Cameron Highlands Things to Do

A must visit in Cameron Highlands is one of its tea plantations. Tea planting is the main economic activity here with acres upon acres of land dedicated to its cultivation. There are several tea plantations scattered all around Cameron Highlands with Boh Tea Plantations alone has a total 8,000 acres of tea plantations in Sg Palas, Farlie, Bukit Cheeding and Ringlet. Bharat Tea Estate in Riglet also worth a visit for its view.

Most of the tea trees in the tea plantations here are the same that were planted during the early beginning of tea plantations here since the productive life of tea trees span over almost 100 years. In Cameron Highlands, tea leaves - about the size of an adult palm - are plucked by hand as well as using a specialised scissors-like equipment. Thus, tea trees here are trimmed to the height of 1-1.5m to enable the top layer of the tree to be pruned straight into a sack using the said equipmenet.

Once collected, the tea leaves are brought to a nearby factory to be processed.

The Honey Bee Farm (Ee Feng Gu Farm) is among the agro-tourism attractions in Cameron Highlands apart from the tea plantations. Located in the Kea Farm area, the farm is said to be one of the must visit in Cameron Highlands.

At the farm, visitors would be briefed on the benefits of honey, sampling of the honey and followed by a tour of the farm (unguided). Whats interesting here is the various large figurines of bee scattered all over the farm. Honey related products such as pure honey, royal jelly and pollen are also on sale here

Free entrance, open from 8am to 7pm daily.

Within Boh's Sg Palas tea plantation is its tea processing factory. A guided tour is conducted to visitors to the factory as wellas a short video presentation on tea making process.

In the factory, you can witness the whole tea making process that involves withering, rolling, fermenting, dryring, sorting, tasting and storing. Most of the machineries here have been used from the day the factory start its operations in 1930s.

Tanah Rata is one of the main town in Cameron Highlands. It is full of activities here in daytime but quite quiet in nighttime. Cameron Highlands bus station is located right in the heart of this town. There are also shops selling daily goods and souveniers in the town as well as banks branches here.

Goverment agencies such as police station and post office are also located here. The office of the Malaysian Agriculture Research Department (MARDI) is also located here, with a garden where visitors can walk around and take photos.

Boh Tea and Cameron Highlands are quite synonymous as it was here in 1929 that the country's first tea planttaion was established by J.A. Russel, the founder of Boh Tea. The name Boh was derived from a type of tea from China. Boh has several tea plantations scattered all around Cameron Highlands totaling 8,000 acres in Sg Palas, Farlie, Bukit Cheeding and Ringlet - producing approximately 4 million kg of tea a year or 5.5 million cups of tea a day.

Boh's Sg Palas tea plantation - said to be one of the most beautiful tea plantation in Cameron Highlands - is the most popular among visitors. Here, apart from the nice view of the tea plantations, visitors can also visit its tea factory and enjoy a cup of tea at its tea shop and souvenier centre. It is open everyday from 9am to 4.30pm except on Monday and public holiday.

The Cameron Highlands Butterfly Farm and Garden is located about 5 km north of Brinchang towards the Kea Farm area. There a various types of butterflies here flying freely among flowers in the farm with the sound of running water from an artificial pond in the background. The star attraction here is the well known Raja Brooke butterfly.

Apart from the free flying butterflies, the butterfly farm also has various insects on displays such as scorpions and tarantulas. The farm is open daily from 8am to 6pm and the entrance fee is RM3.00.

Brinchang is another main town of Cameron Highlands. The town has popular eateries and shops selling daily goods. The night market held every weekend here also a crowd puller for the town. Right in the heart of the town is Cameron Highlands Souvenier Centre that sells various type of souvenier.

Tea is a major product of the Cameron Highlands. Therefore it is essential to visit one of the tea plantations, e.g. BOH Tea, the biggest one. They show a film about the tea production and guide you around the factory. The views over the plantation are stunning.
If you want to go there on your own, ask in your guesthouse about transportation. You can take the Jungle Walk No. 9, but the last hop on the street is loooong, and if you are not as lucky as we were to meet a friendly farmer with a pickup, you might face some problems.