Hiking from Teluk Batik to Teluk Rubiah

There are days I really enjoy what I am doing, like hiking from Teluk Batik to Teluk Rubiah. Today was such a day. Why? Mr. Goh invited me to have a nice little trek behind Teluk Batik. I knew Teluk Batik as a very popular beach destination for the local people. However, Mr. Goh also does a lot of his work for his Explore the Wilderness teambuilding there. And, he wanted to show me why he used Teluk Batik very much.

So, at 5pm he picked me up at my home in Sitiawan and we drove to Teluk Batik. Somewhere else on this website I told you already about Teluk Batik, check that page here.

Mr. Goh told me there were paths that connected Teluk Batik to Teluk Rubiah, that other good (though private) beach near Lumut. Now I was for some time already suspecting there were paths between the two beaches but for all kinds of reasons I had not found the time to sort this out. Therefore Mr. Goh's invitation came at the right moment.

We parked the car at Teluk Batik and walked into the hills. Almost directly I saw two different paths, we took one that went steep up. Almost directly I felt we were "as far from civilization as one can imagine.

There was no other sound then the sound of the surrounding jungle and our breathing. Even the birds made more noise then our breathing. The path swindled up and down and there were a few smaller paths directing to the nearby Straights of Malacca.

When we climbed up we got a better view over the surrounding areas. In fact, what I saw was a sort of ravine. It looked as if the Ice-age here had left it's trail, like one can see in some European countries.

However, this ravine was manmade. In the late 60's the Sultan of Perak had the idea to build a road between Teluk Batik and Teluk Rubiah. Despite the fact the local government had no money to spend on this project, the construction work began.

After some time the work stopped because there was no money and the construction was left to the jungle. The road would never be finished. Instead, the jungle now had again the space to come back and many plants and animals continued here to live.

Of the larger animals to be found here are the biawaks (monitor lizards) and wild boar. The largest birds are the sea eagles. But there are many beautiful plants to be found too.

The manmade ravine follows a few hundred meters the direction to Teluk Rubiah, and ends at the Teluk Rubiah golf course.

Teluk Rubiah golf course, at the end of the manmade ravine

We spend a brief moment at the far end of the golf course but we found it more interesting to visit one of the nearby beaches which are only through a small path can be reached.

A small beach near Teluk Rubiah, only accessible through a small jungle path

We walked down the beach to end. Here we climbed over a few rocks to the next (and again only this way accessible) beach. We had a stop here to enjoy the sunset. In one view we had here Teluk Rubiah, Pulau Sembilan, Teluk Batik and Pulau Pangkor.

We chatted for awhile and Mr. Goh told me he came here quite often, sometimes alone, sometimes bringing friends or family. He uses this area also in his teambuilding courses. Read more about Mr.Goh's Teambuilding courses here.

Sunset over the Straits of Malacca

Just after the sun went down, we went back to Teluk Batik and a bit later darkness fell over the sea. I had spend a few hours walking in an area as far from civilization as one can imagine.

Another, though less interesting hike can be done from the center from the nearby town of Lumut. Read more this hike in Lumut

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