Where the hotels can be booked online, they are almost always,  cheaper.

Many of the smaller hotels cannot be booked online.

Depending. If walk-in allow discount & you able to negotiate, for sure it wil be good.. but if during peak period & weekend, you walk-in, that's the time they will slaughter you..Even a guesthouse will charge ridiculous rate..
Just do a google search on cuti.com, agoda, mari & etc and check the online rate to the hotel own website..you will roughly know which is the cheapest option dy

just came back from CH.
my first time going there,driving, and i cant remember when since(looong time ago)

my review
took the tapah road to CH. fuuuh.. menggigil kepala lutut... heart beating very fast at all corners, not because of the slope, but the thing that you cant see cars coming from the other side. not to mention the narrow road

but the road is getting worse when u go to sg. palas boh tea and mountain hill strawberry farm.

from tapah-->tanah rata-->brinchang-->tringkap-->kg raja-->spg pulai iinm

stayed at equatorial. very nice hotel. I prefer this rather than century pines since its on top of the hill, while century is in the middle of the town.

kea farm? when i read what u guys wrote, I thought it was like Mr Kea Farm with all his produce in a big farm.. well I was wrong, waay wrong.. kea farm is the place name, with lots of small shop.. the produce is cheap, I mean REALLY cheap..

went to sg. palas boh tea because need to survey that area for study purpose.. i guess u all already know about the road.. it gets worse when going to mountain hill strawberry farm(otw to gunung brinchang).. i like going to that farm, the workers(bangladeshi) knows how to handle visitors(+1 for their hospitality) and they have no minimum purchase.. unlike some, deposit rm25, mininum purchase strawberry rm20.. wtf

Hi we r a group of 4 guys going up highland tis month end, is there any good papaya farm in CH ?

Been up to this lovely place on 25th this month, using Raub road...

Bumpy road as usual near to Bertam Valley... They "kill" off the side parking in Kea Farm, so where do the car parks now? Although it smoothen the traffic during peak season, but it just make people to hard to park their car, or park down or further up, bit inconvenience. 

Visit my favorite Jin2 Steamboat at Butterfly Farm there, the steamboat not bad. Just RM17/pax. At least they didnt chop people like in the Brinchang town center. Try their Kiong See Fried Rice (Vampire Fried Rice) not bad, price if i m not mistaken is RM5.90/plate.

Been to many flower shop, cactus point, all sell plants and vase bit pricy. Plus it was raining that day, the temp there i m guess was about +/-18'C. Bit freezing especially your body is wet wet...

When I went there that day, they making a big bumper in d middle of the road ... facing the starbucks. They also eliminate side parking along the side of shop lots. Guess soon or later, they gonna implement the parking ticketing system.

Just some shopping tips:
- Please bargain, u may get such offer like me. Bought 19 batang jagung for RM10 only! In the end, bought 38 batang for RM20 and free 1/2 batang for instant fresh bite. Find a malay lady at 2rd/3th last shop towards Brinchang Town direction in Kea Farm.

- In Kea Farm, Cameron Orange usually sell RM7/kg or 5biji for RM10. Go for 5biji offer, coz 5biji its usually more than 1kg already.

- For their Cameron Apple (not Guava Apple) got two colors, one is light green another one is new species, purple color. The apple skin is not edible. RM7/kg in Kea Farm (you may get cheaper nearby Honey Bee Farm)

- In honey bee farm near to the road simpang to BOH Tea Plantation, along the side of the road there's many shop selling vege, fruits n so on. One of the shop situated inside the inner path along the street(dunno how to describe the location), towards right inner part, there's a shop selling RM5/kg for Light Green Non-Edible Skin Apple and RM7/kg for Purple Non-Edible Skin Apple.

- For Strawberries Plucking, try outside the entrance to Equotorial Hotel, RM20/500gram (bit pricy) but the straweberries are big and fresh ...

There's lots more to share... haha...
Well, I m guess the traffic Jam part always occur after Brinchang Town until Honey Bee Farm there...
Tata...

these are my choices of hotels... i wanna stay 2D/1N ..can anyone share ur xperience in those hotels... which one will be nice?

1.century pines resort  - quite a nice hotel operated together with their sister hotels in Langkawi and Penang. Location is convenient and located in front of a nice park in CH. A walking trail is just beisde the hotel too.
2.La De Fern  -The newest addition of hotels in Cameron and since it is new, furnishing are new too. Located between the two most frequented towns, Brinchang and Tanah Rata. Good comments from forummers here.  Recommended.  thumbup.gif
3.Heritage Hotel - Built atop a hill in Tanah Rata near the school, there are some bad reviews of this hotel.
4. smokehouse hotel - Probably the most famous nostalgic hotel in Cameron. It is the place for afternoon tea in their gardens but their fame has also affected their staffs attitude towards visitors. Many complained about their  service though.
5.cameron resort  -  I think you mean Highlands Resort. Was the former Merlin Hotel but since tookover by YTL it has been refurbished and changed to Highlands. It should be a cosy hotel following YTL standards but too highly  priced for a non- airconditioned hotel. laugh.gif
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I stayed b4 at Strawberry, Ex-Merlin Inn (CH Resort) & also Century Pine b4 new wing.

The best - Strawberry Resort. big room & also super huge batroom haha..You can even stay inside the batroom or work inside! haha but room already aged now.

Heritage - spacious but old room.. otherwise no complain actually.

Century pine - Clean & reasonable sized room (The one beside the stream. Too bad due to the proximity to the stream & also the mosque, it can be too loud..1st nite can't sleep bcos of the loud water flowing down the stream haha..and Morning auto morning call lor haha. The new wing should be OK kua?

Merlin Inn or now - CH Resort..(From a 2 star to 5 star resort)...Room super tiny. but that was b4 YTL took over..At nite there is some eerie/spooky feeling due to the overall antique condition of this hotel..well this is one of the oldest hotel in CH.. 

etech
any of this hotel is near kea?

Is there any good budget accommodation around rm100/night around tanah rata area? With good privacy one. Can recommend, guys?

Tried Heritage before, was really good, but expensive for long stays.

Is there any good budget accommodation around rm100/night around tanah rata area? With good privacy one. Can recommend, guys?

Tried Heritage before, was really good, but expensive for long stays.

Hi all,

need ur recommendations pls    (i've never been to CH be4...)

i plan to go CH on a day-trip, no overnight stays...

thinking of taking bus to CH from KL...(if i m not mistaken, the bus will stop @ tanah rata, right?)

any places of interest / activities recommended for a day trip?

do i need to rent a car to travel around?

any bicycle rental services up there?

or is it wiser to take up those one-day tour??  

thank u in advance  

i see.. thank u etigge 

if so...then maybe i'll drive up there myself 

btw, just asking, any reputable 'day-tour' service providers to CH??