hotels in brinchang normally will be fully book during weekends/ public holidays
in fact all hotels/apartments/bungalows/guest houses are fully booked during the previos deeparaya holidays
its better to book earlier
cameron highlands residence always face electric and water shortage during those days they always says "dam the tourists"

ok.. so is cameron highland brinchang or tanah rata very close to each other?
and which way to use if im goin from bkt jalil.. thanx zelot

i am staying in puchong
i use LDP go to DU
then i use nkve to go to north south highway then heading up north

brinchang and tanah rata is around 10 minutes drive far

thanx driftmaster..

so i use LDP.. after KDU there's the flyover bridge rite.. on that highway i turn left or right which is north?

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Well, just came back from my trip to both Penang and the Camerons... Very nice weather at the Highlands today, although it was raining when we arrived there last night... Bought back a good amount of vegie and strawberries!

any nice pic to share ?

Yups, mainly of mountains, tea bushes, as well as flowers... I'll post the pix up later...

cameron what i know is just can see the boh tea farm. If u like natural and keep ur mind fresh and quiet, it best place to go there... but i will prefer Genting

If you're into photography too, and love sceneries, of coz you'll love Cameron's more than Gentings.
Here's a closeup photo of the strawberry there.

lol tumpang thread...

juz wanna ask, how long it take to get to Cameron from Ipoh, using the new route ? n is the route safe for night time driving ?

also will it b any problem for a kelisa with 4 guys to get up there ?

i using kelisa 850 manual.. 2 guy & 2 gal using the tapah road still can arrive CH... hehe.. luckily my friend's Wira auto also can do tat.. but later his car cant start after reach the Brinchang town due to radioter overheat...

i guess it will take more than 90minute since you uphill n depends on how the way u driving... i guess it will be dangerous at night because heavy fog and dark at night.. there dont hav street light accoss all the road...

correct, better dun drive in night, the road is very narrow !!!

for sure no prob.....it take around 45 mins to get to tanah rata from ipoh using new road......

the new road is wider and less high slopes

nite time the road is quite dark.....wait u should be becareful of is fog.....the fog will cut down visibility until 10-15 meters if very heavy.....

last time i kena be4......cant even c the roads infront....

the fastest i reach Brinchang town from the Simpang Pulai traffic light takes me 35 minutes

normally with my family when i drive slowly for the sake of the old folks
it will take me around 45-50 minutes

day time only
during night time there are street light that can be seen... lol
dangerous le

Simpang Pulai route is less scenic.. the Tapah route has got more scenic stops... especially the waterfall... lata wat liao .. forgot and some shops selling potteries... also a lot of orang asli settlement. New route is very comfortable to drive up but less scenic view except for some bald limestone hills at the start... then nothing else.. .

Going up again this weekend...

lata iskandar.....haha

but bad maintenance is making it worse....

rubbish everywhere......duh...

wat to do...
u shud who do the maintenence and how crappy they are

w00t thx for the replies guys.

planning to go up on x'mas, n i bet its all fully booked now. so now plan to go up early morning n come back down by everning then. Was thinking of going for the pasar malam, but then i'll juz skip it.

well dun be disappointed so fast 1st....there are still small hotel lying around and chalets for let....

try around them 1st....
well u might get ur self a space for the nite....