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Tanjung Datu Mountain Range Exploration | Mount Melano | Mount Batu Datu | Lighthouse at tip of Borneo | Coastal Line Trail

Where is Tanjung Datu National Park? Situated at the far end of the Borneo island (left), its the smallest and the most beautiful national park in Sarawak. I visited this national park on year 2015, you can read the story here .   I was being invited to join a group of hiking friends to hike along the mountain range start from Park HQ - Belian Trail - Mt Melano summit - Mt Batu Datu summit - Lighthouse of Sarawak & Indonesia - Tip of Borneo - Pasir Beruput Beach - Follow the coastal line - Pasir Antu Laut trail - Telok Labuan Gadong - back to Park HQ, total distance its about 20km, 17 hours to complete one big loop. Day 1 My packing list for this trip A thirst for adventure 35 litter hiking backpack Hammock Rain coat 2 sets of long clothes 1 set of long pant 1 Undergarment 1 big micro fiber towel 1 pair of socks 1 addidas climacool shoes 3 litters Water bladder 1 small micro fiber towel Headlight Camping light Water filter...

Hose Mountain - Pancur Gelanggang Waterfall Exploration Ulu Kapit - Part 2 of 2

好山行记 - 加帛内陆, 高 三百米的 GELANGGANG 瀑布 - 下篇 I get to know about Hose Mountain when I was searching in YouTube on the mountain expedition in Borneo, and saw one of the search results are " Hose Mountain Expedition " it was a documentary by Mr  Stewart McPherson , he has his own expedition company called  Redfern Natural History Productions . I actually follow his work few year ago on the pitcher plant of Borneo. He had travel to many parts of Sarawak, Sabah, Borneo than any other local does.  It trigger my curiosity to search where is this mountain located, so I start to dig deeper, and later found out that it was in Kapit, Sarawak.  The town of Kapit is currently difficult to access by land, and the only easy way in is by boat. I start to collect information on how to get there, where to stay, and who to contact. It took me quite sometime to collect all the information, I'm very lucky that I get to know a few people who been there before, and manage to collec...