Cameron Highlands Travel & Tourism Guide Malaysia

Cameron Highlands is a beautiful holiday destination and the only place where you can find tea plantations and strawberries in Peninsular Malaysia. At 5,000 ft (1,500 m) above sea level it is the highest area on the mainland, and enjoys a cool climate, with temperatures no higher than 25 degree Celsius and rarely falling below 12 degree Celsius year round. Actually, Cameron Highlands is a district in the state of Pahang Darul Makmur. The size of the whole Cameron Highlands district is roughly as big as two and a quarter Singapore.

Much of the character of the highlands remains unchanged since colonial times. It is endearingly known to some as the 'little corner of England in Asia'. The cool climate on the picturesque plateau and its surrounding hills and forest make this a popular retreat for golfing, jungle trekking and exploration of the many plantations and gardens. It has become a very popular resort among Malaysians and overseas tourist as well.

Cameron Highlands Resort, located in the heart of Cameron Highlands, is a 56-room boutique property that embodies the charm, adventure and gentility of the old world colonial lifestyle... more

Location: Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Tel: 605-4911100
Website: www.cameronhighlandsresort.com
Email: minglee@ytlhotels.com.my
Email: chiying@ytlhotels.com.my

This unique Tudor style hotel, situated 1500-meters above sea level, is surrounded by vistas of Tanah Rata. Guests will enjoy the scenic natural ambience that features a meticulously sculpted ... more

Location: Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Tel: 605-4913888
Website:www.heritage.com.my/cameron/
Email: chreservation@heritage.com.my

Equatorial Hotel Cameron Highlands is nestled atop a hill 1,628 meters above sea level offering magnificent views of lush green valleys, terraced farms, rolling hills and majestic mountains ... more

Location: Kea Farm, Cameron Highlands
Tel: 605-4961777
Website: www.equatorial.com/cam/
Email: info@cam.equatorial.com

This Tudor-style boutique resort, situated in an expanse of verdant rolling hills, is close to Tanah Rata. A comprehensive selection of important cultural, historic, and tourist attractions ... more

Location:Ringlet, Cameron Highlands
Tel: 605-4956152
Website: www.lakehouse-cameron.com
Email : info@lakehouse-cameron.com

Malaysia is one of Southeast Asias top travel destinations, possessing an endless range of attractions and activities that cater for the cosmopolitan shopper, cultural enthusiast, historical buff and nature-lover.

Divided into Peninsular Malaysia in the West and East Malaysia, part of the Borneo archipelago, the country will allure you with the shopping experience of its modern cities, the splendour of its cultural arts and natural heritage of rich flora and fauna!

Cameron Highlands, widely famous for its market gardens and tea plantations, has some of the countrys highest mountains.The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia-the BOH tea plantation & Cameron Village. It was a great experience & especially interesting in tea plantation in Cameron Highlands. There were rows and rows of tea plants as far as the eye could see. Overlooking an amazing landscape.

Sometimes you just see something that's hard to believe and this is one of them. The rafflesia is the biggest flower on the earth, it's huge, mean, and smelly. More than a meter in diameter, can weight more than 10 kg, and it's perfume resample the smell of rotten meat. It was able to get a chance to see Rafflesia in Cameron Highlands.

The Orang Asli are the indigenous people who dwell in the forest of Peninsular Malaysia. The name is Malay for, literally, "original people", and is a collective term to denote the 18 sub-ethnic groups generally classified as Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Malay. They hunt for foods such as birds and little monkeys by blowing their blowpipes. This blowpipe is made of bamboo, while the mouth piece is made of damar.

The forests of the high mountains of Cameron Highlands are able to strip moisture from the clouds, hence referred to as 'cloud-forests' or 'mossy-forests'. Here the general appearance of the forest trees tends to be dwarfed to about 10m tall.There are also large numbers of mosses, liverworts, ferns and fern allies, as well as, pitcher plants, rhododendrons and wild orchids associated with these forests.These forests are often likened by the locals to the mystic forest of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings

This English Tudor style hotel, built in 1939, is situated adjacent to a beautiful golf course. The hotel features a special traditional English breakfast, followed by a noon tea in the sculpted garde ... more

Location:Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Tel: 605-4911215
Website: thesmokehouse.com.my/ch.htm
Email : cameron@thesmokehouse.com.my

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