Cameron Highlands, Malaysia: Strawberries, Tea Leaves and Awesome Weather

[DoriyaKiz]

Living in Malaysia or Singapore can be quite a hot affair. After all, we are located near the equator where the weather mostly alternates between hot summer and torrential rain. Which comes as a no surprise that many Malaysians and Singaporeans flock to the two highlands of Malaysia every holiday season to escape the hot weather and indulge ourselves in the chilly breeze of the mountains.

Cameron Highlands is the more relaxed option of the two, the other being Genting Highlands with all its glitz of a casino resort. Mention Cameron to any locals and strawberries, tea leaves, farms and colonial architecture comes to mind. My family used to visit Cameron Highlands during school holidays for family vacations when I was young and for nostalgia's sake, we decided to visit it again recently to see how much the place has changed. Here are some photos from the trip!

Tea plantations are one of the common sights on the highlands

 Sometimes you forget that you're in Malaysia and imagine yourself in Holland

Butterfly gardens are also another defining feature of Cameron

 Feeling cold? Go for steamboat! Highly recommended activity

 Honey lover? Try walking amongst the bees in their bee farm!

 Almost everyone plants strawberries on Cameron highlands. Sometimes they don't really turn out the way you hope they will

 
Instagram lovers will find plenty of insta-worthy moments here as well aside from just nature shots

Great weather, plenty of scenery

In short, Cameron Highlands is a great place to visit with its scenic landscape and cooling weather. My personal favourites are the Lavender Garden and the Bee Farm. 

Some travel advice: Make sure to visit during off-peak periods and avoid school holidays and weekends, as Cameron can clog up easily. This is due to the fact that only one road links the entire place up, which can easily lead to long traffic jams. Be prepared to spend up to a few hours if you're caught in one. Motorcycles come highly recommended as an alternative solution.

Do you have a favourite highland tourist spot? Do share with me in the comments section below!

[TorM]

@DoriyaKiz,

this is really a nice post! Thank you.

My fovourit would be lavender garden. But I would be curious to visit a tea farm once.

Thank you.

Are you their as well?

 @Haseeb

[NadyaPN]

Hey @DoriyaKiz,

First of all, that's a great post. Second, we can use the title of this post as an example of how everyone should name their topics. 🙂 When I saw it, it made me click on it immediately. One of my favourite places in the mountain is Seven Rila Lakes. I've shared about it some months ago. I'm not sure if this counts as a favourite highland spot. 🙂 

[Julien44]

Hi @DoriyaKiz,

Thanks a lot for sharing your beautiful pictures. It reminds me my trip there back in 2005. I am always pleased with it.  It didn't change at all!

Here are highlands from france.

Hi my Malaysian's friends @AkmalB  @StephenAbraham @Haseeb,

I hope you are doing fine.

Have you got some nice pictures to share about the Cameron Highlands?  @StephenAbraham have you got some 360? 

See you 

Jul

[Haseeb]

First of all thanks for sharing such a beautiful post @DoriyaKiz

I've been to Cameroon Highlands countless times & I must accept the fact that google maps has never let me feel stranded or aline, it has always remain a very cool guide right in my palm 🙂

Thanks for tagging me my lovely friends

@Julien44 & @TorM

Julien, I wish to visit highlands in France too, they looks cool bro

[DoriyaKiz]

Thanks @Haseeb @Julien44 @NadyaPN @TorM! Glad to see that some of you have been to Cameron before and I must say, the France highland looks beautiful. Will be more than happy to share future posts with you guys too!

[Badruddeen]

Hi @DoriyaKiz

I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for sharing this great experience with us.

Thank you.

[CarolinaSoto]

Wow those pictures are amazing!!!

[Badruddeen]

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@CarolinaSoto wrote:

Wow those pictures are amazing!!!

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Hi Carolina, Do you like that beetle? 🙂

Just asking.

Cheers