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A British surveyor called William Cameron discovered the Highlands in 1885 and brought back praise of "this fine plateau with gentle slopes shut in by 'lofty mountains'" to his Government.
Then Sir Hugh Low, a Resident in Malaya suggested Cameron Highlands as a resort for "health, pleasure, gardening or farming purposes".
41 years after William Cameron had sung its beauty to the world, Cameron Highlands received its first step towards the resplendent glory that we see today.
Roads were constructed, reservations zoned, cottages and hotels built, recreation areas and parks planned, vegetable and fruit farms tilled and tea plantations experimented with.
It is said 'that the Highlands' first holiday-maker came in the form of wealthy Chinese businessman who sought the solitude of the hills by building a mansion for the seasonal visits.
With the building of rest-houses and hotels, numerous British civil servants stationed in Malaya flocked here, taking to the cool weather as if they were back home in England.
When the second World War broke out, the Highlands saw no more visitors except for holidaying Japanese officials at various rest houses/bungalows during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya.
When peace returned to the country, so did holiday-makers, tourists and lovers of wild beauty and cool hills of this Utopia.
It is here that the legendary 'Thai Silk King' Jim Thompson, mysteriously disappeared in the forests, hence and beauty, mystery and the adventure Cameron Highlands promises.
Nature created the beauteousness of Cameron Highlands.
A refuge tucked away in the North East of the Pahang mountains, a rendezvous for never-ending pleasures of the senses of the mine. To see, smell, hear and touch the loveliness of Cameron Highlands is to harmonise with the purity of Mother Nature.
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