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Mount Sentah A Local Village On Top of The Mount

The Sentah Village situated at Siburan town, my last visit was at year 2010, where I hike up with my aunts. Read the post here . So 9 years later, I revisit the place again, this time, not with my SLR (it was broken in one of my hike to Santubong), with my Olympus TG-5 compact camera, and my Mavic Pro Drone. This is the base of the mount, and there is a stream nearby, I saw many litters there. And strong smell of urine too 😖 After I used my Olympus for more than a year, I still can't really get over with the image quality if I where to compare with my old SLR Nikon D90. But I know the both of them can't be compare like so, but I just can't help it. Really feel the need to get a SLR again, yet my hike most of the time are rugged, humid and damp. SLR still not a good idea, and its heavy too. Coming back to Sentah mount, the big Tapang trees can still be seen, some additional handrail are installed along the trail up to the mountain.  Still c...

Santubong Viewpoint on Summit 4, the Best View on the Santubong Mountain Range

My last hike was about a month ago, ever since no more exercise for me after that. The place that I will go hike its the Summit 4.5 (a view point), it’s a false summit about 200 meter away from the Summit 4. With the height at about 520 meter above sea level. And I have been seeing many people visited this place, all came back with a breathtaking 360 angle view of the mount Santubong surrounding. Therefore, no wonder its being named the best viewpoint on the whole Santubong peninsular.  My team and I gather at about 7am in the morning for breakfast, some of my friends are already on their way to Santubong, while we are still having breakfast. So without waiting any time, we quickly finished ours too, and start our journey. Reached Santubong minutes before 8am, paid our entrance at the Campermai Rainforest Resort. Took a group photo before we begin our hike.  The trail starts at the usual jungle trail at the Permai rainforest resort, at first follow the waterfa...