Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Hikers Wishes and Tea Lovers Dreams
Apr 29, 2007

... the wind, rising from the valleys of the tea plantations, to the linen white sky saurated with moisture.   The Cameron Highlands are incredible. Being a tea drinker and an adamant hiker, I have stumbeled upon my mountain paradise. The climate ...

Tea Time
Jan 22, 2007 (6 photos)

My infatuation with the Malay people continues.  Farva, your suspension...CONTINUES! My trip from Langkawi to the Cameron Highlands was less than ideal, but I've become highly tolerant of less than ideal situations over the last few months.  ...

Mango Lassi
May 27, 2003 (1 photos)

I have found a place here on the main street that sells mango lassi and a whole host of vegetarian dishes. It is called Tcafe and although pricey when compared with other Malaysian restaurants its worth it for the mango lassi. They don't sell it by the ...

Terror Treking
May 30, 2003 (14 photos)

... started the steep and winding climb up the tarmac track to the top of the mountain. Even in the relative coolness of the Cameron Highlands this was a very tiring and sweaty ascent. We stopped every now and then to admire the views and take photos. After ...

Raining in Tanah Rata
Jul 27, 2003

... I was supposed to be waiting at (it's the second one along from Puduraya by the way). When buying the bus ticket for Cameron Highlands (or any other destination for that matter) it is always advisable to go direct to the operator kiosk listing that ...

Treking again
Jul 30, 2003 (4 photos)

... by scaling Gunung Brinchang again (but this time carefully staying on the trail) I also wanted to see some of the other sites the highlands had to offer. In the end I opted for Path 9A that was fairly tame according to my map and guide book. On the way ...

High Tea High Up!
Jun 22, 2004 (10 photos)

... bags to walk to KOMTAR Penangs main bus station. We caught the 2.45pm bus to the Cameron Highlands for the 6 hour journey. I was surprised how scenic Malaysia was, the whole six hours we were driving through mountains and forests and the last hour was ...

Have I gone the wrong way... ended up in Scotland?
Sep 10, 2004 (3 photos)

... Irish girls their fat - which of course went down well. Taken first of all to see the biggest tea plantation in the Cameron Highlands - basically huge valley covered with tea trees - great views, and get to see the Bangladeshi tea pickers(who get paid a ...

Day 147 - Day 152
Feb 13, 2007 (7 photos)

... restaurant were great all week. And I didn't get any of that fever that the doctor warned I might come down with. The Cameron Highlands is five hours from Kuala Lumpur, and with K.L. being the transport hub it is it's not inconceivable that I'll be ...

The Cool Cameron Highlands
Jul 18, 2003 (1 photos)

After KL we headed north to the town of Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands, a former British hill station and tea plantation area. It was just the change of scenery we were after - cool climate, lush green mountainous countryside, jungly terrain and ...

Day 123 - Day 129
Jan 21, 2007 (11 photos)

... and all were very colourful. I didn't take my camera but hopefully I can get one or two photos from Zaf. All around the Cameron Highlands are numbered trails and treks. On one day I went out on my own with a local map and headed for trek number ...

Strawberry Fields Forever
Oct 18, 2006 (1 photos)

For some reason I went and bought my bus ticket to the Cameron Highlands at the hostel even though I then had to make my own way back over on the ferry to Butterworth to the bus station where I could buy the ticket for 6 Ringit less. At least the ferry is ...

A plucking good time
Jul 2, 2005 (3 photos)

... throughout the country. Cameron further damaged my confidence in the Lonely Planet. It has been great everywhere except Malaysia. I found the backpacker guesthouses as foretold, but they are surrounded by high-rise lodges for wealthier tourists. Jungle ...

Day 122
Jan 14, 2007 (9 photos)

... and said no one had ever asked him about that place! He took me by the arm and told me to get straight to the Cameron Highlands. But, it's my trip not his so I was on my way. The Lonely Planet guide is pretty indifferent about Kuala Kangsar but I ...

18 Again
Mar 7, 2005 (8 photos)

I got up and headed over to the bus station to book my ticket to the Cameron Highlands. The bus station was very hot, very dark, very smelly and very very busy. I pushed my way through the crowds into the small area where the booking counters are. I ...

Day 146
Feb 8, 2007

... , long trousers). Sure it rains a bit but it's only water, right?  There is something decidedly English about the Cameron Highlands, you look around at the mock Tudor buildings, the hills, the roads and even the odd old red English telephone box ...

Jungle Trekking and Tea Plantations
Jan 21, 2006 (9 photos)

... really good! Nothing like you would get at home. Mogan was a pretty good and entertaining guide so we paid him a bit extra. If you are in the Cameron Highlands and fancy taking a tour with a local give Mogan a ring (0195278344) and see what he can do.

Cameron Highlands Tour
May 28, 2003 (20 photos)

Got up early today to make the 8:45am pickup from the lodge for the Cameron Highlands tour everyone kept recommending to me. At RM15 it was quite cheap for a half day guided coach tour so I was not really expecting it to be that good. How wrong I was. ...

It's a small world
May 27, 2003 (5 photos)

... for the journey and had breakfast at the local 'kedai kopi' (which means coffee house but is actually a restaurant). I've been in Malaysia for exactly a week and am pleased to say that I have managed to avoid all the 'foreign' fast food outlets and only ...

Wrong Turn
Aug 18, 2005 (13 photos)

Back to the Highlands
Feb 29, 2008 (4 photos)

... was a great place to chill, but this time back things have changed. There have been 3 versions of the Lonely Planet reporting on the Cameron Highlands since I've been in Asia. The reviews of Daniel's has gone from bed bugs to a run down street to now an ...

Chapter 43: Deja-view
Jul 12, 2004 (20 photos)

... I'll have some mindless entertainment to keep me occupied after Jonas and I split. *sniff* Saturday we took a bus to the Cameron Highlands - a place I wished I'd spent more time in a few months ago. The 6-hour ride passed quickly thanks to the cold ...

Bugs and Blowpipes
Jun 17, 2008 (64 photos)

... , for a few months of banterful action. Good lads by all account. But anyway that's the link up.. A tour of the Cameron Highlands by way of an all-day adventure-packed four-wheel-drive experience isn't exactly Dave's cup of tea, as it doesn't ...

The Great Outdoors
Apr 17, 2005 (5 photos)

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Rob's Digest
Aug 17, 2005 (3 photos)

A nice cup of tea and a sit down
Feb 4, 2005 (5 photos)

If you haven't already guessed by now, we like it at altitude and the Cameron highlands offers a welcome respite from the heat at sea level. The land is carved out of the fertile jungle that still makes up some 60% of Malaysia. It's mainly put to use ...

Hawaii Schumacher
Oct 19, 2006 (6 photos)

The coldish morning seemed to effect my starter motor this morning not getting myself together till lunch when I sampled some of the regions fresh vegetables over rice with gravy. Odd but good. Setting off to get a closer look at some of the local ...

Cameron Highlands
Jan 26, 2009 (10 photos)

... tourism - its strawberry farms and the tea plantations would seem to create a quaint illusion of a tropical Britain. But the Cameron highlands don't live up to their potential. The city looks poorly planned. Sure, many buildings are lovely, but then ...

A long and winding road ...
Mar 22, 2008 (8 photos)

... hours. The company is called Kurnia Bistari. We did not find another company. If you do, give it a try.   The Cameron Highlands are very pretty. The temperature is lower and it rains more, which makes everything green. Not to your surprise, it was ...

Daniel's Lodge AKA Crazy Eddie's
Aug 9, 2006 (4 photos)

... musta gotten eaten by the bootsnall server crash. I had debated whether or not to go back to the Cameron Highlands again on this trip to Malaysia, but I figured after island sitting for a couple months I should probably do some training before trying to ...