Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Cameron Highlands
Sep 30, 2007 (37 photos)

From the hustle and bustle of KL city life we headed to relax up in the hills. We got a bus to Cameron Highlands up some really steep and bendy roads. As we got higher and higher up we could feel our ears popping. It was about 1500m above sea level. When ...

Cameron Highlands
Aug 1, 2006

From Ipoh a new road winds upward into the Cameron Highlands, reaching an elevation of 1500 m in about 100 km. There is essentially one road looping through the highlands with some short, very narrow roads, more like long lanes, running off it. It's not ...

Breathe in, breathe out
Mar 18, 2006 (22 photos)

... bus took the hairpin turns. Most exciting, when you're surrounded by small children and trying not to crush them! But Cameron Highlands is a bit of an oasis. Lovely and green, full of fresh air, tea plantations, strawberry farms, and architecture in ...

Smooth road, ruined jungle
Jun 30, 2004

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Days 118-119 Cameron Highlands
Feb 4, 2006 (3 photos)

Hmm, bit of a wasted trip this one, but never mind, we live and learn. The Cameron Highlands is a hill station, high above sea level, and obviously the place where the Malaysian Chinese at New Year go when they're not in Penang. It was a 6 hour drive on ...

Cameron Highlands
Dec 21, 2004 (5 photos)

... , Igor?) (Igor:...hmmmm) --------------------------------------- Carissimi, eccoci scappati dalla morsa del caldo a ritemprare lo spirito! Le Cameron Highlands non sono isole... (come pensavo Cameron Islands) e' l'altopiano a nord della Malesia, dove i ...

Update from Cameron Highlands
Feb 14, 2004 (3 photos)

... the kind of people to stress so we just let him get on with it!! First stop today was quite high up in the Cameron Highlands where the Moss Forests are. Our guide took us on a short 45minute trek through the Moss Forests explaining about the various ...

Cameron Highlands Retreat
Feb 6, 2009 (9 photos)

In describing the two days I just spent in Malaysia's Cameron Highlands, the first word that comes to mind is "retreat". A hill station situated 6000 ft. above sea level, The Cameron Highlands offers mountains of undeveloped forest and rain forest, ...

Malaysia, a beautiful country
Feb 15, 2007 (20 photos)

... bridge to get back to the hostel, get my bag, and to the bus station.  I was heading to Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands were most of their tea production is as well as some mountainous area for views and walks.  I made it there right at ...

Drinking tea in the highlands
Aug 8, 2008

... around the town.  There is one street in the town we are staying in and it is very short...about 200m!  The highlands are much cooler than KL and every other city at sea level, but since we are up in the mountains the temperatures are about 10C ...

An Aborigine Funeral
Apr 8, 2007 (5 photos)

In the oldest rainforests in the world, deep in the North of peninsular Malaysia, a small # of aborigines conduct their ways of life.  They are nomads by nature, moving from one part of the rainforest to another.   When a village member dies, ...

Al fresco per un buon te'
Apr 25, 2007

... scendono mai sotto i 21 gradi e mai sopra ai 31, ideali per l'agricoltura e famose per le piantagioni di te'  ' LE CAMERON HIGLANDS ' Ad un altezza massima di 1800 mt dal livello del mare e' un vero piacere fare trekking per i suoi percorsi. ...

Visiting a tea plantation and a cretinous dinner
Oct 4, 2009

We had a rather late start today and I didn't get up till nearly 10am. Our plans were to visit the a tea plantation. We all went down into the town and had breakfast, then people began to disappear. Nolan and Amy had already had breakfast, so said they ...

Mossy Highlands
Sep 22, 2005 (4 photos)

The Cameron Highlands were a great change from the hot tropical weather. The temperature was much cooler, but the area remained very humid. This was one of my favorite experiences in Malaysia. We did a 17 KM (10 mile) hike up and down mountains. It ...

Highlands Tea and Cake
Mar 29, 2006 (3 photos)

AFter a four hour bus journey, 2 of these on hairpin bends, we've arrived in Cameron Highlands - an old hill station where the tea plantations are and loads of jungle trails. It is a lot cooler, thank goodness, but pouring with rain at the moment! Just ...

Cooling Off
Oct 3, 2008 (8 photos)

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again mountains!!!!!
Aug 21, 2006 (9 photos)

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Images from Indonesia
Apr 28, 2006 (15 photos)

We are currently in Cameron Highlands in Maylasia and have access to hi-speed internet, so we must take advantage of it and upload some images we keep promising. More on Malaysia to come...

Tea and cake
Mar 31, 2006 (2 photos)

This morning we arranged to go on a Field Trip, headmistress allowed it even though we hadn't previously booked our places. We filled out our H & S sheets (were we alive? could we pay?) and off we went. A very battered land rover drove us deep into tea ...

From lofty heights
Jun 23, 2006 (4 photos)

On Wednesday we departed KL in very comfortable seats on a bus and travelled four hours to Cameron Highlands, an agricultural area that pretty much sits in the clouds. The last two hours of our journey was a continuous wind up a narrow hill with a sudden ...

The Highlands
Sep 3, 2005

On Wednesday afternoon, Chris and I caught a bus to the Cameron Highlands. This was my first experience traveling by bus, and it's a bit different than traveling by plane. For one, there was no Star Alliance lounge in the bus station. Two, it takes a ...

Natureza, ilhas, mergulho e mais cha'
Jul 13, 2006

... afins, A viagem pela Malasia foi bem tranquila, e dessa vez sem contra-tempos. Apos dois dias em Kuala Lumpur, segui para Cameron Highlands, uma regiao serrana onde ha' inumeras plantacoes de cha', entre eles o famoso "Boh tea". Clima ameno e muito ...

Things I learnt in Thailand and Malaysia...
Mar 17, 2008 (49 photos)

... who scampered away at speed when we saw him) it was time for something a little more civilised... So here we are in the Cameron Highlands. The weather is like an English Summer should be, warm and sunny in the day, cool in the evening and cold enough at ...

Our Crazy hike
Jul 16, 2008 (14 photos)

Entry by Lynn, It start out all nice, an easy stroll to a nearby waterfall....  It was so easy we were lulled into the "Jungle Hike" trap.  "It's so beautiful, let's go for a bit more".  "Look at those vista, WOW".  THEN fallen ...

Jungle Trekking and Tea Plantations
Sep 10, 2007 (20 photos)

Saturday September 8 to Tuesday September 11 The Cameron Highlands are located in north-central Malaysia at an altitude varying between 1300-1829 meters.  It is a beautiful and green area, full of rolling hillsides and a few mountain peaks.  ...

May I Have Another Scone, Please?
Jan 29, 2008 (12 photos)

It was a pleasant four-hour bus north to this area of Malaysia called the Cameron Highlands.  It sits at 5000 feet bove sea level and is allegedly a popular weekend destination for Malaysians because the temperatures are much cooler.  Really ...

High Tea Break
Aug 20, 2006 (18 photos)

... by a French father whos children didn't like them as they were too spicy (they had many issues with Malaysian food!) Cameron highlands are a former British hill station, with climate to match.. First rain we've seen in ages! But thankfully a much ...

Cameron Highlands
Mar 8, 2006 (19 photos)

... being in a narrow column besides the advertisments. I hope it works ok for all screen sizes and fonts. Next stop the Cemaron Highlands, in the middle of the Malaysian peninsula. They are famous for the tea plantations. I tried the best tea in the farm ...

Tea plantations, mountains and... its cold!
Jul 10, 2007

... I have to say. I set off early from the jungle, and it was pretty sad to be leaving my new friends. The journey to the Cameron Highlands by minivan was long and pretty dull, and i was pretty down about (potentially) losing the ipod. When I arrived at the ...

Cameron Highlands
Jan 1, 2007 (4 photos)