Yes discussed somewhere in the middle of this thread...It is located somewhere high up near the summit of Gn Berinchang....To go there u need a bad condition car or 4WD as the road currently teruk....stop by at any campsites beside the roads towards Gn Berinchang & just walk in...& the mossy forest is in front of u...beware lotsa sampah & urine smell at the begining of the trackk...M'sian mentality!

eh..That hotel just beside the main road of Brinchang loh...Abit noisy if looking at the traffic at Brinchang town....sumore diesel smell...

Depending on how fast u drive...If one avg 110KM/hr on h/way and avg 70km/hr from Tapah to Tanah Rata..I will be about 3.3hr...i.e 1.7 hr up to Tapah & another 1.5 hr from Tapah to Tanah Rata

KL -Tapah ~160KM
Tapah - CH ~70KM

For easier ride but far & more toll use:

KL-Spg Pulai - 200KM 2hr
Spg Pulai -CH - 80KM - 1hr

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 19 2007, 03:40 PM

Nope...No one want to go CH for the diesel smell & noisy traffic....This is Brinchang...Yes Tanah Rata much quiet & rather relaxing..and this is the paradise not Brinchang!...Food in Tanah Rata is reasonable too compare to the ever cut throat pricing in Brinchang...Yes brinchang is happening but if u like noisy area..do so in brinchang but u really want cool soothing, quiet & far from noises...Heritage ..U won't regret...somemore do use the Tmnet hotspot service at the lobby if u feel boring....

My answers are in red

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 31 2007, 04:53 PM

I've stayed at 2 of the 4 resorts i.e Heritage & Century Pines

Rosa Passadena is in Middle of Brinchang town & the price & condition of the hotel dun looks inviting...Look-like 2 stars but wth >3Star pricng (>RM150)....Casa de La Rosa is on high side but should be nice..overlooking the gold course...

Century new wing is new & clean (I stayed at the old wing b4 renovation)...Heritage abit old but nice environment & quiet + having TMnet hotspot

Nah....Dun really like those hotels in Brinchang...I did check wth Iris b4..signboard advertised RM60++ but when checked >RM120!..terrible info!....Brinchang is abit noisy wth all the traffics & hotels located beside the roadside inc Iris hse & Hill Garden. I stayed twice at Country Lodge. Although quiet on top of the hill overlooking Brinchang but abit old & not cheap too..price >RM160 during weekend for an old & not so clean hotel! And the food in Brinchang is just like slauthering house..damn pricy and tasteless

For CH, It will be better staying at quiet hotels far away from main roads & the best town so far (for me) is still Tanah Rata. bcos it is not so busy as brinchang & the food there are much better & cheaper!

There are no farm near Heritage. But furthe ropposite the other sid eof the road (Carnation road). For farm u need to go further up at Kea Farms (Equatorial area) or Ringlet town (Before Tanah Rata & 1st town in Cameron Highland- (Lotsa farms here..including gigantic watercrest plantation...)

Haha..FYI I hv seen Mat Salleh walking from the main road to Sg Palas Tea Plantation! & even walking from Tanah Rata to Brinchang....Only for those wth strong stamina....Yeap no transport really susah..but there are full day package too cater for those w/out transport (stall just beside the Post Office...)..can try to check...Probably ~RM50/pax/day... (Not sure never bother to check )

Rayfoo=Sony Anyway the chances of landslide is no doubt happening esp at the old Tapah -CH road. If scare, can use Spg Pulai-CH mah....Even b4 the raining season, u can actually see landslides at numerous locations..no big deal... ..I'm going up again for the 4th time THIS YEAR on Xmas eve... ..Just drive safely & carefully will do...Landslide is in the hand of ......susah mau cerita...

... more research required....

Anyway here is one of many link of the FAQ u needed : http://www.cameron-highlands.com/getting-there.html

How far - 3.5 hrs journey from KL (~270km)..Nearest from KL is using the old windy road from Tapah (1.5hr from Tapah) or u prefer Highway, use Simpang Pulai to CH about 45min away only) but total distance will be longer & number of hours using both route is actually the same 3.5 hrs from KL...

U can use Genting Highland or even Fraser Hill way too (Which I did recently)....Goto Bentong, Raub, Lipis, Gua Musang & thereafter CH...Total hours about 7hrs!! (2 hrs to Bentong & another 5 hrs from Bentong to CH via Gua Musang in Kelantan!

Yeap both restaurants are equally good..but the crowd normally goto Mayflower...My vote for HK restaurant more meats/fishbalss than vege....+ if u r lucky the daughter is damn cun..& cute..

This post has been edited by stimix: Feb 28 2008, 11:15 PM

Both restaurants also offer Ying-yong soup + herbal soup too...HK retaurant also famous for curry fish head.

On Hotels, I stayed in all the mentioned hotels ..and the best still strawberry although abit old. - I stayed at the old wing of century b4 the add the new wing and I can tell u the old wing is just beside the stream & not far from the mosque...so abit noise pollution-lah....Heritage is nice also and for me although old but better than the newer & noisy/ tiny room century (Old wing-lah)..Straberry is high on top of the mountain summit ..so the sceneries & the size of the room is great...The Bathrooom is as big as the whole room itself!
So my recommendation- strawberry

For time saving & cost effectiveness as I go up CH almost 4-5 times yearly, nowadays I only stay at budget Hotel wth attached bathroom which cost me <RM70/nite...I like Twin pines & its sister KRS guest house...deap inside the alley at the back of Tanah Rata Maybank..no need booking..always available even during Hari Raya, CNY or Cristmas!

Strawberry is abit old & authentic swiss design...no new wing. the new & old wing thingy is Century pines...& I forgot to mentioned that strawberry is abit far on top of summit of a mountain in between Brinchang & Tanah Rata....so u really need transport as the road leading up to strawberry is abit steep & far away from the main road. Not adviseable for those without transport..it's about 4km away from both Bringchang & Tanah Rata!

For convenient & nearer to Tanah rata town....suggest getting Century Pine..walking disatnce away from the town. Heritage u need to walk up the hill unless u can find a shortcut via the convent school in front of Tanah Rata town

BTW, saw your earlier query on how to go to Gunung brinchang...first go all the way to Kea Farm. After 1km from Equatorial, you will reach another road side stalls There is a signboard going to Boh Tea Plantation - Sg Palas & Gn Brinchang..turn left at the only junction at the road side stall..Be carefull as the road can only accomodate 1 car or 2 kancil at a time...so u really hv to be carefull here..once u reach the junction about 3KM from the main road, to the right is Boh Sg Palas & to the left is to Gn Brinchang from this jucntion it's only ~5km uphill to Gn Brinchang.....A must for those going to CH...That's the highest road in Pen Malaysia at 2033M or 6666ft! nice view up there..

This post has been edited by stimix: Mar 1 2008, 12:59 PM

Yes don't go there wth smaller cc car.. Atleast use car >1500cc. Manual car is better as it will be taxing to the auto unless u are using >1500cc auto car

The road up there as at Dec'07 is not so bad...except the narrow road just at the mid span of the mountain near the junction to Boh Sg Palas tea plantation..On my way up there, there is one S'pore Hyundai Trajet got stucked in the potholes while trying to avoid another coming car...Hv to help the poor driver..

Here is the gps maps to the top courtesy of malsingmap.com wth the mark on narrow road & bad condition area (Only that area is bad..others is OK):

After measuring the starting point from the vege stalls junction, the exact distance to summit is 6.2km from the main road..not far just 1/2 hr drive.

Here is the map to robinson fall...Therte is an existing walking trail up to the junction hiking up to Gunung Beremban..then the trail getting abit bad but still OK for another 400m before u reaching the fall..But beware, the location shown in the maps & in blue "Robinson fall" is not the main fall but the starting fall which is not worthwhile..& small (Man Made!)..u need to walk thru another 1KM South of the "blue marking" to the one 1 denote as "Actual location of the fall. (This probably due to previous malsingmaps tracker did not reach the actual fall & contributed the wrong location . Too bad my tracklog to the fall has yet to be updated by the mapper )

The 2nd photo is the real robinson fall..If u reach this point u will be rewarded wth the view.

Yes.. I was there in Oct'07. Not really far..u can park ur car somewhere near the trail head (Trail no9) & cross over to the other side of the river...just folow the trail beside the river until u reach the first fall (Man-made) ~300M from the parking. & then probably walk another 1Km to the fall..but for sure u can't swimm there...That's the photo I taken from opposite the fall right where I stand on the trail. Small -yes.. & water quality suxx big time..bcos of the over developement in CH!....No way U or me going to swim on the same water that flow from the same river/big drain opposite Tanah Rata town centre!!!

I f u like water falls, the robison fall although small in volume & dirty water, it's abit impressive actually bcos of the 90 degree fall.. ..picture dun tell 100% truth unless u r there. Yes Gunung berinchang is to sight the scenery too...just the TM station on top of the summit, and in between the TM station u can actually see the marking on the ground mentioning the border of Kelantan & Pahang.. There is a trail head at the side of the TM station too that leads you to Gunung Irau...it's about 3-4 hours of tracking to Gn Irau from top of Berinchang...Have not tried...just heard from those who have tracked. Gunung Irau is at the back of Gn Berinchang wth height abit taller I think about 2070M compare to Gn Berinchang @2033M..Irau is the highest point in Cameron Highland & not Gunung Berinchang as what ppl think...

Depend on timing-lah..during peak season, for sure u b stucked in the jam! Not to Gn Berinchang but jam bcos more ppl goto Sg Palas Boh Tea plantation using the same narrow road!!

But on Gn Berinchang yeap not many will go up...The worry is not going up but the jam at the narrow entrance to Sg Palas!..There was once years back on my way up..I quarel wth one Indian Bas Sekolah driver b'cos of the narrow road!..Also on the way the u can see the slope been badly sctrecth...

This post has been edited by stimix: Mar 3 2008, 02:30 PM