Showing posts with label Malaysia : Cameron Highland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malaysia : Cameron Highland. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Cameron Highland family holiday 2016


Recently we had an awesome family holiday trip to Cameron Highlands for 3D2N . The Cameron Highlands  is  like a must visit " highlands" for our holiday once in every  3 years  . Last visit was in year 2013 . We really love this stunning , chill and beautiful green hilly place . Being an highland , the weather is nice cooling around 17 - 19 Degree C which is comfortable for Malaysian climate . There are some changes happened at Cameron Highland after the government make an enforcement not to allowed the tree to be cut down and clear for agriculture activity so you can see less activity on land clearing . Hope this enforcement will stayed forever in order to keep the tree grows and the forest become more healthier  .

For this visit we booked for 3 bedroom apartment @ Mui's Apartment , Copthorne Brinchang hill which is located at the peak of Brinchang and near to many interesting places such as KEA farm , EQ strawberry farm , Rajuii Hill strawberry farm , Nova 3D art & 7D cinema building , Bee farm and road junction to Sg Palas Boh plantation .



Our awesome family


Cameron Highlands attractions map


Our itenary :
Day 1 :
- Our journey start from Simpang Pulai so we make a plan to visit Lavender Garden and had an Lavender icecream as proposed most of the bloggers .
- Check in Mui's Apartment .
- Free and easy at KEA farm ( walking distant ) and have rice chicken as our dinner at the nearby restaurant .

 >>>  House of Lavender  ( Avant Chocolate & Ice Cream  )
          Entrance fee : free
          Ice cream     : RM6.90


love this place


house of lavender


inside the lavender garden 


boys with auntie


our apartment 





Day 2 :
- Morning : visit Sg Palas Boh plantation . A must visit in Cameron Highlands . The highlight : green hilly view , nice tea & cake at the cafe , the tea factory & history and the sovener .
- Noon : visit 3D art & watching 7D cinema and the new Nova building . This new building comprise of an hotel and also shopping mall .
- Afternoon : visit Time Tunnel gallery . A place for a memory lane and kudos for the kids to learn about the past .
- Dinner  : Glory Steamboat . Been to this place so many times for the past of the years but now The policy is suck !! . No reservation on holiday and weekends . No extra plate ; plate given  just  follow no's of pax ordered . Min.  order is 2 pax @ RM52 @ 4 , 6, 8 pax per order ....means no odd numbers . Appreciate if someone can recommend new steamboat restaurant ( halal ) that I can try during my next trip to Cameron Highlands .



>>>>>  Sungai Palas Boh tea plantation 
             Entrance fee  : free

Sungai Palas Boh Tea Plantation


morning walk


momento


in front of the cafe


tea plantation



>>>>>    3D Art and 7D Cinema  ( Nova Building )
               Entrance fee : refer to their website .


Nova Building


King Kong


WOW !!!!


Beware of the shark !


let me help you


sea of love


near 7D cinema hall



>>>>>>>>>   Time Tunnel Gallery 
                        Entrance fee : Adult RM6 / Kid RM4


the entrance


what's so interesting ?


old and antique things


an ice cream seller via bicycle


Time Tunnel






Day 3 :
- Free and easy ; KEA farm , Rajuii Hill



Copthorne Hotel 



Cameron Highlands





>>>   Back to Kemaman via Lojing , Gua Musang , Kuala Lipis , Betong , LPT ... took us almost 6 hours but it is a nice , good journey and experienced .



BYE


Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Great domestic trips .. Terengganu , Pahang , Selangor , Penang and Johor Bahru

It is a mid term school holiday . We have some schedule what we called a " great domestic holidays " ... travelling from east to west and north to south of peninsular Malaysia . By the way it is also due to some small gathering at my brother in law house in Penang .

Selangor 

We start the day by driving thru LPT highway heading to Penang . But due to my health condition , we stopped at the small budget hotel at Batang Kali for a good night rest .

Penang

Morning we start our journey back to Penang by following Kuala Kubu road and then proceed towards the PLUS highway . As usual the journey was very smooth and after 2 hours we already reached Penang . Before heading to my brother in law house at Bukit Mertajam , we have a chance drove through the new second bridge to Penang Island . This is one of the new "year mark" in Penang and very good for motorist since its offer second alternative link and thus reduce the traffics . After that , we put a night and enjoyed our stayed at my in law house . Thanks for your hospitality !


Cameron Highland

The next morning , we drove to Cameron Highlands for a short break ie 2D1N  at this calm and cool highland . We stayed at Capthorne Hotel which is situated at Brinchang peak and closed to many tourist attraction such as markets , strawberry farms and many others . But the negative side , the hotel quiet ageing and its a time for them to get major refurbishment especially their furniture . By the way , we really enjoyed during our stayed there especially the very first time visited , The Time Tunnel Meseum , and our favourite steam boat restaurant for our dinner , Glory Restaurant , which is situated at Tanah Rata . Other than that , we did also enjoyed sipping the hot tea and taste a nice scorne at the Boh Cameron Cafe , plus viewing the awesome view of the green tea plantation .


Johor Bahru

On the next day , we check out and drove towards Johor Bahru where we spend for 3D2N at the Orange Inn hotel off Jln Tun Razak . This is a small budget hotel but very clean and offer complimentary breakfast with a  fast free WIFI . One of our activities , we do a small shopping at the Johor Premium Outlet and for me there is nothing much to offer since according to my wife , the clothes style available over here  is not really up to date . But the most important point actually we fetched our second son since he will be on holiday for a month semester break .


Pahang

Finally it is time to say good bye to JB and going back to  our home town  ,  where we used Kota Tinggi , Mersing , Endau Rompin , Pekan route ... which took us 4 hours journey ie the shortest route to our place !!....... BYE BYE





>>> BATANG KALI , SELANGOR

Put a night at Batang Kali ( Selangor )  budget hotel

the brothers enjoying the comfortable bedroom


>>>>>>>  PENANG , BUKIT MERTAJAM




took tour at Penang Island second bridge then back to Bukit Mertajam

son with his uncle and his cousin ( Penang )

with a new born baby ... a nephew


>>>>>>>>>  PAHANG , CAMERON HIGHLAND




welcome a fresh and cooling Cameron Highland ( Pahang )

temperature shows 18 degree C

Its raining at the highlands .. check in at this hotel


an exciting n interesting  experience at this Time Tunnel Museum
enjoying teas and scorne at this Cameron Alley Cafe

interested ? pls contact them !


have a nice steamboat dinner over here

a really awesome morning view from our hotel room


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   JOHOR , JOHOR BAHRU





otw to JB .. have a rest at this RnR

spends some money shopping at this JPO ( Johor Bahru )

reflex our muscles after heavy shopping


meet  second son in JB 

stay at this hotel .. one of my favaourite in JB


stop by at this Endau  Mosque for Friday prayer on the way back home




>>>>>     END OF THE TRIP






Thursday, 25 July 2013

Cameron Highland ; experience the freshness of nature , tea , strawberry , flowers , mossy forest ...

This is the last highlands that we going for holidays  during this trip , the Cameron Highlands . So welcome , let's feel and appreciate the beauty of nature . We spends at this highlands for 3D2N . There are a lot of places of interest you can visit  such as tea plantation , waterfalls & jungle walks , rose valley , butterfly farms , strawberry farms , vegetable farms , mossy forest .... mostly related to freshness and beauty of nature .

We stayed at Hotel De La ferns . It is just 3 min drive from Tanah Rata and a 5 min drive to Brinchang . This hotel is ideally located between Tanah Rata and the golf course of Cameron Highlands . Named after the leafy green plant , the hotel stands out on the highlands with its exquisitely designed English tudor structure offering an exotic ambience in a local environment . It is not very far from another English design tudor structure hotel , the Ole Smoke House . This hotel strategically located just beside the famous steamboats restaurant , The Glory 78 and the convenience shops where you can buy souvenirs , goodies etc ....

Among the activities that we explored    :
1- driving up to Brinchang mountain ( 6,666 ft ) and exploring the Mossy forest ( Oldest forest )
2- visit Sungai Palas Boh Tea plantation and Bharat tea plantation at Tanah Rata  , really enjoyed the hot
   lemon grass tea and delicious brownies and scorne while watching the beautiful green scenery with a
   pampering mild winds blowing after your face .
3- visit Mardi Technology center , where you can find that they grows  grapes and apple  !
4- have a dinner at The Glory 78 restaurant , one of the famous steamboats restaurant in Cameron          Highlands.

In my opinion , Cameron Highlands really suitable for family outing and for the couple who wish to have their honeymoon or celebrate their anniversaries .

On  our route to Cameron Highland  , we follow North South PLUS highway , Simpang Pulai  and follow Raub , Bentong route on our back to our hometown .

As a conclusion , this is the best holidays ever that we spends in this truly Malaysian domestic holiday with the concept of " Highlands " , ....to have a truly experience like us .... follow our schedule ! and plan your highlands holiday today  !!


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On our way to Tanah rata , Cameron Highland ... towards our hotel location... The greens really awesome !

The entrance of our hotel

1st impression the hotel is very nice ...  english style !


the hotel compound

at the lobby

reading newspaper while waiting for check in

the watch model .......

the begs on the sofa


the clean bathroom

view from our room ... level 1

infront of the hotel

infront of " Ole Smoke House " hotel .. not very far from our hotel

the view really classic with beautiful green gardens

plus beautiful flowers too .... my boys

among the significance attractions in Cameron Highlands

a local shops near to our hotel for souvenirs

view of our hotel at evening

a  nice fresh strawberry fruits drinks

have a steamboats as our dinner

view of our steam boats fresh seafoods

The Glory 78 Steamboat Snack Corner .. worth to try.. the foods is nice  and just beside our hotel

Hotel De La Ferns ... the name of our hotel

view of Brinchang Mountain from our room

Sungai Palas tea BOH plantation

still early in the morning .. the weather is cold

another fresh view of the tea plantation

climbing up the Brinchang mountain

Welcome to the famous Mossy Forest

see the mossy tree

the background view of Perak state ... full of frost and mist !

the mossy tree ... really another dimension of view

at the highest peak ... 2000 meter

its cold  ... especially when the winds is blowing


all in a family ... infront of Mossy Forest signboard