Description:
Bukit Melawati Hill is located at the
coastal town of Kuala Selangor in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. To
get here, one can drive from the city of Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya
and it takes about 45-60 minutes drive along a scenic route passing
local towns, plantations and kampungs (villages). This hill which some refer to as Bukit Selangor is
well known as in the late 1700s, the second Sultan of Selangor state,
had this fort built on top of the hill to protect the state from
intruders. There were also cannons places along the Melawati Fort which
main purpose was to defend Selangor from the invading Dutch.
