2019 Pantai Kerachut 8km hike

20.08.2019 - We made it said my wife! A one way Pantai Kerachut 4km hike with my son Ching Jin Wei and my wife Catherine. It took us about one and a half hour hike from the park entrance at Teluk Bahang to Pantai Kerachut in the Penang National Park. Had a half hour rest for packed lunch and another half hour visiting the Turtle Conservation Information Centre before hiking 4km back. Pantai Keracut is one of Penang's remotest beaches. It is within the Penang National Park, on the west coast of the cape at the northwest of Penang Island. Sleeping was at Quayside Condominium in Butterworth.

The Penang National Park entrance at Teluk Bahang, Penang. Around the entrance were stalls and shops with sellers hawking food and other tourist wares.

The road map at the Penang National Park office. We registered ourselves at the park office and started on that route.

A monkey greeted us on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang. The start of the trail was easy and had boarded tracks with well-constructed steps.

The suspension bridge on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Pantai Keracut is one of Penang's remotest beaches. It is within the Penang National Park, on the west coast of the cape at the northwest of Penang Island. Beginning of the trek is tough as it is all the way up. Constructed hiking aids, such as anchored ropes to assist with inclines, or stumps over waterlogged stretches.

Beginning of trek is tough as it is all the way up and anchored ropes to assist with inclines.

This is the halfway point with 2km to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

A large ants nest on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Passing through a narrow gap on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

The Bukit Batu Itam Trail.

The red wild flowers on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

All the way downhill to Pantai Kerachut Penang

The thorny palm on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Another 30 minutes to Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

The 1st rest hut on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Another 1km to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

The 2nd rest hut on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

The bertam palm on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

There are some big steps, rocks and tree trunk that you might need to climb over.

The 3rd rest hut on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Another 500m to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

A river crossing on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

Ching Neng Bin found this little tortoise on the trek to Pantai Kerachut Penang.

The Pantai Kerachut camp site - anyone can camp here, with permission from the park authorities.

The hiking trail ends at the little beach of Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

Strip of sand well shaded by stands of casuarina trees. I could see families enjoying the beach and having picnics at Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

We made it to Pantai Kerachut, Penang in a 2 hour hike. Pantai Keracut is one of Penang's remotest beaches. It is within the Penang National Park, on the west coast of the cape at the northwest of Penang Island.

The amazing beach view of Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

The sky, the boat jetty, the beach and the sea, everything is just so perfect of Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

The amazing beach view of Pantai Kerachut, Penang.

At one end of the Pantai Kerachut beach is the Turtle Conservation Information Centre.

At one end of the Pantai Kerachut beach is the Turtle Conservation Information Centre. Every year the turtles would come to lay eggs on this Pantai Kerachut beach.

Baby turtles at the Pantai Kerachut, Turtle Conservation Information Centre.

Bigger turtles at the Pantai Kerachut, Turtle Conservation Information Centre.

The Pantai Kerachut meromictic lake is a lake which has two layers of water feeding into it, that do not mix. Typically the bottom layer is more saline than the top (otherwise the top would be denser, and there will inevitably be mixing as the top layer sinks down).