Pinhatt Mountain

"TL;DR: A pretty desolate trail that’s weedy and buggy, but relatively easy.

Summit altitude: ~1,750m
Elevation gain: 268m
Distance to summit: 1.65km
Time to summit: 30-40 mins

I did this on a Saturday afternoon. Took a Grab to Sacom Resort - the entrance is a barbed wire fence next to a signboard, across the resort entrance guardhouse. Pic 1 is the start of the trail. It’s weedy, and it gets weedier 🙃 this trail isn’t on google maps - Strava / AllTrails show it.

➡️ Take a hard right 200m in.

A thick fog started descending the moment I entered (I think I’m cursed*), and all I got to show for the climb was Pic 2, taken 10 mins in.

Trail path was clearly marked, so no concerns getting lost. I’d recommend hiking shoes because there are fairly steep portions, and wearing longs entirely (maybe even a hood) because bugs.

I’m not big on out and back trails so I didn’t feel like doing the descent… also because I was afraid of snakes going up lol (fear was unfounded thankfully). And the fog I attracted* was becoming a drizzle so I decided to check out the road path instead.

🛣️ Road to Happy Hill was a 45 min leisurely walk downhill, and it was just as desolate as the forest was, except the only danger was stepping on buffalo poo 💩. No animals sighted.

Upon arriving I was greeted with locked gates and barbed wire. Fortunately there was a slope on the side (my right) and I used a rotten stick to aid my descent. Was seen and scolded in Vietnamese by a man I’m assuming is the guard. Well it was either a reprimand or haughty admiration — maybe I’ll assume it’s the latter 😁

Walked the road loop and arrived back at Sacom Resort for a 7km loop.

*Predictably… the skies cleared considerably upon exit. ⛅️

Maybe I’ll try again…"

Grace Lim

"Amazing hike, highly recommend. Park at the bottom by Sacom Resort- looks a bit derelict but my scooter was fine. Start walking up and turn at the first right you come to- about 200m in. The view is incredible, the walk isn’t too bad just steep on the steep parts. Overall it was exactly 3.5km taking 35 minutes to get up and 25 minutes to get down as it can be quite slippery after rainfall.

I found if you track it on Strava it shows the actual path so you cannot go wrong at the first turning point. Google maps doesn’t show the trail.

Lots of flies and bugs so recommend bringing bug spray. Also the plants overhanging the path can be quite sharp as I got scratched a couple of times."

Emily Fletcher

"We hiked this on 11th August 2025. Weather was fine in the morning which is the best time before the rain. Saw no one except another western couple. We started from Sacom resort entrance and parked our scooter under some shade. Good trail, easy to follow and only a little bit overgrown. Not muddy, not too many mosquitoes and we saw no leeches. Trail is well marked on maps.me app so highly recommend using that as it’s not shown on google maps. Great view from the top and well worth the effort. Took us 1hr plus 15min break at the top, so not a long walk (We’re in our mid-30s with decent fitness). Not too steep so ok in the knees. Well shaded along the trail except at the top. Trekking sandals worked fine for us in the dry."

Tom & Cloé Arnold