Mulu Pinnacle View Point at Gunung Api | UNESCO World Heritage Area | Mulu National Park | Post 2 of 2

The Mulu Pinnacle is the most famous spot in the Mulu National Park, due to the sharp looking rock pinnacle on the 1200m ASL viewpoint, its a wonder of nature. 

My friends and I just finished our Mount Mulu Summit climb yesterday, and we continue our adventure again today to the Mulu Pinnacle. This is the life, I get to do the things that I like on day to day basis. I'm so lucky. Adventure never stop!

If your going to hike to the pinnacle soon, I can assure you that this is an easy hike. All you need to do its have a heavy breakfast in the morning, so that you will have enough food to burn into energy.

Well, that's how I felt that morning during my hike, the weather are fine, and birds are singing, my friends are cracking jokes along the way, I don't feel tired at all..well maybe a little bit. 😏

The trail are nicely marked with red paint, but regardless of that, we are not permitted to climb the Pinnacles unaccompanied, must have a licensed guide to bring us there.

limestone rock are everywhere, but because many people had trek here, so the trail are consider stable. Anyway, there are still loose rocks, so better be careful than sorry.

This is at about 900m ASL, the mini pinnacle, we had a quick break here for picture.

Here its about 600m ASL, saw the first batch of hikers left some of their bottle of water here. They did so because after their descent, they will still have water to drink. For me, I bring about 1.5 litter of water. The guide will advice you to bring from 2 - 3 litters of water. 

Here is the first ladder, about 1000m ASL. Its all climbing after this, many vertical rock faces. You will need all 4 limbs to help you get up.

The rope had been bolted nicely on the rock, it looks very stable to be. 

This morning we start at 06.30am, and reached at 10.00am. A total of 3 hours 30 min, 2.4km to the view point at 1200m ASL. 

A panoramic view over the pinnacle

I'm so hungry, this is the packed lunch prepare by my guide. 

The descend its a bit challenging compare to ascend, you need to descent slowly, plan your steps wisely to even the weight so that your knee will not get huge amount of pressure. Remember, protect your knees because there are still many mountain to climb in the future 💪😀 

Things to Bring:

Food

water 2-3 litter

Rain coat

I don't recommend to bring hiking stick, not suitable in this terrain.

Some of the scars and bruises I get on climbing both Mulu Summit, and the Pinnacle

I've got 😁 a certificate issue by the Mulu National Park

From Camp 5 to Pinnacle View Point Start Time: 06.30am  End Time: 10.00am  Total Time:3 hrs 30 min Distance: 2.4km Mulu Pinnacle Exploration Complete Posts
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Its a sunny morning, I was accompany by my friends Ah Loong, Ah O, and Ben to go to the Mulu Pinnacle. The river its the only route for us to reach the trail head.

The first stage is a 1-2 hour boat trip along the Melinau River to Kuala Litut, along the way we stop by the Penan village, and the clear water cave. There are so many tourist at the Penan village, I saw one old lady are using a baby carrier made by rattan and bamboo carrying a baby, this makes me thing of both my little girl and boy back home, I always use the carrier to carry them.

Weather had gone from a sunny day to a cloudy day, and start to rain eventually. 

Some part of the the Melinau river are shallow, so our boatman had to push the boat for it to move forward.

The trail head to Camp 5, I just finished my hike to Mount Mulu summit yesterday, and have a few blisters on both of my feet. So today I need to use my sandals to trek. 

There are two overhead suspension bridge to cross, and this is the first one at about 1km from the trail head (Kuala Litut). This is the Melinau river as well, if the water level is high enough, the boat can go all the way from park HQ to Camp 5. But I prefer this way on doing the trekking, more fun. 

Here is the 2nd suspension bridge to cross at about 4.7km from the trail head. This bridge is bigger than the first one.

A bird eyes view on part of the Melinau river.

Still 4km to go for us to reach camp 5, I meat a few porters came from camp 5 direction. They are the team who carry food and luggage to camp 5, drop it there, and return to park HQ the same day.

The sharp rock formation, this is what I will be expecting tomorrow to the pinnacle view point.

Crystal clear water, the Melinau river.

After 2 hours and 20 mins, finally we reached camp 5.

Being welcome by Mount Benarat at a height of 1400m ASL

The side map signboard in from of Camp 5, and what interest me the most is the Head hunter trail to Kuala Terikan at 11km then to Limbang. Hope I can trek this trail in the future.

First night, we stayed in room 3, together with another group of hikers from Penang.

After the 9km hike, hunger kicks in. Here you can either buy food from the kitchen, or bring your own snacks. I recommend you bring your own food like bred, buns, or some instance noodles. So you can cook here. You can also refill your drinking water for free here. 

That's the kitchen, for us, its all included in our tour package, so while waiting for our guide to prepare dinner. We then went for a swim at the river near the helipad. 

The water is cleaner here compare the one near camp 5, super cold water. And the water current are strong at the middle of the river. 

We tidy up our bag, as tomorrow we will depart at about 6.30am. And will move to room 5, friends shared a few haunted story about room 5, lets see if I will have any special encounter or not while I sleep there tomorrow night.

Before I came here, my guide told me to bring insect repellent. So luckily we did, because many flying insect at night. At night, its ok to just sleep with a normal blanket or sleeping bag, not that freezing. But since we're sleeping with other people, so get ready to enjoy the snoring sound at night. Not necessary to rent the mosquito net, like us we didn't use any. So its up to you 😉

The toilet are super clean. You can have your shower there, and also wash your clothes there. After that you can dry your clothes outside here.

This is how the kitchen of camp 5 looks like. Its well equipped with cooking utensil, and have lighting, not sure where is the power coming from, because I did not hear any noise of generator. Guess it might be from the solar panel then.

Had our wonderful dinner at camp 5, together with my friend. L-R: Wilson Chin (me), Ben, Loong, Ah O.

While my stay in camp 5, I am fortunate enough to meet the team from BBC documentary. Both of them take part on making the Planet Earth documentary series, which is one of my favorite documentary of all time.

The beautiful moountain Mount Mulu range

From Kualu Litut to Mulu Camp 5 Distance: 9.7 km Start Time: 01.50 pm End Time: 04.10 pm  Total Time: 02 Hrs 20 min Mulu Pinnacle Exploration Complete Posts
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