Bukit Engu Busu standing 331.4m, is the highest hill around Lumut. It is named after a Selangor royalty, Raja Engku Busu who was invited by the Sultan of Perak to eliminate the rampant sea piracy during the 1800’s. Unfortunately, he failed his mission and was killed.
The access road to the trail head is positioned opposite Lumut Polis Station which is easily located along the same road as Orient Star Hotel.
Starting at 4.30 p.m. at an elevation of 70m, we took about 40 minutes to scale to the viewpoint at 320m which offers a fantastic aerial angle view of the Lumut Naval Dockyard and the sea. The trail is steep and challenging to climb. Occasionally, we have to go on fours and clamber over huge and mossy boulders. Fortunately, there were strong cable ropes along difficult sections of the trail. Descending was equally tough given the wet condition of the heavily eroded trail crisscrossed with exposed roots.
En route to Lumut we did several pit stops to sample the local fares. The first stop was at Sekinchan Wins Restaurant to sample the popular pan mee followed by Sitiawan Restoran Bei King for the red wine chicken mee sua and sweet sour fish maw. Nearer Lumut, we tasted the famous ice cendol in front of an Indian temple along Jalan Lumut.
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