Erskine hill penang hiking
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Moniot Trail
Moniot trail is named after Jules M. Moniot, who was the surveyor-general of the Straits Settlements at the time. Completed in 1825, it became as one of the oldest tracks at Penang Hill. The trail was built by convict labourers of Indian descent from British Bencoolen.
Moniot Road was one of the earliest bridle paths of Penang Hill that is of special historical and botanical interest. It was laid out by major McNair around 1825. Stretching from 'Halfway House' at the foot of 'Highlands' which had been The Hill Residence of James Scott and extending Southwards to 'Mon Sejour' and 'The Retreat'.
The first track up Penang Hill was constructed by Captain Francis Light around 1790, giving access to the Summit of Penang Hill. Moniot Road was named after the then Government surveyor of Penang and it was here that the early Botanists of Penang collected many of the hill flora specimens now found in the major herbarium around the world. Among the important Botanists was Charles Curtis who established the Penang Botanical Gardens in 1884.
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Enjoy this 13.5-km point-to-point track near Tanjong Bungah, Penang. Generally advised a difficult route, introduce takes unadorned average marvel at 5 h 42 chinese to finale. This decay a notice popular room for birding, hiking, tolerate mountain biking, so you'll likely find other kin while exploring. The track is physical year-round gleam is lovely to beckon anytime.
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13.5kmLength
938mElevation gain
5h 42mEstimated time
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This is part of a series of pages on walking the hills of Penang. Click here for the index. This is a Grade 1 walk. There is a sketch map at the bottom showing the route followed.
If you want to see what happens at the end of the tunnel, then five years later I unofficially visited the PBA establishment at the other end, There's no point in asking for permission, they won't even bother to reply to such a request let along grant it.
Please visit my Penang buses page for information on accessing the starting point.
IMPORTANT
By December 2023, the route from the Bayview Beach Hotel towards the Batu Ferringhi Reservoir past the 'Chin Farm' had been aggressively blocked by razor wire in the area where there is a gate by the water tank. There are also numerous signs stating "NO TRESPASSING - NOT A PUBLIC HIKING TRAIL"
This will mean that there is no longer any access to / from any of these well known paths:
1. That to the Rimba at Teluk Bahang
2. That to RG 17, 18 and 19 (and on to Bukit Batu Ferringhi / Western Hill area)
3. That to RG 20 (and on to Western Hill area)
I do not know about current access through the main gate to the aqueduct above the former Holiday Inn.
Batu Ferringhi is a monument to Malaysian bad taste, few foreign tourists wh