I kena cut throat b4 at watercress valley...haizzz...

hmmmnn not bad for the pricing compare to the RM23 in KL. hopefully they dun hike their pricing just like You Hou having 2 pricing..Weekday diff rate, weekend & Public Holiday diff pricing..BTW, what's the name of the steamboat beside You Hou.. MFM only having "brinchang Steamboat" not far from You Hou POI

This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 28 2009, 06:52 PM

1 day, if u start early ~ 5am & reach there by 8am++ probably enuf but thereafter will be jam & traveling time already taken the toll.

Weather in malaysia all the same..if KL raining there also raining..now raining season mah..but expecting coldest mth this month & nxt.

Huh Where is Belong??

BTW, the Tea farms that i know:

1) Bharat - Habu - the starting point b4 entering Tanah Rata & the most scenic one

2) Boh -Habu - Deep inside Habu. A short hike up on one of the summit beside the office will be rewarded wth one of the best view of CH

3) Boh - Palas - On the way to the summit of Gunung Brinchang & Gunung Irau

4) Bharat - Tringkap - so-so view

5) the furthest - Blue Valley

Oh OK.. If the one near equatorial ..it's palas..Yeah the road there is the narrowest of all.. good for 1.5 cars at certain location,, U need to give way..During Holiday...that's the worst road u can think off...Who gonna give way?? Condition till Palas is good except the narrow road..Going up To brinchang pretty bad esp near to the workers quarters

wah that's one very far trip..all not inline & far apart...U can goto Bkt Tinggi 1st & thereafter to Fraser via Raub, thereafter from Fraser to kuala Kubu Bahru >Tg Malim & NSE & continue to either Tapah/Spg Pulai to CH..

I did one crazy such trip b4 but even crazy..

1st day I stayed at Fraser & thereafer, instead of using NSE, I used Raub>Kuala Lipis> Gua Musang & thereafter CH..That Fraser Gua musang CH took almost 6hrs!!

Yeah I knew that one.. I was tracking 1/2 way that road from Ringlet trying to goto Sg koyah way back in 2007 too but stopped 1/2 way after Bertam valley Village..road condition very bad..not for my sedan car.. So during my long journey to visit Gua Musang for the 1st time instead using this bypass I chicken out bcos I knew the condition closer to Bertam valley..Anyway, the road has since been tracked by one of Malsingmaps member way back in early 2008 7 updated thereafter in both malsingmaps & MFM..

Yet still no one feedback since then whether the last portion of the road between Bernam Valley & kg Susu/ Kg manso still accessible by sedan cars??

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Added on January 3, 2010, 8:59 pmCameron itself sufficient dy..lotsa attractions..One of my best - Hiking in search for Rafflesia flower....well it's a paid 4WD trip anyway..
This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 3 2010, 08:59 PM

I also experienced 1 Singaporean hyundai trajet got stucked while reversing to give way..The whole way up to Brinchang mountain jammed! some detoured...We decided to help the poor Singaporean jack-up the rear tyre..Mc gyver style..& yes successfull

During my paid Hike in search for Rafflesia (lojing, Gua musang0, the 4WD also almost stucked in the super thick logging road...Lucky at very last momenet the driver manage to pull-out..if not manti mud liao..

Op[ss Overlooked earlier.. Yeah that's the road from Sg Koyan >Kg Susu>Kg Manson>Bertam Valley & Ringlet i'm talking about. Google maps stopped somewhere ~ kg Susu as you posted. According to malsingmaps V3.09, The road from Kg Susu to about 5KM b4 bertam Valley (That's where I stopped & patah Balik in 2007) is still unpaved. Well I'm not sure about the status right now because in Malfreeemaps it's a paved road ..confusing..

Here's malsingmaps screen cap of that unpaved section:



This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 8 2010, 09:51 AM

Try this agency..The same Mr Francis..my guide also-lah..English perfecto & hell a dare devil driver going thru super deep muddy logging road...
http://www.cameronsecrets.com/Articles/Loc...Rafflesia-Tour/


BTW, If u want to save cost & go on your own & hire the orang asli ppl as your guide beside the entrance at Lojing Gua musang. I have also tracked the 4WD route till the trail head (~2km) & thereafter another 2KM hiking trip thru bamboo forest, jungles & few river crossings & 2 waterfalls b4 reaching the rafflesia site at Lojing Gua Musang.

The actual entrance is beside a Temiang orang asli settlement here: N4 39.744 E101 29.330 & the tracklogs that has since updated into malfreemaps here:

I haven't stay there b4 so no comment. On the major attractions, Kang's actually located at Tanah Rata town. but CH is very big.. from Ringlet (the starting point of CH till Blue Valley, it's almost 40km distance. Even the distance from Tanah Rata to the Rafflesia site which is actually at Gua musang is ~ 40km away!

Should be OK.. I even saw lotsa Sedans car passing by but those were really teruk type od sedans..Me not dare...Dunwan to regret later...

Do report back on the status of this road..I think should be tarred by now This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 8 2010, 04:58 PM

No

Do feedbaclk on the condition of the unpaved road & also photos too

U mean Bkt Tinggi Pahang? if yes aAround 5 hrs both ways either from Raub >Gua Musang> CH
or back to KL > MSE> Tapah>CH

No doubt Spg Pulai will be easier although far from KL & xtra toll too...However wth the fast descending speed, it can be out of control sometime compare to the winding CH-Tapah road..

There was once I almost lost control of my non fuzzy logic/troptronic auto box and the brakes did not work well esp you are descending faster than the car abilities....scary experience..On winding road u can't really speed & wth less steepier road, actually feel safe too except I hate those slow lorries too..haha

Tnx for the interesting update..meaning the 9km unpaved has been left status quou since my last in 2007

I also prefer the Habu Boh plantation rather than Sg Palas. The view on top of the summit much better than Sg Palas...

BTW, traveler, Do you have the exact coordinate of the location of the unpaved road? Thinking of reporting a warning at MFM site.. That road in the maps is 100% paved which is very misleading..& where is the location of Pos Betua? (The coordiante -bcos can't find it in MFM)

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 4 2010, 11:49 AM

BTW, CH attractions all far apart.

There are few bungalows for rent at Puncak Arabella near Tanah Rata Town but 1.5km away from Tanah Rata

Otherwise you can look for apartments at Tmn Royal Lily which is nearer to town

Probably u can google for those areas

Cameron Highland Secret - Well I used them b4 for 1/2 day tour to see the rafflesia flower (Not in CH but in Lojing, Gua Musang)

OK-lah & Francis the guide very helpful & speak better angmoh than lotsa us here..

No idea of grandpa...but reading hose blog by mat Salleh...This one for sure one of their top list.