Any good camping spot near kl ? Don’t mind driving far

Not glamping mind you better

With good nice night views and sunset sunrise

I got all the supplies and equipment ready to camp

Cherating ngam not ?

Depan Ruby's resort.

Apple store trx. oh waiii

actually nice idea

good rural good security i presume from nearby homestay

How much it cost to buy all the camping equipment? If you go for quality American products, they can be costly.

Fraser hill

On the way to Fraser Hill, Kuala Kubu Bharu area. Got nearby town also if emergency.

Bukit tunku

Park and camp

Wake up to misty klcc view in morning

i got a rocket stove

a portal gas stove

fishing rod

a 4 men tent

some insect spray

2 foldable chair

1 foldable table

a skillet / pan / boiler

an ice box

all under rm300

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/953119/

ini thread machiem tak hidup dy

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2699672643621816

thanks

Normally I camping at Bagan Lalang. Now looking for more options.

Serendah Campsite - Kampungku Retreat not bad , thr is river beside it

outside klcc

Pretty nice actually.
Place is well maintained.
Ade toilet bole mandi berak.
Nice quiet beach, away from traffic.
5 minute to makan place.
5 minute to turtle sanctuary.

IF u r ok with dogs ya.

Good camping spot must have two big mountains view

Cc hotdayum metalfire

Ayam prefer the place with big tall tree owai

Gene Jean Jin

actually its not about quality, its about how much these outdoor corpos are extorting outdoor enthusiasts under the guise of "outdoor quality" or "you need this to be better in outdoor camping"

like for example i can go decathlon buy a decent lightweight foldable chair for less than RM100. those big brands priced these same foldable chairs at like RM500 defak

dont even get me started on stuff like titanium cookwares, just use cheaper aluminum and reap same benefits dammit

Bukit gasing

If you want something different, not slop campsite pacak atas gravel/sandbox like tandas kucing:
1. Orang orang art camp, Sungai Besar (sawah)
2. Azam Orange, Cameron (orange farm, i think not fruit season rn but still good)
3. Happy harvest campz, Batu arang (hill farm, can get hot best during rainy season)
4. Sg seladang, Tg Malim (forest river, bike/4x4 only)
5. Forest8senses, Tg Malim (semi slop but ok)

Its really you got what you pay most of time. People think they got a bargain with decathlon - thats because they rarely got chance to use legit stuff from MSR, Montbell, helinox and the likes. They never had chance to see the latest breakthrough in material engineering in action where they could actually pay for it rn.

Malaysian market is flooded with prc slop, to most of us vidalido and blackdog and to some extent coleman are some sort of hot stuff lmao. When you compare these cringe with decathlon ofc decathlon sounds like a steal.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: May 20 2025, 02:00 PM

our home is the best camping spot

if you are not planning to camp in extreme weather, then the cheap stuff from decathlon is actually pretty decent. of course you could still get better quality items so that they last longer/more comfortable/bigger but some stuff are really just expensive because of the brand.

malaysia weather dont need the expensive 4 season tents. Any normal tent would do fine imo. Vidalido or kzm or coleman all more or less the same unless you're looking to flex on the campgrounds.

Branded one very expensive...unaffordable for us la. And mostly warmer clothing and untra light gears. In tropical countries really not worth to spend this money, not practical. Some more for car camping is really overkill.

Imo, china made outdoor equipment is really worth it, I buy most of my gears from AliExpress. And if you check most of the beaded gears also made in china or Vietnam.

mount kinabalu, best sunset/sunrise, if u are allow to camp there

I mean don't buy everything in catalogue just to show of. Only buy one that matter to you and make it meaningful.
For car camping in curated campsite it doesn't really matter Any china stuff or whatever household item you can bring is good. Heck, I once go car camping with only Kemah unta and everything else grab from kitchen.
My original context is if its really worth it to pay extra for expensive brand: yea and this will apply when you starting to go beyond - hiking, cold weather, pacak in bush etc.

My style is ride, and I always do highland camps. Low temp needs bulking, but bike has limits for what it can safely carry. So I spent 2.5k for a down sleeping bag. Sounds absurd for car campers but its a best thing money could buy for my use case.
Same with tent. Paid 2.5k for 2p tent, but I got 900g one with all the bell and whistles. Similar rm150 tent from decathlon? weigh 2.6kg with material from 80s. Can you imagine? tent without ripstop in 2025? yea, you got what you paid for.
Holds true for the reverse. For me buying all those fancy chairs are nonsense because I have one ul to rule them all

Where its made doesnt matter. What matter is its engineering design and material. Those prc slop factories would always eventually copy the design, but not material.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: May 20 2025, 02:54 PM

ayam dulu camp use tent
now camping tidur in car saja
malas mau pack repack pack
this weekend ayam go camp at Camperz hideout bukit tinggi lagi

This post has been edited by akecema: May 20 2025, 02:45 PM

any recommendation for suitable car camping + plugpoint availability.

One good example is water filter. CCP cannot copy this one becos it is really about quality and trustworthiness. And then certified by whom? How many microns?

Cant recommend much for this because honestly with few exceptions, I actively avoids campsites that have power plugs
1. Happy Harvest
2. Sg pauh Cameron (good luck getting weekend slot)
3. Semungkis Dataran Camp
5. Forest8senses (iinm power plug is separate addon)

Then open window or back of the car for ventilation?

No issue of insect masuk kereta?

bring your own powerbank

bagan lalang lot of people camping there

All about weight, if you go for car camping of course weight is not an issue, imagine if your desire campsite were in deep of nowhere which need to trek for long hour. Light weight gear always expensive.

if you camp in car sure need fly screen

in warm area, you need extra fan but if cold like frasers, cameron, genting, etc, then no need fan.
those small small fan cannot cool you down if warm night, so you might need few is you use the small fans. Set one fan to blow air out so fresh air gets drawn in

thanks for the list, i keep in KIV first

so far I tried car camping at Hulu Langat.

what sort of temp is your camp? genting type?
temp around 15deg, normal tent, basic 10deg or so sleeping bag with mat + jacket is good enough.....

you need a ground mat, can get either cheap yoga mat or air mattress. else you will get body heat loss due to ground sucking all your body heat.

unless you are walking or hiking then need to buy expensive sleeping bag as they are a lot smaller for the same temp rating.

tent, is also weight, you pay more for the weight. if drive you dont need to pay premium for ultra light tent, just need to wax to ensure water dont go in via the seams.
my dome tent got additional layer, even big storm still dry inside, so single layer water will seep in after a few hours of rain and become damp

https://malaysiacamping.com/

i use insect repeller. yang sticker tu.
windows i open half all
then ayam use flysheet

got car camping here?

Cameron and genting. Mostly around 14, only once got 10c during coldsnap erlier this year.
Using 125cc bike, i have self impose limit where everything must fit in 55liter box, total not more than 14kg.

After many nights, I found my perfect balanced setup with least weight - which is a good sleeping bag+thin silver mat.

My bag is only like 5c Tcomfort one, but its the FP900 down is what makes it expensive. However it packs down amazingly compact 0.5kg, 12x24cm. You can't get anywhere near this with synthetic.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: May 20 2025, 03:57 PM

it's always good to have entry level item with this hangat2 tahi ayam hobby
Nowadays so called "camping" = moving fancy / bulky stuff out from your house, cook maggi, canned food, curry chicken etc

Still doing occassional camping (with trekking 1-4 hours into the forest / waterfall) , once every half a year.
Never understand the branded stuff thing when my china / local made stuff still usable.

my 20 years ago stuff still working fine,
-tent rm 60 - 6 pax tent from carrefour if have 6-7 pax
-coleman 2 pax tent - for storage
-20 years old deuter backpack
- mini burner from experiment lab (gift from school)
- swiss knife
- parang from the orchard
- used to have tesco hammock but broken alraedy , used like 6 years

- (this one renewed every few years) Kedai logam cina flysheet 1 feet rm 3, one piece on the floor , one piece for shade, usually stuffy inside forest sleep half naked or just use a sleeping bag.
- (somewhere 2010) mr DIY shovel

This post has been edited by AyamBlend: May 20 2025, 03:52 PM

Bikepacking quite interesting, save on petrol too

dulu ayam use diy Roof Top Tent
now malas mau pasang
cabut 3rd row seat, pasang airbed

this ayam DIY RTT

your flysheet so nice

I tried assemble similar one.. failed miserably, not as nice as your one.

thanks for the location... i go research first.

It all boils down to weight and volume. You can have a really cheap and durable stuff but most of time you ended look like pindah rumah instead of camping.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: May 20 2025, 04:25 PM

once we went to somewhere near genting
4x4 guy came to pick up us, 2 backpack + ikea shopping bag (food + foldable chair/table)

The drivers were casually asking "thats it?"
Didnt know why, until we reached the campsite, yea ours look like temporary setup at construction site vs others camping with lights / tables / fan / countless tag boxes + luggage bags

yeah i understand, but the issue is the so called "legit" stuff are too damn expensive la in our currency due to direct conversion. they were priced for western markets and western money, not ours. to them buy one gear like jacket will cost USD400 which to them is considered expensive. but in MYR its RM2k for the same jacket. really? 4 digit pricing for a jacket only? (i did bought it tho kek, kept me dry and warm during my hikes, but im sure even a cheaper model will do as good albeit 70% of its capability)

same goes for my hiking backpack, my 40L decathlon backpack proved its worth for years ed plus many hike/backpacking trips. only cost <RM300 too. meanwhile western brands like Deuter, Osprey, Gregory, Millet etc all cost like RM1.2k for 40L bags? if youre super into hiking/mountaineering and willing to spend, go ahead la. but its definitely not worth the price/perf ratio IMO

plus gear hoarding is real guys... once you start you wouldnt stop kek and the total costs really stacks up over time. i still pending alot of mountaineering gear like boots, which easily costs RM2k for a pair kek. i still cant justify since i doing simpler mountains which my hiking boots still works.

Naturehike is one of the few chinese brands that are picking up. its good and i would recommend

Legend has it that Naturehike was once MSR's OEM. That explain how if you observe most of their dome tents are all almost 1:1 copy MSR and its quality, down to sewing technique (and all its sealing problem lol). With only compromise in alloy materials to make it cheaper.

ayam punya cheap aja
size 8m X 4.5M
3 hole X 5 hole

not fancy branded punya
sudah pakai i think 5 years

thats exactly why too im so reserved in paying so much knowing that it all came from China which should be very affordable range. but instead its marked up for western markets and reused same price for non western markets kek

for example Decathlon and Salomon share same OEM factories too. while Decathlon shoes have a significantly cheaper material and design used, but quality wise theyre legit.

IRG kan ado rtt.

Cameron, stellar and the other 2 surrounding campground..

others is really nearby luying campsite.. others i wont really go too hot haha.

that's funny hahaha

While there are some truth in brand tax, in context of msr vs naturehike the pricing it's far off actually. The original MSR design uses dac pole which is famously resilient and light but they charged arm and leg for it. Naturehike replaces it with some noticeably heavier alloy. I have old decommissioned hubba hubba with hydrolyzed fabric but its dac pole still holds liek rm1k+ market value lol

For naturehike only their dome tent got pedigree. Other stuff afaik are still homegrown china stuff. Problem with china stuff is these people where got standard one. Their titanium like toaks/keith/lixada whatever feels noticeably cheap compared to other top brands that mostly sourced from Niigata Japan. Chinese would make 5% alloy and still claim it as titanium. Same with their waterproof rating that they pull out of their ass. 10000mm they said. But they never disclose the methodology and likely perform worse than MSR's honest 2000mm.

i would argue its just reflecting its pricing levels. China is notorious for being very price conscious. like if the manufacturer decided that they just want to go cheap no frills, everything else will also be cheap. but if they target quality, they will produce quality products. its just what level you mau nia

most people as usual all want the "CHEAP CHEAP" and ignores the rest then complain when quality is shit kek. what people should be searching for is value for money, not just cheap.

as for their claims yeah ive seen so many stupid claims like saying "this powerbank from china hold 100,000mah! can charge your phone at 200W!" topkek

The cheapest rtt used i chrck is rm2500
My diy just rm500
Solid build

if you do car camping you need stealth.... just to sleep anywhere for the night, drive off in the morning to the nearest kedai kopi for toilet/brush teeth/breakfast

EV is the best, as can use AC to maintain nice temp

The cloud u see not edit ya. That original happen in when i set up

This site looks familiar

Camperz hideout ? XD

Why need to open bonnet?

Scare surprise buttsex

MyCampsite. pantai,n9

Once start to collect gears... And than do not go camping, all get dusty, mouldy....might as well save those money and go stay in hotel eat buffet and call it a day.

deswai very hard to justify, but once bought ed means die2 must go hike so can use it kek

which means never ending hike planning lolol

Mount Kinabalu if want to copy this:





Not like we have sakura tree snow or facilities toilet for outdoor camping/trashcan/vending machine.

All these camping gear, can add up into the thousands. It is an industry of its own. To get fully setup with good quality gear, your budget must be at least several k.

Near genting naik 4x4.. yunkai campsite? haha

Only splurge on thing that matter. I see people spend on garbage like string lights, sofa, cringe chairs, power stations, wooden cabinet air mattress etc wtf

smh that money could instead be used for tent better than whatever vidalido/blackdog hot garbage they are using.

But just one Roof Top Tent can be 5k....

I mean regular tent la.
RTT is already on entirely different segment

Yea when it's still very primitive, recently I see campsite expanded and seems more amoi joining.

Not a fan of that place, simply too noisy at night.

Last time went there I requested to climb with my own kapcai. Dam shiok the slope, until sesat masuk neighboring kebun 🤣
Went during weekday when nobody's around, feels like sleeping in misty zombie village

Yunkai not good one loh can’t see stars at night and can heard racing car sound at night

man owner at camperz hideout just told me cant do campfire woh

i just wanted campfire

and stargazing thats all i want

only ifags camp there

Maybe because I was there the during weekday so it very quiet.
I came prepared for sleepless night after studying the review but eh it's not bad at all.

But for their asking price, I have long list of better options.

Tok bak is ok. But these kind of 'easy' campsites tend to attract worst kind of campers you might even ended up regret coming. Plus 'near KL' and seeing stars doesn't go together.

My go to for viewing stars is Bukit Maras in Terengganu

Hulu Langat, Genting Sempah, Fraser Hill

Yeah. Yap san also already know me
Can firecamp but use portable firecamp la
Kenot open fire in ground

Wanna stargazing yesterday but all time at night full cloud. Dem

oh my thats too bad

my date its 3/4 moon cycle also maybe quite bright cant see stars

where did you get the fire logs ?

Buy at camping store. Ambot bangi

Material quality makes a big difference. Though if its just for simple camp/hike, use something cheap la. If break also not a big deal just buy a new one. How likely you're doing things so extreme until can break

For somethings though, you need quality (e.g. bag). Don't buy bags from decathlon, the quality is horrible.


People buy titanium cause its lightweight and durable. Can't really get the same benefit in aluminium.

That said, its not worth the price. Once again, unless you're doing some form of hiking/camping where every gram matters, titanium doesn't do much for you. If going car camping, weight doesn't matter at all Even for short hikes/camps, an extra few hundred grams won't kill you.

I've been thinking of getting back into camping myself lately.. need a break from all the tech. Surprise surprise I see all the tech in people camping... wth. Kinda defeats the purpose?

yes thats why i bought a rocket stove instead of a portable gas stove, now i have to search for firewood lol

i wanted an oil lamp but there isnt anyone selling anymore mostly LED

i want the organic feeling of camping

https://shopee.com.my/1Pc-Dental-Glass-Alco...606.20881534967

You can buy this component, then swap out the LED? My guess is the shape would be roughly the same if they're going for the same look.

try Gas Lantern instead. with those gas stove you can light up your area. I have 4 of those.

One thing i like about gas lantern and oil lantern, as they actually generates heat they are a good natural bug repeallant.

yes i believe so too, but problem is the pricing is just insanely high for what you are offered. im mostly comparing the default entry-mid level gear vs the ultralight high end ones la

alot of the ultralight stuff for example, while they are durable but by physics because of lower & thinner denier fabric or using thinner metals like aluminum/titanium, their durability isnt that much diff vs just getting the slightly heavier models. ended up the "heavier" models outlast them kek

ironically for the bags, decathlon while its considered low quality, it still works well for me and i believe to most average consumer for basic level use too. for the more experienced or specific niche user however it will be a diff story since they know what they want and need for their specific use case scenario. just IMO the decathlon basic ones covers 70% of the base user spectrum use case all the time, so its not necessary to get the expensive ones.

yes correct on the last paragraph, alot of people are too focused on fancy shit like being ultralight or "buying into quality things" then ended up paying a super premium on things that they dont actually matter/need. car campers dont need to worry much abt weight or size unless their cars are tiny and weaker engine, but even so its quite negligible if you preplan what you are packing in first place

im also kinda biased in a sense that if youre gonna do all these shit like outdoor camping/hiking/trekking etc, the bare min you must do is to have the ability to plan your carry weight and actually carry most of your own stuff till the end. otherwise its no difference than those colonial climbing where you just hire some huge entourage with someone to piggyback you entire time and carrying your shit. seen this alot during Mt Rinjani and Mt K climb, where alot people just pay to get porters to carry their heavy stuff that they simply pack super heavy under the excuses like "im supporting their economy" or "im too old/weak/tired etc" or "i got the money so why you blow?"

Thats why I avoid these slop campsites with power outlets. These sites tend to attract the most obnoxious type of campers that treat campsite like their family day venue with all speakers, electronics, spotlights and whatnot and not willing to take their own trash back with them.

aaa you missed Coleman 295A all time low in Amazon few days ago. Like only rm 3xx. I'm itching to buy but already have 2 lol
Normal price is like rm 500. If buy from local dealer they ask rm 1k.

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: May 26 2025, 12:01 PM

Of course la, heavier material is more durable


I bought a decathlon bag for my helper to use as a kids stuff bag when we're out and about. It mostly functions ok, but within a few months the zips rosak already.


100% agree

Carry your own load goddamit

haha thats why i feel like its a scam, youre paying so much but durability tarak. apa macem

dem i need to be careful for mine then, maybe cause mine isnt used daily but more on travelling which is like 2-3 times a year so it hasnt seen much wear and tear.

by getting them to carry own load, they will now know how tough it is to carry heavy weights long distance and learn to appreciate preplanning even more. no more carry unnecessary stuff

Koan Camping Ground Lake Motosuko

that's a famous campground in Japan.. i actually want to do it once at least but then it's no where affordable trying to bring my camping gear over/buying mount peak gears there/renting.

Ayam camping now the moar i go, the less item i bring
From tent to diy rtt, then to car camp, now just hammock
Led light from 5 led light now use 2 saja
Food before bring many food, now snack and instant mee saja