Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Travel Blogs

The Highlands
Jan 5, 2007 (2 photos)

... the towers of Kuala Lumpur behind on Thursday and jumped in a taxi to the meet the local bus which would take us up to the Cameron Highlands. After six hours on the bus it was on with the jumper as the temperature took a dive, around mid 60's, as we ...

Cameron Highlands
Feb 5, 2005 (13 photos)

We took a short diversion on our planned route to spend a night here in the Cameron Highlands. Due to the altitude the climate here is much cooler and ideal conditions for growing tea and other produce. Which also meant that it was much colder than we have ...

Dangerous Driving!
Jul 3, 2005 (5 photos)

Our next port of call was the Cameron Highlands to check out the tea plantations and the Malaysian rainforest, a one day tour pretty much covered everything we wanted to see here. The guesthouse we stayed in was quite grotty, we were given a room with bunk ...

The Cameron Highlands in Tanah Rata
Nov 21, 2009

I caught the Bus at 09:00 to the Cameron Highlands in Tanah Rata and arrived there around 14:00, there were no vacancies where i wanted to stay, so i ended up in a place called Fathers guest house which had been recommended to me. 10 RM (Malaysian Ringit) ...

Tea Heaven
Jun 14, 2009

Hello again Just arrived in KL yesterday from the Cameron Highlands. So i will let you know what we have been up to when we were there. First day we arrived pretty late so we just walked the town, it isnt very big, then sorted out a tour for the next day. ...

Malaysia
Apr 13, 2003 (4 photos)

... metres from me. Quite rashly we both swam towards it but it disappeared among the rocks. My next stop in Malaysia was the Cameron Highlands. Situated at 1200-1500 metres above sea level the highlands are cool and wet. The only place in Malaysia where ...

cameron highlands tour
Feb 10, 2009

nach der einen nacht in unserer luxusunterkunft, juliane hat sehr entspannt geschlafen, machten wir uns auf zur am vortag gebuchten rundfahrt. mir beide waren gemeinsam mit einem weiteren gast, mohamed aus aegypten, und dem guide in einem jeep auf den weg ...

Cameron Highlands
Apr 3, 2009 (18 photos)

... and you can not worry backwards. Jan and I I have left Trang and are attempting to find our way to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia.  Didn't seem like a difficult task but travel arrangements in areas where there are few tourists and little or no ...

Tea Rocks
Nov 11, 2006 (5 photos)

Day 1 I arrived in Cameron highlands late last night feeling like shite. Feeling dizzy most of the time...I think i need some rest. But the french dude and 2 dutch chicks were going on a tour so I decided to join them. We went to an insect farm and ...

Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Oct 1, 2007 (12 photos)

The Cameron Highlands is a lovely place to be. At times it felt like we were back home in the English Coutryside. It was a whole lot cooler due to the altitude, enought to need a jumper again. During our few days we visited a Bee farm, two butterfly ...

Treking, Touching and Tasting!!!!
Feb 15, 2009

Up early for our fully day excursion.  Most of us have decided to pay extra to have a full day rather than a half day.  We start off with a bit of off-roading in some knackered old Landrovers!  We head into the jungle where we are dropped ...

Technical Difficulties
Sep 24, 2006

... , I don't even know what I'm gonna do. Scream and cry or something. On an upside, today I went on a tour of the highlands, and it was a blast! Got some great pics (I fucking hope). We went to a tea plantation, visited the tea factory, a butterfly and ...

Naporen treking
Aug 6, 2008 (1 photos)

Danes sva sla na treking. Do Starbucksa na kavo. Prehodila sva dobrih 200m, in sicer po slabo asfaltirani cesti, ampak se nisva cisto nic spotila, ker je zunaj zelo sveze. Raflezije tako ne bova videla, sicer pa sem imel vceraj roz dovolj za sleherni ...

Welcome to the Jungle!
Feb 14, 2005

... on to stay in your seat) and it was dark by this point so you couldn't read or anything. Finally we arrived in the Cameron highlands, and Marianne and I almost got off with the hoard of locals at the first stop until a French couple stopped us and told us ...

Tap into your Inner Mowgli
Sep 16, 2009

... and decided to get to the Cameron Highlands the next day.  We got up bright and early for the ride over for the Cameron Highlands. The van which seated around 10 left at 6:00 AM sharp. The beginning of the ride over was relatively ...

The Highlander
Oct 14, 2009 (132 photos)

... sausages I swing about are my own, and the raw sausages in a politicians kitchen, out of pure disrespect), I headed for the Cameron Highlands. Two buses are required, and when the first bus arrived, the last second bus (does that make sense?) had already ...

The Cameron Highlands
Nov 28, 2007

... by tree felling for an hour. There is one vital piece of information that you need if you are ever considering visiting the Cameron Highlands. You should be an adrenaline junkie or you might not like the journey up and down. The Village at the top is ...

Cameron Highlands (Tanah Rata), Malaysia
Feb 11, 2008 (22 photos)

... mielenkiintosin, oisin kaivannu kunnon oppaan mukaan. Nyt vaan bussikuski vei meiat paikasta toiseen ja kierrettiin omassa vauhdissa. Cameron Highlands oli siis kiva paikka kaiken kaikkiaan! Norppa English: Hi ya, Cameron Highlands it is. We ...

Malaysia, Cameron Highlands
Dec 29, 2006

... to enjoy the night life there and spent Xmas. On the 29th of December, I flew to Kuala Lampor and took a bus to Cameron Highlands for some jungle trekking and visit of strawberry farm, tea fields and other attractions. So tonight is December 31st, 2006.& ...

A Hitch Hikers Guide to Malaysia Part 1
Jan 11, 2009 (19 photos)

... to the next town, 13km away! Ok, so the entire journey is 600km, but it's a start! I've travelled to the Cameron Highlands with Andy & Colin. It's a warm up exercise for the jungle trek ahead. It's very English, including an English ...

Cold, Cameron Highlands
Nov 22, 2005 (7 photos)

It took 4 hours to get from KL to Cameron Highlands (it takes 1 1/2 hours just to get from the bottom of the Cameron Highlands climbing up winding roads through beautiful countryside to the main tourist town of Tanah Rata). God it was cold up there, we ...

Strawberry Fields Forever
Jun 4, 2006 (15 photos)

... had managed to drench us. A bus passed us and we managed to flag it down and get a ride back to town. The Cameron Highlands was a cool and relaxing place to visit, about 7 degrees cooler than the rest of Malaysia. It attracts many tourists from its ...

cameron highlands
Jul 1, 2007

... apposed to 80-95 which has been the case since i arrived in singapore. this is because as the name suggests the cameron highlands are far above sea level which makes them much cooler than the rest of malaysia. went to a strawberry farm and a ...

A giant green carpet!
Feb 13, 2004 (10 photos)

Okay...to those of you who have emailed about freezing...we are cold now too. We have made it to the Cameron Highlands and it is truly cold. A fleece is definitely a necessity. We left KL on a supposedly non-stop four hour trip, but one hour into the ...

Cool breezes (and a bit of rain)
Sep 23, 2006 (1 photos)

... had to pee soooo bad I thought I was gonna lose it. Then I get to Tapah and had to find the bus station to go to the Cameron Highlands, and when I finally found it, I had an hour to wait for the next bus. And the next bus, was not air conditioned like the ...

Highlands of Malaysia
Jun 9, 2004 (5 photos)

... about people stealing money from their family it's a bit difficult to feel bad for them. Anyway, I arrived pretty late in Cameron Highlands and checked into Fathers Guest House, which is a travelers dream...nice rooms, a restaurant, huge selection of ( ...

The big dead flower
Oct 23, 2005 (5 photos)

Yesterday we travelled by local bus into the Cameron Highlands, an area of dense forest, villages and farmland 1,500m above sea level. The bus journey was interesting to say the least, as we carreered along at what seemed like 100mph around tight bends ...

Heading to the Jungle Mountains
Nov 27, 2007 (15 photos)

... know for strawberry fields, tea plantations (Cameron and Boh tea), very cold nights and jungle treking. It was a 5 hour bus the Cameron Highlands, but the bus was really comfortable and we knew this wasnt going to be the worst bus ride of our lives! The ...

Die Cameron Highlands
Sep 15, 2009 (8 photos)

Die Cameron Highlands sind eine ueber 1000 m hoch gelegene huegelige Region. Aufgrund der Hoehe ist die Temperatur deutlich geringer als im Rest Malaysiens und dies traegt zur einzigartigen Vegetation bei. Dies ist der einzige Fleck in Malaysien an dem ...

Jungle trek
Jun 4, 2006 (15 photos)

On the long bus ride from KL to Cameron i met 2 American guys, James and Joe, who had recently graduated. They decided rather than doing a road trip around the states and paying for petrol it would be cheaper to do South East Asia, so here they were! I ...