Mount Korbu () is a mountain in Hulu Kinta, Perak,

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, about 25 km from Ipoh. It is the highest peak in the state of Perak , located on the

Titiwangsa Mountains The Titiwangsa Mountains ( Malay: ''Banjaran Titiwangsa,'' بنجرن تيتيوڠسا, ), also known as ''"Banjaran Besar"'' (Big Range) by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. The northern section ...

, the southernmost section of the

Tenasserim Hills The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range ( my, တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, ; th, ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, , ; ms, Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a r ...

Ipoh, The Capital City of the Malaysian State of Perak

Mount Korbu is also the second highest mountain in

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, standing at 2,183 metres (4 metres lower than the highest peak,

Mount Tahan Mount Tahan ( ms, Gunung Tahan), is the highest point in Peninsular Malaysia with an elevation of above sea level. It is located within the Taman Negara national forest, in the state of Pahang. The mountain is part of the Tahan Range in the Te ...

that stands at 2,187 metres in the state of

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). A reasonable level of physical fitness is required to climb/trek Mount Korbu. It used to take an average climber four days and three nights for a return trip, but the duration has been cut short in recent years and some have even made it within 12 hours. Most climbers now make do without any guide as the trail has become very obvious (at some stretches the trails are badly deteriorated due to over-trekking), but, as for other local mountains, there are occasional reports of climbers getting lost.

Mount Gayong Mount Gayong ( Malay: Gunung Gayong) is the fourth highest mountain in the Malay Peninsula, at 2,173 metres. It can be reached in about an hour's trek from the peak of Mount Korbu, the second highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia. It is a favou ...

(2,173 m), the fourth highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia, can be reached in about a 90-minute (one way) trek from the peak of Mount Korbu. Between 23 and 26 May 2013, 65 volunteers took part in a trail maintenance and clean-up project on Mount Korbu via the Sungai Termin Trail. It was the second such conservation project of the

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Wild Junction. North of the Sungai Termin Trail is the Sungai Seno'oi (or Senoi) Trail which is much less trekked. It climbs to the summit through a different ridge and, as of 2018, does not suffer from over-trekking. The lower stretch however, is densely covered in several locations.

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8 km away from Mount Korbu, straddling the Perak-

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border is

Mount Yong Belar Mount Yong Belar ( ms, Gunung Yong Belar, Jawi: ڬونوڠ يوڠ بلار‌) is a mountain on the border of the states Kelantan and Perak in the Titiwangsa Mountains of Malaysia. Its summit is above sea level, making it the highest mountain in ...

, Peninsular Malaysia's third tallest mountain, standing at 2,181 metres (7,156 ft) above sea level.

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