Run-site: Lata Gapi Waterfall, close to Antara Gapi (just beyond Serendah)
Travel Time: 40-60 minutes
Date: Sunday 7th August, 2022
Hares: Muyang Niu (new hare!)
Assisted by: Lucas, Marcus and Oscar
Registration: 1:30 onwards
Run Starts at: 2:00 pm
This month’s run is at the Lata Gapi waterfall, close to the Antara Gapi housing estates, just beyond Serendah town, and easily accessible from any part of KL in well under an hour.
This is a popular destination for families, and all kids love to play in the waterfall. As always, please take care when hopping around the wet rocks, especially with the littlest hashers.
The run-site is at the ‘trailhead’, with plenty of parking, and then it’s around 2.5km to the waterfall – mostly on a very easy trail, but getting a little technical at the end as we walk up the stream. Then it’s a similar distance back along the same trail.
So it’s a bit longer than our normal ‘short trail’ – obviously you could turn back early to do a short run, but the waterfall is definitely worth a longer run/walk.
There will be hotdogs and cold drinks, as usual, but they won’t be at the parking area – they’ll be a few hundred metres further in, close to a stream, to enable kids to play in the water after the main part of the run.
So it’s going to be a fun afternoon for the whole family – remember to bring some pocket money on the run with you, plus spare clothes so you can change back at the car.
Don’t forget that the hot-dogs and drinks will be a few hundred metres along the trail, near the stream, instead of at the parking. So you will want to take some cash with you on the trail, or you will only be able to gaze longingly at the hot dogs and cold drinks!
We will remind you about this at registration 🙂
PLEASE remember to register BEFORE the run, at our registration desk (no need to message us in advance!). Members just mark the registration sheet, and guests must fill in kids’ details (plus a phone number) on the guest sheet, and pay the guest fees of RM10 per kid (aged up to 18). There is no cost for adults, or for babies who are too young to even toddle around the trail.
EVERYONE (members and guests) who signs in must also sign out AFTER the run, so we know that nobody is lost. Sign-in will happen at the parking area, but sign-out will happen at the drinks stop on the way back.
Directions
GPS coordinates for where we turn off the main Antara Gapi road are 3.422536, 101.646651
You can get there from two directions:
– if you go up the B23 Batu Dam road, via the Batu Caves area, then you will turn left at the Hulu Selangor Science School, which has a new housing development on the corner, towards Antara Gapi. Then continue 2.4km, passing lakes on both sides of the road, and turn left onto a track.
– if you go via Rawang or Sungei Buaya or the scenic Rawang bypass, you’ll be heading North on old highway 1, and then you turn right to Antara Gapi (traffic light junction with some colourful shops on the left, including Mr DIY). Drive about 2.6km up the Antara Gapi road, and just past a turning to some empty new houses on the right you’ll see a right turn onto a track.
KLJHHH signs should be visible from both directions, to ensure that you find the correct turning.
From that point, drive straight along the track for about 600 metres, and then turn left and go another 100 metres to find our registration desk.
You can follow one of these links on your phone, to find the point where we turn off the Antara Gapi road, and then you should watch out for KLJHHH signs:
The track is suitable for all cars and there should be plenty of space to park.
On On!
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