is it true that the pasar malam will open everyday during this school holiday? How if I go on Monday to CM? Will it be jammed also due to school holiday?

From Cameron to Sg.Koyan > Raub > Kuala Lipis, you need to drive to Ringlet. Just before entering town from Habu, there's a left turn to Bertam Village (before the Shell petrol station). The route starts from there. There's signboard, no worries and also it's a new road, so the condition is OK since no lorries uses it at this moment.

i baru wented nia

daytime ~24 at brinchang

nite about ~20

cooling la

btw my ride

baru wented this week. monday was damn crowd. tuesday daytime dam crowded at equatorial area. but nitetime was less at the pasar malam (i dunno if its full pasar malam anot but got 2 row of stalls open enuf to buy ur vege/snacks/souvenir)

Wah... upgraded liao.. no more waja vtec.. ehhhh but honestly can fit your giant size meh

This post has been edited by stimix: May 31 2012, 11:06 PM

thats what i thot initially then i went wif anoder fren same size on we both fit very nicely in there... so i buy liao heheh

but cameron was good cloudy and also sunny mornings when iwas there. superb coolness.

but the food... sigh....

You must be eated liao at Brinchang instead of Tanah Rata

yalor.. i did makan at tanah rata the Rest. Sri Brinchang that was nice la.
but dinner times i dint want to drive in the dark also. next time i go will go for tanah rata food for dinner time.

Anybody stayed in Hotel De La Fern before?

Nice ride!

family plan to go this coming tue till thur, hopefully the CH traffic is great..
anybody can recommend the local tour guide there to bring us along?

Will be at the heritage..
Its been so long since I've been to Cameron highlands...

This post has been edited by jtan.pdr: Jun 2 2012, 03:13 PM

Enjoy your stay!

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Added on June 3, 2012, 7:56 pmQuote nice hotel, still like-new condition!

This post has been edited by chin_kh: Jun 3 2012, 07:56 PM

Will going this weekend, my second trip to CH. Staying at Century Pines.
can I know what is the timing to go up avoiding the jam?
On my first trip, I had hard time finding parking when visit the night market at brinchang. I will expect the same this weekend.
I intend to take cab to the night market, but is it easy to get a cab from the night market back to hotel? Given the jam there, I am afraid not able to get a cab back.

Park further away..~ opposite side of the nite market beside the regency star.. more space there rather than parking so close to the market.. I hear not easy getting public transport there.. Even it's common seeing foreigners walking to/fro Tanah Rata to Brinchang.. a distance of ~ 4-5 KM away

Traffic going up Tuesday was not bad. Reached tanah rata at abt 12 pm.
Lots of foreigners around.. Some families..
Jam to brinchang was abt 30 to 45 minutes..
Went to brinchang mountain and had a lovely view.. All white mist! Lol
Going back tomoro..

Edit. Was using tapah route


This post has been edited by jtan.pdr: Jun 7 2012, 10:37 AM

Been upthere last week, traffic is bad especially after strawberry park up to kea farm...

Anyway, I got this confirmation from an ADUN of Cameron Highlands, the Sungai Koyan route is not officially gazette yet. Meaning that if anything happen between the road from Pos Betau to Lembah Bertam, insurance is not claimable. So drive that route with care! Please correct me if I'm wrong. Tq!

Yes. Night market is available everyday during school holiday season. And it would be very jam.

The best time if you can reach 9am so you can avoid many traffic jam. After 10am the traffic would be very jam. Sometime even walking also faster than you drive from beginning of the road to the end of the road.

Since you stay at Century Pines then just grab a cab/taxi to Brinchang for the night market. I recommend to most people to stay at Brinchang as more activities and easy access to night market, tea farm and strawberry farm.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS
We stayed at CP too. This stretch has less traffic going to tanah rata (turn left or turn right to CH resort).We went to nonya feng restaurant to have Chinese food dinner. The sweet and sour Thai sauce deep fried fish is good. It is value for money (Only rm20 plus). We tried in house massage at CP. Excellent service by masseur samario ani. The beds are warm. Aids in blood circulation. The best massage for me. Rm100 plus service charges plus voluntary rm10 tip. After dinner, we went to old smoke house to have dessert. Tried bombe alaska. It is sweet cream with alcohol on top of crust. Rm 59. Serve > 2 persons. Get your camera ready when it is served. It will be lit with flame for 1 second. Photo taking is allowed here. CP to this place is near and fast. We went to CH resort but dessert is limited. Another family went to the western restaurant but end up at the Japanese restaurant because of price. This family was driving in a Singapore registered Audi and stayed at CP too. CP staffs are friendly. We wanted to stay de la fern hotel because it is new hotel but was sold out. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7085/7185912135_42505fefe3.jpg

HOW TO STAY OUT OF TRAFFIC
We booked half day tours. We had the general tour rm25, sunrise tour rm65 and argo tour rm65. The roads in the tea plantation are single carriage for 2-way traffic and jammed most of the time. Better to enjoy the scenery and let the tour guide drive, and save trouble from car repair. The loop around Brinchang town is 2-lane but only 1 way. I parked at a hotel before this loop. I was coming from Tanah Rata direction. We did not visit the night market. We always leave hotel at 630am whether it is from ipoh hotel or Singapore or CH hotel for day tour or check out. The roads are always jam because of 2 weeks malaysia holiday. If you are driving a manual car, it will be difficult because the loop I mentioned is quite steep with vehicles park everywhere made worse by the night market. There is KFC and shell petrol station in this loop.


SIMPANG PULAI
I was driving a 1500 CC manual car with only 1 driver and 1 passenger and half tank of v power and half tank of 98. We drove up on Sunday morning and down on Tuesday morning. At no point did I use engine break. I tried to brake on straight road before bend, and let go brake during the bend. Some part of the road can be fast only because you step on the gas. These fast stretch are designated with very big arrow signs before the bends. I am glad to report that the drive was easy for me because of the conditions I have stated in the first and second sentences. One small incident happen to me. My wind screen fog too fast and the sun blind us. I was video taping the climb so I want to reduce noise by closing the windows and use the air con. A car and van e brake behind us because I stop immediately. I could not even see the left side of the road to stop my car. I washed the wind screen after I arrived at CP. During my descend, it fog up again. It is best to open windows at CH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljWUj_eEtSg

ATTRACTIONS

STRAWBERRY FARM
We went to 2 strawberry farms. The first farm has little and small strawberries. Of course we did not walk far into the farm, myabe there are bigger strawberries inside. Our guide only gsve us 20 minutes. We took some photos and end up at the store selling strawberry drinks and strawberries etc. Our second farm was the biggest in CH. Self picking for 1kg of strawberry for rm50. You will get the freshest crop but the terrains are steep. I was carrying my camera bag and it was just too difficult to walk because the lanes were very narrow and time was limited again. There were workers inside who helped us pick the strawberries but I did not tip them as we were rushing. If you want to bring back to Singapore, pick and turn a few leaves upside down on top of the strawberries and choose greener strawberries if you can.


HYDROFARM
I bought ORGANIC salads and romaine, wrapped them in wet newspaper and brought them back to Singapore after another day and night at ipoh. The vegetable was still good when i got home. The condition of my red salad lettuce was the worst among the three, but it was still good. So buy less of the red. This hydrofarm is the biggest in CH. The strawberry tea was not bad and the dessert stores closed at 630pm. The vegetables cost rm2 each or 5rm for three (if you can bargain).


SUNRISE
Our tour guide did not bring us to the tower but to a farm to watch sunrise. I had video taped the sunrise too. The guide said that it is foggy at the tower, so never get to climb it. I was a bit disappointed, but we witnessed the whole sunrise. So, it is better ask that you ask the guide before booking the tour. Do not attempt to drive to the tower yourself in the dark unless you are pro. It is very narrow, dark and steep.


TEA PLANTATION
We went to sungai palas with our tour guide(part of the sunrise tour). when we were, there was an aeroplane dropping fertiliser on the tea plantation. We took some photos there and witnessed traffic jam with yellow bus and cars and "traffic Marshall". Every vehicle wait patiently for their turn. this tea plantation is near the summit(gurung brinchang). our tour guide prefer sungai palas tea plantation. the other bharat tea plantation is further away down the mountain at tanah rata side along the steep tanah route. we passed by bharat during agro tour. Bharat is more easily accessable by car on a 2 way carriage than sungai palas where there is only 1 lane for both directions traffic. maybe you will experience parking problem at bharat. for us, we parked at the hotel and took the tour.


ROSE GARDEN
Rose garden is huge. Many photographic opportunities here. I especially like the biege wall. The flowers are so delicate and colorful. So different from the light colour and rough stone wall. They are very matching for photo taking. There is a windy man made cave on the top. At this level, you can frame your photos to include blue mountain as the backdrop. There is a even higher summit with a hollywood style sign with the name rose garden. This place is like endless. We took many photos here.


4WD
Absolutely love them. They are everywhere here. When can i afford one in singapore?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyRGTrqGSZs

This post has been edited by heng23: Jun 17 2012, 10:07 PM

Went to CH on the weekdays during the last week school holiday period! OMG!! Massive jammed!!

Hello there. My friends are driving from KL to Cameron Highlands and seriously need clear directions on how to go there. Please help. TQ.

This post has been edited by catsyloo: Jun 15 2012, 09:47 PM

Highway exit Tapah toll

This post has been edited by sevendogz: Jun 15 2012, 09:48 PM