Arrival Base Camp (BC) in Kg. Ulu Cheh 2.30am - immediate distribution of equipment and food rations. Male and female participants sleep in separate quarters.

Wake up call @ 7-00 am - light breakfast provided - Trek begins@ 8-30 am passing village houses, rubber plantations, fruit orchards and secondary forests.

Things to learn, record and practice along this trail B4 entering the lowland primary jungles:

- Making water bottles from Bamboo
- Identifying/collection of edible/medicinal leaves, " Tepus " ", Senduduk " and " Selaput Tunggul "
- Fashioning ropes from " Barok " and " Kelemedu " tree barks to secure the bamboo water bottle
- Identifying drinkable wild vines " Mengkait " and " Mempelas "

- There will several fixed rest stops along the trail B4 stopping at Checkpoint Lima 1

- The next class will be starting fires using available natural resources.

- Participants are to start and maintain their own fire for signalling and lunch preparation (they're to prepare cook/boiling noodles and water)

- Skills in cooking/packing rice for dinner using wild leaves secured by wild vines will also be taught.

- Immediate departure for the first camp Bravo 1 Camp (BC 1)

- Participants are to carry water, as there is no water supply in BC 1.

- The trail enters into the wild " Bertam " forest. -

Upon arrival, participants are to immediately construct their own shelters using the leaves, branches and fronds of the " Bertam " tree as roofs, walls and sleeping mats.

- They will also be taught making light sticks using " Bertam " branches and leaves as a replacement for flashlights.

- For dinner, participants will be taught skills in cooking canned food and preserving it for several weeks in the jungle without it going bad.

- Followed by a short lecture on survival essentials in the jungles, skills in predicting weather without using any modern equipment and night signaling.

Second Day/Night

- Wake up call from the gibbons @ 7-00 am - the following practical classes will be held:

- Digging for food from the wild " Bertam " palm.
- Collection of " Damar " or dried saps from the " Meranti " tree as fuel and medicine
- Collection of dried wood to carry forward to the next camp. i.e. Kilo Camp (KC)
- Trail making skills through " Bertam " forest

- Departure for KC @ 12-00 noon with a stopover at Checkpoint Lima 2 for a short 15 minutes break.

- A class on identifying poisonous vines and plants will be done along the trail B4 reaching Checkpoint Lima 2.

- Possible arrival KC @ 4-00 pm with an immediate set up of the shelters, collection of firewood and starting/maintaining of fires organized by participants.

- KC is flanked by two running mountain streams with excellent washing and bathing areas.

- The waters are extremely clean, fit for washing and drinking.

- For dinner, educators will provide hot porridge and bread whilst participants are to boil their own drink. - There will be a discussion on the previous 24 hours' activities.

Third & Final Day

Wake up call from the gibbons @ 7-00 am - UBAT educators will provide coffee only
Departure back for BC @ 8-00 am whereby UBAT educators will leave the group and the group tracks down signs left by their instructors.
Upon arrival at Bravo 3 Camp, there will be a short but solid discussion on the progress of every member of the group. UBAT educators will pin point ONLY the weaknesses of each and every participant.Possible arrival BC @ 2 pm with local lunch provided.Departure for KL @ 5-20 pm and arrival KL @ 9 pm.
 

INCLUDES

* All meals during expedition * Expedition tools (tents/life jackets/rafts) * Instructors/guides  *  Return overland transfers by public express buses ex-Pudu Raya, Kuala Lumpur to drop off point in Bukit Gantang, Perak  *  Return overland transfers by chartered vans ex-drop off point to Base Camp in Ulu Cheh or Ulu Terong  *  Limited Group Personal Insurance Coverage provided by Prudential Assurance Berhad  

* Standard camping gear namely 45 L backpacks, mess tins, tents, food rations, machetes and trekking shoes (sizes between 36 to 42 only)
*  1 local breakfast & 1 local lunch meals at Base Camp in Ulu Cheh or Ulu Terong

NOTE

Friday nite departure EX-KL & arrival KL Monday nite