hold on. At least when it was  tilted, we have the handrails to hold on to.

Our next challenge was to find our hiking guide. EVJ and I went to a villager's house to ask and this pakcik was kind enough to bring EVJ to where the guide's HQ was located with his motorcycle. Fortunately, the guide was also looking for us. The guide and EVJ passed each other not long after this pic was taken so EVJ went back to us and we rode the guide's 4WD to the starting point.

I don't have pictures of the trail but THE TRAIL WAS AWESOME!!!!! I highly recommend you to try it. It's easy, you don't have to train or be fit to be able to do it. The special thing about it is the surprising encounters along the way. We were told there will be caves along the way so in my mind it might be the ordinary caves like those I went into before. But actually these caves were big boulders that have narrow openings underneath them; big enough to fit an adult. The first one had water flowing in it, but we were able to keep ourselves dry because we were walking on rocks. But there was no way to stay dry at the second one, we had to squat walk under the boulder with the water at neck level and at the end of this one were 2 small waterfalls! The third one was the narrowest of all that we were crawling inside. The largest was the last one.

Happy faces post hiking!

Showing off our certificates

We had lunch at the last waterfall where there was a nice hut with a table and benches made of bamboo. We spent an hour dipping at the waterfall and also sliding down a rock slab. Hehe we actually saw this kid splashing water on the slab and later sliding down on it. Jealous pulak!

I don't have pics of us setting up the tent

It was a wise decision to set up our tents after the hike since it rained while we were hiking. If we did, our tents might have been wet when we got back. We were busied setting up our stuffs that we don't have pictures. Most of that night's moments were recorded in short videos on IG.

We divided our tasks beforehand; siap ada AJK! We had chicken, prawn and lamb bbq that night and they tasted soooo good because it was left for so long. And we also had carbonara spaghetti because that was the easiest one I could think of. We were already tired that night so we just star gaze and chat after dinner.

Our breakfast prepared by by AJK breakfast! A huge and delicious one indeed~

DC, our AJK Game, brought a different game for this trip and below is a picture during briefing. We look so attentive, don't we?

In this game, each of the player will be given roles based on the card that they picked. Two of the players will be the Werewolves and the rest will either be villagers or special beings with powers. The Werewolves will pick who they want to kill while all the others close their eyes. And then when everybody open their eyes, they have to decide who are the two wolves.

It was so funny playing with them. Ada roh2 yang tak tenang... sudah kena bunuh pon mengganggu permainan hahahaha

Another dip in the river before we head back home. Akinabalu hidden behind those clouds

Counting weeks until the next one, inshaAllah!

The contact for Melangkap Polumpung Campsite

012-871 5576 (Whatsapp)

Although you can just walk-in but it's better to book in advance especially if you have stuffs that you want to rent from them like the canopy or bbq set.

For the guide, NariouCraft and Eco Tourism-  014-572 0134