Kampar Travel Guide

 abudabi40 Says:  A few minutes drive from Kampar is the Gua Tempurung Cave complex. Here you can explore the caves, or enjoy climbing, rope bridge walking, picnicing and a wide range of activities. Although the caves have been there for a long while the complex is just finding its feet... 

 abudabi40 Says:  Kampar is a central location from which to begin exploring the local area. There is much to offer from castles to herb gardens, golfing and trips to seaside.Pictured here is Kellie's Castle aka Kellie's Folly. Built by William Kellie Smith between 1915 and 1926 but never... 

 abudabi40 Says:  Travel from Kampar back to Tapah and take the old road towards Cameron Highlands.This windy road is lined with stunning scenery all the way up to the very apex of the Highlands.Along this road are two breath-taking waterfalls both very different from each other. The first is... 

 abudabi40 Says:  As Kampar and the surrounding area used to be the very hub of tin mining when tin mining went into recession there were a huge number of mining pits, created by the open cast mining, left.Some have been in-filled to create housing areas but many mining pits remain and have... 

 abudabi40 Says:   Largest hotel around Kampar, newly built and having Halal food 

 l_joo Says:  Capitol Hotel is located on the main street, anybody on the bus or car can see this hotel BUT don't ask me the price and don't ask me how many hotels in Kampar, there are so many here both low budget and luxury. 

 abudabi40 Says:  Chapati Corner is an authentic North Indian Muslim restaurant situated on the main Tapah to Kampar road on the corner of the road to Chenderiang - hence Chapati Corner. The Chapatis are soft and simply the best around, the rest of the food is a mix of Indian and local but... 

 abudabi40 Says:  Prema's South Indian restaurant is about two years old and has grown with the new town of Bandar Baru.The restaurant serves mainly South Indian food this includes various types of Dosa, Vadai, Appam, and Idiappam. Also Puri and a range of curries etc.It is one of the few... 

 kamparboy Says:  When you visit Kampar, cray pot chicken rice is one of its well known speciality. It is pieces of chicken cook with rice and other ingredient in a cray pot over charocal fire. The flavour draws out your appetitie, the taste make you eat non stop and price make you want to... 

 l_joo Says:  Never worry about 'No Chickens' in Kampar, if you need chickens, Kamparese have plenty to offer. I took this photo in the town center of Kampar, not that big, I can drive many rounds in this town without getting lost, hopefully when the next time you come here, you can enjoy... 

 l_joo Says:  Now when you come to Kampar, there are some roadside food peddlers or vendors selling some local foods and coconut juices, I did not eat here but I stopped by here to buy a bottle of mineral water RM1.70 each and taken this photo for some VT tip rating funs. 

 l_joo Says:  Here I saw a steel shop making steel works and I was thinking probably some tourists might want to buy some steels as souvenir or as art pieces to bring back home as display or show to friends, who knows. To be helpful to tourists, we make sure we never omitted a thing,... 

 l_joo Says:  Without reading the history, I am quite sure this school was built by the early settlers of this town or probably peoples migrated to this town, it was then ruled by the British, thus built such school and also with some churches around also built quite some while ago before... 

 l_joo Says:  Kampar was once the largest tin mines producing lots of tin and made lots of money. In the 80s the town almost forgotten by peoples due to no business. Nowadays this town comes back again when UTAR university started and the town is now in speedy development. I visited few...