One of the best place to visit in Santubong without a doubt will be the hidden valley. I visited this place before here, and always wanted to come back again. Notice the trail had change a lot geographically, it seems that the rocks are getting closer with each others, and there are less huge rocks along the trail.
Image capture by my drone, when it reach at about 200 meter of height, it suddenly disconnected 😟 I tried to press on a few button on the remote in hope to regain the connection but fail.
And after a few second, the auto return home was activated, and while it descent to a certain height, i regain the connection again, and quickly land the drone manually. It was a close call ~~~
The Segong river flows out from the Serapi Mountain range, I visited the upriver of Segong area with a couple of hiking friends. And I was blown away by the crystal clear water there. Love it so much.
Its an easy trek as we just hike along the riverbank
Was amaze by some of the red trees along the river bank, its beautiful.
A very wired looking mushroom
Some of the pool are deep, and many small fishes there. It will nibble my legs when I soak my legs in the water.
The Santubong National Park is a good place to explore and seek for adventure, it is a hidden gen waiting to be rediscover again by me. I joined my hiker friend Ian Vong (he own the site My Santubong & Borneo Adventure) to the Santubong lighthouse, which is situated at the tip of the Santubong peninsular.
8.00am - Its an easy trek so far, the trail are clearly marked. The weather are super fine that morning, the sun was covered by clouds. We are hiking next to the coastal line, due to the constant breeze, the wave are big that day.
8.20am - Stop by at a small bay for a short break. And to take some aerial footage. That area are full of plastic waste, all being wash on shore. Its a tragedy to witness this.
This small bay are beautiful, with fresh water flowing from the jungle, and beautiful rocks all over the place. However are the shore it was all covered by plastic waste.
这里有小溪流,漂亮的岩石。美中不足,就是这些塑料废物。我们在次小休,飞无人机摄影。
Some part of the trail require us to walk on the coastal line, the wave are bigger than usual that day. So far my shoes are still dry 😏
有几段路线是要走到海岸边,然后那些大浪就会打上岸边。不过好在我的鞋目前还是干的。
8.45am - Walking on the coastal like is to walk on the big rocks, there are very little sandy beach there at Santubong.
早上八点四十五分。海岸线多数是石头,有大有小。很少见到沙沙的海滩。
9.17am - The roots of the tree grows on the surface of this big rock, imagine how long it takes for the roots to grow there. Nature is amazing.
On the west coast there are a lot of plantation with thorns, spines.
我最最最讨厌的这些荆棘植物,我的衣服就这样完蛋,不时都会勾到这些植物,弄破我的衣服。
9.33am - At Santubong there are many streams big and small. The water are clear, when your on a long trek in Santubong, no need to worry much about drinking water, there are plenty of mineral water here to drink.
早上九点半。山都望到处都是溪流,来这里探险不怕没有水喝。
10am - The wave are still very strong, our initial planning was is its low tide, we can hike along the coastal on the beach where its more easy and faster.
10.24am - For me so far the trail are still easy to hike, and many nice scenery to see along the way.
早上十点半。目前为止路程都还蛮轻松,又有漂亮风景观赏。不错!!!
10.44am - The trail lead to the beach, on the west coast the beach are all rocks.
早上十点四十四分。要绕道海岸边继续。
Some of the rocks are very slippery, I dont want to get injury here, have to pay extra careful when walking on the rocks, good thing I wear the correct shoes today.
有些石头很滑,我不想在这里受伤。无时无刻都很小心的走着下一步。
11.04am - Reach the abandon houses which locate somewhere at the neck of the peninsular. We had our lunch, and a few minutes break. I drone for a while here, and you can checkout my video here.
Unfortunately after this point onward, I did not manage to take anymore photos, because my camera had contact with the sea water while navigating along the rocks 😱 I can't turn on my camera, my Nikon D90. Feel very sad.... should get a waterproof camera next.
2.38pm - After about 7 hours, we manage to reach the lighthouse. Its a solar power lighthouse. I'm so happy that I made it here.
下午两点半。经过七个小时的徒步,终于到达目的地。这个是一个由太阳能运作的灯塔。
4.30pm - The lighthouse is situated at Tanjung Sipang, the wave are constantly hitting the coast shore. And by the time our boat reach to pick us, we are had some trouble on getting from shore to the boat. Ian had tried to kayak to the boat a few time, but fail. At last he suggest that we hike east about 2 kilometer away to reach to a place where there are smaller wave for us to board the boat. But do you think that place is safe for us to get to our boat? check out my video here.