Bukit Cendana: A Hike Through History

By Rexy Prakash Chacko

March 2018 PEAKS AND PARKS
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Access to this article is open for a limited time only. For unlimited access to our e-archive, subscribe here.Enthralling pieces of Penang’s colonial past are revealed on a trek up one of its quaint hills.Bukit Cendana is a popular hiking area – its peak rises just above 520m from sea level, and there are at least a dozen different ways of getting up there.The simplest route is through the iconic Moongate, a historic gateway just 500m before the entrance to the...

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Rexy Prakash Chacko

is an electronic engineer by profession and a nature lover by passion. While he spends his weekdays earning a living at the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, his weekends are spent reflecting and recharging on the green hills of Penang.


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