Run-site: the forest of Bundoora (near Hulu Yam Baru)
Travel time: allow 90 minutes,
Run starts: 3pm (please be there early to register and warm up)
Hares: Sankey family
Co-Hare: Scourse family
Hot-dogs (made from premium halal sausages) and drinks will be on sale, unless you prefer to bring your own picnic.
Directions:
If using Waze, ask it to take you to ‘Jalan Kampung Ulu Kalong’, and then just watch for KLJHHH signs (with our yellow bunny logo).
Option #1: SCENIC ROUTE VIA BATU CAVES (fastest from Eastern/Central KL)
To start:
EITHER
(a) Get onto Jalan Kuching North from KL, and take the 3 o’clock exit Batu at the Batu Caves/Kepong Roundabout;
OR
(b) Get onto the MRR2 from Sungai Buloh, etc. and head towards Batu Caves. Watch out for the junction with Jalan Kuching, with signs for Ipoh
Trip meter when going roumd/past junction of MRR2 and Jalan Kuching / old highway 1 to Ipoh.
Then:
km 0.5 Exit left on the first exit after the roundabout/junction, as you approach Batu Caves (big golden statue, etc.)
km 1.2 turn left again, and get into right hand lane.
km 1.9 Turn right at the traffic lights with the Mosque on your right, and head straight through Selayang town,
km 6.0 Go past the Petronas on the left and then
km 6.5 Turn right onto old reservoir road (B57), following signs to Ulu Yam.
Proceed about 21km until you come to a bridge and a T-junction
Cross a bridge, and turn LEFT at T-junction, into Ulu Yam Baru town
go slowly into Ulu Yam town, turn RIGHT after 7-11, signposted towards “Genting Highlands” (B113)
after about 500 meters, pass Police Station on left.
immediately look for right turn, amd turn RIGHT at sign “Amber Stone Resort” (also signs for other resorts, and hopefully a KLJHHH sign).
This is Jalan Kampung Ulu Kalong.
drive about 1.5km slowly through Kampung Ulu Kalong (many children, dogs, frogs, chickens etc playing)
Look for Bundoora Sdn Bhd Sign, and turn Left to Bundoora.
Cross bridge, enter Bundoora Ranch, Keep Right
Follow KLJHHH signs for at least 1km of estate track (suitable for all vehicles), past the old ranch, to the parking area in the shady palm trees, near a hot spring
Option #2: VIA NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY
Get onto the N-S highway, via either:
the NKVE, from PJ/Damansara
or
Jalan Duta, from KL or Mont Kiara
Head North and take exit 117, for Sungei Buaya (this is the new-ish exit between Rawang R&R and Bukit Beruntung)
After the toll, turn left at the traffic lights
Go straight (windy road) for just over 2km until you reach traffic lights
Turn right at the lights, towards Serendah/Rawang
Drive straight for about 3km, passing the Perodua factory, until you hit the old highway 1 at Sungei Choh
Keep in the far left lane (there is usually a queue to turn right) and turn left towards Serendah / KKB / Ipoh
Drive for about 10km until you see a traffic-light junction with colourful new (mostly empty) shop-lots on your left
Get into the right-hand lane, and turn right at the lights, into Antara Gapi
Drive all the way along Persiaran Antara Gapi (about 5km)
At the t-junction with the Ulu-Yam – Batu Caves road, turn left
Proceed a few km until you cross a bridge and come to a T-junction
Cross a bridge, and turn LEFT at T-junction, into Ulu Yam Baru town
go slowly into Ulu Yam town, turn RIGHT after 7-11, signposted towards “Genting Highlands” (B113)
after about 500 meters, pass Police Station on left.
immediately look for right turn, amd turn RIGHT at sign “Amber Stone Resort” (also signs for other resorts, and hopefully a KLJHHH sign).
This is Jalan Kampung Ulu Kalong.
drive about 1.5km slowly through Kampung Ulu Kalong (many children, dogs, frogs, chickens etc playing)
Look for Bundoora Sdn Bhd Sign, and turn Left to Bundoora.
Cross bridge, enter Bundoora Ranch, Keep Right
Follow KLJHHH signs for at least 1km of estate track (suitable for all vehicles), past the old ranch, to the parking area in the shady palm trees, near a hot spring
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