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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
Take a tour of the top places to go in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
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| T Li ling |
24 December 2002 |
Stayed at Heritage Hotel Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Almost anything basic that you need can be bought from Tanah Rata. There is no bicycle rental there and I have tried to find one. There is one in Brinchang but you can also rent from your hotel (if your hotel has). Northern Indian food quite okay at the main road shops.
There is a temporary local dry market during our stay there. Sells sweaters at bargain prices XL to XXXL but I only wear S or M. Sells many household things and food.
Raju's Strawberry Farm has delicious strawberry ice stick, jam and the sweet fruit. Boh Tea plantation is quite interesting for the first time. Not many visitors and only foreign visitors. Robinson's waterfall is polluted due to construction nearby. Not worth going to Robinson's waterfall. Overall, there is much development in Cameron Highlands and many cars. The natives have all found work in factories nearby and they now live in houses. Cameron is a very different place from the last time I went nearly 10 years ago.
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| A Bartoszek |
08 December 2002 |
Stayed at Smokehouse Hotel, Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Stayed only for 24 hours so did not have much time to experience the place. Did go to the Rose garden and a Tea plantation both of which were very interesting.
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| C Ng |
20 November 2002 |
Stayed at Heritage Hotel Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Cameron Highland is a fantastic place. Cooling and quite cold at night. During this monsoon period, if you drive up, drive slowly. Perfect scenic. Place visited are Kea Farm, Strawberry farms, tea plantation, Rose garden, butterfly garden, Cactus garden. Generally a one night stay and 2 full-day stay should be sufficient to see all. When buying Strawberry, try got to Kea Farm, don't buy from first shop, walk in a bit further and start bargaining. Smaller strawberry and those planted in soil is always better and shouldn't need to go with sugar offered.
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| B Berrux |
08 November 2002 |
Stayed at Heritage Hotel Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The landscape in Cameron Highlands is beautiful although it is marred by lots of unsightly buildings. We liked the tea plantations very much. Most other visits were a little boring, especially the rose valley and the strawberry farm. There seems to be a lot of possibilities for jungle trekking. Unfortunately, it rained a lot as we were there.
For organising half day tours, CS Travel is a good company but they close very early in the evening (5:45). Avoid booking a tour directly from the bus station: the guide who was supposed to pick us up at the hotel never came and, although it was easy getting a refund, we lost one afternoon.
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| D Greig |
13 October 2002 |
Stayed at Lakehouse Cameron Highlands, The - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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We travelled to the area by car, visiting tea plantations, strawberry farms, rose gardens and the butterfly farm. We also did two of the walks (both with waterfalls) and drove to the highest peak (unfortunately it was clouded in). We enjoyed the beauty of the Camerons very much. We used the Lonely planet guide to recommend restaurants and found it to be very accurate.. the Indian food in particular was wonderful.
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| J Lommerse |
18 August 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The Cameron Highlands are well worth a visit. The drive from Tapah to Tanah Rata is quite an experience - 60+km of bends! The scenery en route is fantastic.
The Boh Tea Plantation is worth stopping at - although slightly off the beaten track. If you're into hiking, there are some good routes.
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| M Wagner |
18 August 2002 |
Stayed at Strawberry Park Resort - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Cameron Highlands is a nice place with cool temperatures. Don't expect too much from the villages up there, most of them look like those skiing resorts in summer, which probably most of us have visited once before by mistake. Don't miss to visit the Sungai Tea Estate, probably the most photogenic area in the Highlands.
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| B Oke |
17 August 2002 |
Stayed at Lakehouse Cameron Highlands, The - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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After the PLUS, the road to Ringlet is a bit challenging. The road is narrow and winding and is the main route to and from the Cameron Highlands. Commercial trucks tend to travel at unsafe speeds taking corners at the absolute limit of adhesion to the road. The ubiquitous 70-90cc bikes also attempt suicide, overtaking on blind corners and cutting off the unwary car driver in an attempt to save 30 seconds on their journey. Once you have braved the desperate traffic, the landscape unfolds to some stunning scenery. The small towns of Ringlet, Tana Rata and Bringchang offer limited restaurant, shopping and entertainment facilities, but this place, after all is where you would come to get away from it all. Brilliant scenery, tea plantations and jungle walks.
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| R Johnson |
04 August 2002 |
Stayed at Smokehouse Hotel, Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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The Cameron Highlands are absolutely beautiful. We loved them & hope to return. (Bring a sweater - this may be Malaysia - but it is very cool and rainy at times.)
We drove a rental car from Kuala Lumpur, & would warn people to start earlier in the day than we did. We started about 3:30 p.m. & didn't get there until just after dark - which scared me (my husband seemed to enjoy the adventure, though) - since the roads are Very curvy for at least 2 hours to the top, and the rain could be rushing down the hillside & you don't know what you will encounter around the corner. (It's a good idea to honk before you go around some of those corners.)
In the daylight (and if you enjoy heights) there are some awesome sights! The tea plantations up there make for gorgeous scenery. The BOH Tea Plantation is the only one (I think) that gives tours of the factory & it's very interesting. I was very glad we were on our own, though. I heard from other people that they were less than happy with some of the tours, but I'm not sure why.
The 2 towns that are close enough to explore (Tanah Rata & Brinchang), are very small & only have a few shops to really enjoy. The Malay people are very warm & friendly though. We had some local food that was very good, and some that was not; but, that's really a matter of taste. I'm not crazy about Chinese steamboat, while others are. I can't take spicy Malay food, but my husband loves it. Surprisingly, there are quite a few places where you can get a Western breakfast, and the coffee is very good up there.
It was enjoyable for us to just drive around & see the countryside (something I'd been dying to do after a year in Singapore!) The golf course looked very nice, but we didn't use it. Other people seemed to be very happy with the hiking.
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| C Chee |
03 June 2002 |
Stayed at Equatorial Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Take a walk around outside the hotel. Beautiful flowers and fruit farm.
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