Cameron Highlands Trip (Cactus Valley, Strawberry Farm, Sungai Palas, Brinchang Pasar, Steamboat)

• Cameron Highlands Trip Day 1
• Cameron Highlands Trip Day 2

Cameron Highlands -12 July 2008, we took bus from Skudai, Johor to Tapah, Perak, it took us around 8 hours to reach there. By the time we reached Tapah, just 6 a.m early morning, we ate our breakfast at a stall near the local bus station. There are 6 of us from southern part and another 3 from Penang. Haha.

Cameron Highlands

A Short History of Cameron Highlands?!

Cameron Highlands was named after William Cameron, a British government surveyor who stumbled accross plateau in 1885 during a mapping expedition on the Titiwangsa Range. Failing to mark his discovery on the map. the location of the plateau was finally confirmed by subsequent expeditions after which Sir Hugh Low suggested that this would be an ideal location for a retreat and farmland. A narrow path to the highlands was then cut through the dense jungles. Until 1925, Sir George Maxwell visited the highlands and decided to develop it as hill station …

From Tapah bus to Tanah Rata took us 2 hours, each person RM6.00, going up the hill through the narrow path.

Tapah bus to Tanah Rata

Tanah Rata

Tanah Rata

When we arrived at Tanah Rata, we saw a Tourist Centre in front of us, so we went there and wanna get more information about the return tickets to Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru. The receptionist at the counter told us that in Cameron highlands only the tourist centre got the bus to Kuala Lumpur and no other bus to Johor in Cameron there. Oh my god, we quickly bought 6 tickets and 4 of my friend just plan to transfer bus from KL to Johor.

You know what?! After we left the tourist centre and walked along the street and we saw a lot of tour agents there, and we figured out that they offer many bus services to other cities such as Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, and even Singapore. WE ARE CHEATED BY THE TOURIST CENTRE GIRL, feeling bad then we returned back there and ask her to sell back the ticket, but she say only can put there and wait for people to buy, we just lost RM90 for the return tickets.

Tanah Rata Tourist Centre

Tourist Centre to KL Bus

Then we meet a really nice and helpful girl in Kang Tours Travel Sdn Bhd. We bought 9 daily tours tickets there, each cost RM25. There would be a van to take us to 7 places such as Cactus Valley, Strawberry Farm, Honey Bee Farm, Rose Garden, Sungai Palas Tea Plantation, and others.

Kang Tours Travel Sdn Bhd

Kang Tours Travel Sdn Bhd Shop

Inside the shop, we have asked a lot of questions, Haha. Furthermore, i bought a RM2.00 map and tourist info booklet as well. In case later needed to use it… Who knows?!

Map and Tourist Info Booklet

Cameron Highlands Map

Tanah Rata Lunch

We felt so hungry and we ate Hainam Chicken Rice at the shop behind the tourist Centre there. There were 6 of us and our 3 friends from Penang still on their way going up the hill, Haha.

Hainam Chicken Rice Shop（五月天）

Yeah

Chicken Rice

Parkland Apartment

Location: Lot 134, Brinchang, 39100 Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
Check-in time - 14:00 pm
Check-out time – 12:00 noon
Tel: 605-4912366

20 fully furnished 3 bedroom apartments – A master bedroom with two double beds, other bedroom with two single beds. All rooms with attached bathroom, hot/cold shower, toiletries amenities, spacious lounge with colour TV, telephone system and dining area. Kitchen with fridge and tea/coffee making facilities. Balcony with golf course view. Porters, maids service and ample parking space.

This was the apartment we all stayed together, cost us total RM400 per night. We reached here around 1:00 p.m, but we could check in earlier. Yeah.

Daily Tour Van

Parkland Apartment

Parkland Apartment Balcony View

Cactus Valley

1st destination in our daily tour – “Cactus Valley“. The ticket price is RM4.00 each person. By the time we arrived there, it was starting to rain already. So bad. But luckily Cactus Valley was sheltered. We spent around 40 minutes here, taking photos and enjoy the scenes of all species of cactus and local vegetables.

Cactus Valley Entrance

Cactus

Cactus Valley Path

Cactus

Li Ping, Pei See & Cactus

Kun Chui, Pei See & Flower

Li Ping & Huge Flower

Funny Shot

Strawberry Farm

2nd destination – “Strawberry Farm“. Here was starting to rain dizzily and we could feel the cold wind blowing on us, we started to find the shelter and went inside the strawberry farm quickly. Haha.

Strawberry

Strawberry Farm

After walking around the farm, we found a lot of strawberry there, “can see cannot touch”, hehe. Then, we went to the Strawberry Shop beside the farm, got many people there queuing to buy the strawberry jam and other strawberry related products.

Scene Outside the Strawberry Farm

Strawberry Shop

Strawberry Jam

Strawberry Lollipops

[To be continued…you can see more Cameron Highlands trip Day 2 post, yeah!)