Get Up & Close to Nature at Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Nothing beats the cool and fresh air of Cameron Highlands. Coming from a hot and tropical climate town called Petaling Jaya, a suburb of Malaysia's bustling Kuala Lumpur city, Cameron Highlands serves as a perfect getaway for me as the highlands provides the 'perfect' weather and opportunity for me to escape from metropolitan city life by getting me close to nature.

During my trip to Cameron Highlands, I managed to visit the Boh Tea plantation, Cactus Valley and strawberry farm. Of course, there are a lot more places to visit in this panoramic highlands besides the places that I visited. Visitors can also choose to go to the rose garden and vegetable plantation areas as well. Of all the places I visited during my trip, I found the Boh Tea plantation the best. Though me and my hubby had to go through a very narrow and windy road to get to the plantation, the trip was really worthwhile as we got to see the scenic tea plantation and get a glimpse of what it is like to live at the tea plantation. I was really amused with the little cottages built for the workers of the tea plantation. They look very similar to one another. There is also a special school that is built nearby the plantation to cater to the needs of the plantation worker's children which I found most ideal.

The little cottages built for the tea plantation workers

The Cactus Valley

 

The Strawberry Farm

Famous eats in Cameron Highlands are products with made from strawberries, fresh strawberries, steamboat, scones, vegetables and mushrooms. I would like to highlight that the vegetables sold here are really fresh. You should especially buy the mushrooms and corn here. They're much tastier that the ones sold elsewhere!

Strawberry products we bought

Delicious and unique strawberry naan

The strawberry waffle we ate at the strawberry farm

The delicious scones and strawberry tart we ate at the Boh's Tea Plantation

I stayed at Rainbow Hotel during my time in Cameron Highlands because they were having a good promotion at that time. It costs only RM80 a night for a double bedroom. The room was very cosy and nicely decorated. Most importantly, the crowd of people staying there were 'descent' (ie. mostly families).

Rainbow Hotel, the hotel we stayed in

I did most of my shopping (i.e vegetable and food shopping) at the 'pasar malam' situated at Brinchang. There is also a morning market at Brinchang and many other parts of Cameron Highlands, so don't worry if you are not able to catch the 'pasar malam' at Brinchang. The things sold in the 'pasar malam' and morning market are similar.

If you want to savour western cuisines, take a trip to Tanah Rata because there many western cafes there. For steamboat, Brinchang is the place to go.

Steamboat

Cameron Highlands has always been one of my favourite holiday destinations since I was very young. I hope that my article had shed some light on what the beautiful highland has to offer.