Ok, memang planning to spend whole day in tanah rata sighseeing and shoot photos.

Will check out both places you mentioned.

went there on sat..food was ok ok..but then..those counsel came and do mosquito fogging... ..eat half way..pay then cabut coz no mood to eat liao. The scone is T-cafe(above merry brown was nice) cheaper than Sg, Palas. Temp was cooling, but sunday was on the warm side. other than that. nothing much. I would still advise you guys to use simpang pulai way even it is further, but at least u dun have to follow lorries and buses crawling up.

which hotel to stay than since so many negative views but have to base on my budget also..

my budget is below RM 200 since almost all the cheap hotel is.

my requirement is simple and that is must have fan, no mosque, quiet ,relaxing and nice greenery landscape.

what hotel will that be?

Heritage or Casa dela Rosa

I have two hotels in mind now after done some research.
Bala- for quiet and countryside view. less than rm 200
Equotarial hotel- hill side view and hotel services.

At a budget of RM200...u get very broad choices oledi...and my recommendation at this budget wth really quiet environment will be:

1) Strawberry (Sometime they do give RM188 package if u are lucky)
2) Heritage - Normal price ~RM230 but u can get <RM150 w/out brakfast from Heritage Time sharing members selling in lelong.com / LYN
3) Equatorial - As usual the famous RM188 package

Dun go to those hotels near main roads (actually most of the well known hotels do!!) --Or if u willing to tone down your budget to below RM100..there are more nicer & clean budget hotel without TV but wth attached bathroom such as Twin Pine, Cameronian inn & KRS guesthouse.....Right now KRS guesthouse is my favourite Inn bcos it is very new (Owned by Twin Pine - best recommended backpacker Inn by foreigners ) & comes wth shared Astro channels..u can sit virtually at the common area & surfing the channels as u wish..provided no other guest around-lah )..Price? - RM60 off-peak, RM70 peak, RM80 Super Peak!! That's cheap for a very clean value for money hotel!!

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Added on August 12, 2008, 9:48 amWell not for me. I still ennjoy using the old road bcos:

1) Cost saving on toll / distance
2) I dun go fast so tailing a lorries/bus is not really a problem & u can overtake if u want
3) New road is so boring & hardly any orang asli settlement where you can stop for a nice & super duper cheap durians, wild orchids (Illegal in CH but u can buy leggally from orang asli!!), & native products! BTW the durians & petais by Orang asli are superb....U even can borong RM20 big basket of >20-30 durians!!

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Added on August 12, 2008, 9:53 amWell my personal view, I will choose Equatorial rather than the spooky/ look haunted Bala! ..At that price, I don't it is worthwhile....BTW I hv a very scary experience staying in the oldest hotel in CH (Merlin Inn & now changed to the 5star rated Cameron Highland Resort)
This post has been edited by stimix: Aug 12 2008, 09:53 AM

thanks stimix, KRS Guesthouse seems to be good but one forumer did mention about the kids.. is it noisy there and will there be any morning calls from the mosque? i hope its not a sharing toilet and the wall is not so thin. sometimes at night, u can hear alot of noises like people walking etc... it may be good for someone who does not easily irritate by noise

seems a good choice too.

Strawberry park can see nice view? Equatorial has a hill side view as claimed by someone with balcony.

KRS comes wth attached bathroom & hot water . But the room is rather basic & small although VERY clean (Astro is shared in the common hall- most of the time empty ). It's either a queen size cheap bed or 2 single cheap beds. It is located DEEP inside a secluded narrow road (Mentigi) About 500M away form the back of Maybank Tanah Rata. surrounded by local houses (And that's where all the noises comes - esp those indian/orang asli kids at those wooden houses located on the right side of the building (Try to avoid) - I always ask for the left side of the building facing quiet residents. & it is not near "morning call"..

Too bad no nice view at KRS bcos it's located deep at the end of Jln Mentigi. (Dead End)...The view u can see is from the common hall on each of the 4 floors) facing Gunung Brinchang & local houses /Inns fronting KRS

Strawberry park is located on top of summit between Berinchang & Tanah Rata. Too bad my room facing lobby so can't see much! I believe those rooms facing the side of the mountain must be nice...& yes the view between Tanah Rata & Berinchnag is very beautiful from the top. (You can view if u walk abit out from the hotel)....Equatorial view is so-so only as certain area facing the Ugly vege far of Keafarm - abit exploited so the view might not be nice for some...

This post has been edited by stimix: Aug 12 2008, 11:19 AM

Hmm !! Seems like Strawberry Park a prefered choice. well, i thought if really want to feel Cameron Fresh air, the hill top is essential and scenery have to be good otherwise its not Cameron at all. I need the feel of countryside..

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Added on August 12, 2008, 5:22 pmis the park where Salem High Country shooting last time still there with pine trees ..?

This post has been edited by hackwire: Aug 12 2008, 05:22 PM

Strawberry got not much scenery unless u consider forest view as scenery
as for equatorial u got more scenery as in farms and its more open scenery (facing outside)

Equatorial


This post has been edited by driftmeister: Aug 12 2008, 10:03 PM

The Salem High country shooting is in Fraser Hill-lah not CH! Yeah strawberry park is also in my top of list but no more RM100 package!! ...Years bck they do offer this & I managed 1 nite there..& enjoy the view. not from the room (Facing lobby) but from the park/garden outside facing the Golf course..it's really nice

Actually there are 3 hotels facing very nice sceneries of the Golf course & English houses/ bungalows..i.e Cameron Highland Resort, Villa Dahlia (Apartments- can be very cheap during off-peak - I got a 3 rooms apt for RM140 only!!! - but they locked 1 room !) & Casa Delarosa....All these 3 hotels/apt are on the main road so might be abit noisy-lah...

everytime my family and i go cameron, we'll surely go visit the smoke house.. haha.. its a very nice hotel there.. ^^
not forgetting those cactus valley, strawberry farm, buy sweet potato balls ( strongly recommended cuz its my favourite )
there 's also a high hill, sell strawberries wan. last time we went there and enjoy our strawberry ice cream. damn super nice! lol.. then those pasar malam also quite nice, cheap vege, cheap fruits and food.. there is very relaxing~

May I Ask Is That Difficure To Drive To Cameron Highland From KL??

Not really....the road up to CH is actually not so steep compare to Genting although certain areas are narrow!.. If u are worry about the narrow condition of the road, use the new ghighway from Spg Pulai but xtra KM & xtra toll-lah...Yet driving up will not be as bad as going up the super steep Genting!

hi any comment on century pines resort? or other better suggestion around the price..

Very clean & nice hotel except proximiy to the "early wake-up call"

if only 1day to spare, which place below not worth to visit?
Sg Palas Boh tea, strawberry farm, butterfly farm, cactus valley, rose form, bee farm

Bee and Butterfly Farm. better take it out.

im thinking of one day trip too but stay in the best hotel . LAkeside is it the better one ?

lakeside is very far from brinchang and tanah rata
unless u want to visit all the places
and then settle down at lakeside and then cabut back home