Cameron Highlands

Name: Cameron Highlands

Location: Cameron Highlands, Pehang, Malaysia

Reason to Visit: one of the most famous summer resorts in Malaysia, with the largest producer of BOH tea, beautiful natural scenery of tea plantation, enjoy the stunning view of sunrise and sunset on the Cameron Highlands

Opening Hours: 24 hours

Cameron Highlands is a lush green place located in the top of Titiwangsa Range, Pehang, Malaysia. With an altitude of more than 1,500 meters, Cameron Highlands is cool most of time and cold sometimes. With coool climate, it is a famous summer resort in Malaysia. It is a popular resort in Malaysia with tea plantation, strawberry farm, butterfly park, bee farms and gardens. Cameron Highlands will give you another impression of Malaysia. At the top of the Cameron Highlands, you can see lush rolling mountains, tea mountains and peaceful lake. It is an ideal destination for nature travelers and avoiding heat. It will take 4-5 hours to get to the Cameron Highlands from Kuala Lumpur.

History of Cameron Highlands

Cameron Highlands was discovered in 1885 by William Cameron, a British surveyor, and the highlands was named after the surveyor. That’s why it is called Cameron Highlands. In 1925, Duck George Maxwell came to visit the Cameron Highlands and decided to develop it to a summer resort. They finished a road to the Cameron Highlands. After the construction of the road, villas were built on the highlands by the British officials in Malaysia. Some of them settled in the highlands and wanted to develop it. And a permanent British military camp was established here. In 1929, John Archibald Russell, son of the British Viceroy, developed tea plantation in Cameron Highlands. And the BOH Tea is very famous in Malaysia and the world, which is the largest producer of tea in Malaysia. In 1957, Cameron Highlands was handed over to the Malayan federal government for management, and its management has been maintained until now.

Best Time to Visit the Cameron Highlands

October to May is recommended as the best time to visit the Cameron Highlands. But you can visit the Cameron Highlands anytime you want. It is cool in Cameron Highlands all the year around. In January, February and summer months, it often rains at these time. If you like rainy days, you can visit Cameron Highlands at these time. At the public holidays of Malaysia, Cameron Highlands will be crowed at these time. If you want to get better experience at Cameron Highlands, you can avoid the public holidays of Malaysia.

Visit the BOH Tea Garden and Enjoy the Afternoon Tea

Built in 1929, BOH Tea Garden is the largest tea garden in Southeast Asia. You can immerse yourself in the lush green world. The mountains are full of tea trees. At the top of the mountains you can overlook the lush tea mountains and look far into the mountains in the distance. The green color will make you comfortable and relaxing. Strolling in the tea garden will heal you physically and mentally.

Here you can also taste the tea produced in the Cameron Highlands. At the BOH Tea Garden, you can taste the BOH tea at the modern designed tea room. You can taste the famous BOH tea as well as enjoy the beautiful scenery on the top of the tea mountains. Here you can taste black tea and various desserts. You can also buy the tea as gifts for your families and friends.

Enjoy the Stunning View of Sunrise or Sunset at the Top of the Cameron Highlands

At the top of the Cameron Highlands, you can enjoy the stunning view of the sunrise or sunset. With the high altitude and beautiful scenery, the sunrise at the Cameron Highlands is charming and beautiful. You can wait for the sun rising gradually. And before the sunrise, you may see the mountains covered by the mist, which makes the mountains a fairyland. Sometimes the sea of clouds will appear before the sunset, good luck to you.

Not only the sunrise, the sunset is also impressive at the Cameron Highlands. You can see the sun setting down gradually, and this process is impressive. Sometimes there will be sunset glows on the sky, red, orange, pink or purple, which are colorful and beautiful.

Explore the Nature

Except for the rolling lush green tea mountains, you can explore the nature in the Cameron Highlands. You can visit the Bee Farms to know more about the bees in Malaysia. And you can buy the honey produced here. You can see various colorful butterflies and other insects at the Butterfly Farm, which is suitable for children. At the Twin Diamond Plantation you can visit the grape farm and other vegetables. At the Strawberry Farm, you can visit the strawberries as well as taste them. There are many strawberry farms in the Cameron Highlands, you can choose one of them to visit. At the Rose Valley, visitors can see more than 450 species of roses, flowers, plants and cacti.

Shopping at Cameron Highlands

At the Cameron Square, you can get many things you want at this shopping mall. At the Night Market at Golden Hills, you can purchase many cheap products with high quality with Malay style. Cacti is the main product of Cactus Point, where you can get orchids and ferns. You can get local crops, souvenirs, honey and dried food at Medan Argo. Multicrops Central Market provides handicrafts, mini cafe and galleries. At Kea Farm, you can taste the freshest strawberries, corn, vegetables and fruits, and you can even bargain with the retailers here. And you can try some healthy foods at the Water Crest Valley, a restaurant as well as a vegetable farm.