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The Cameron Highlands - Surrounded by tea plantations, a moss forest, and mountains.

Argitaratu: 25.07.2019

We are in the year 1885. Sir William Cameron discovered the later named 'Cameron Highlands' during an expedition to map the border between Pahang and Perak. The region has been used for agriculture and tourism since then. It is beautiful and has caught our interest.

Similar to Georgetown, Tanah Rata (our town) is home to many culturally diverse people.

The main street of Tanah Rata. Also our street and the restaurant street.
The main street of Tanah Rata. Also our street and the restaurant street.


Malaysia can certainly be seen as a role model for peaceful coexistence of different cultures.

The headline already reveals what we did during our 4 days there. The Cameron Highlands are most likely known for their tea plantations. They stretch across the hills and mountains, creating a beautiful scenery.

The BOH tea plantations. Malaysia
The BOH tea plantations. Malaysia's most well-known tea brand since 1929.


To explore the area, we booked a jeep tour with a maximum of 8 people, which ended up being exactly that. We drove to the tea plantation and then went off-road to the starting point for our moss forest walk. The forest lives up to its name. The wood of some branches is often completely covered in moss. And we're talking about very thick layers of moss.


Mystical moss forest
Mystical moss forest


Moss, moss, and more moss
Moss, moss, and more moss


... moss
... moss


Our off-road vehicle for the tour
Our off-road vehicle for the tour


Another item on the tour program was a strawberry plantation. We can only explain this destination by assuming that Asians absolutely love local strawberries, because for Europeans, it's not a big highlight. We stood in front of the artificially created 'fields' and thought: 'Wow, a strawberry plantation! Good thing we didn't miss it!' Enough irony at this point. The fact was: after about a minute, we left the cultivation area to buy a pack of strawberries. At least they tasted pretty good.

Wow, strawberries! Tell me more! What do they taste like?
Wow, strawberries! Tell me more! What do they taste like?

We ended the tour with a visit to another tea plantation, where we had a cup of tea.

In the evenings, we usually ate Indian food. The selection here was much larger for Nadine than anywhere else. One restaurant followed another in our street. However, finding a good one was nearly impossible. So we regularly sat down at a 'plastic chair-restaurant-Indian'. But the food was very tasty.

Indian food part 1
Indian food part 1

Indian food part 2, served on a banana leaf
Indian food part 2, served on a banana leaf

We also met a nice mother-son duo. We hadn't come across this constellation on our trip before. But he was only visiting his mother for three weeks while she was traveling and had spent a longer time in India and Nepal. Among other things, she hiked the 'Annapurna Circuit'. Since Max had always wanted to go to the Himalayas, he listened with interest and made plans to hike this long-distance trail as well.

We would have loved to go hiking in the Cameron Highlands as well, but the weather didn't always cooperate, so we had to abandon this plan.

Our next destination in Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, the capital city. You can be very excited about that!

Erantzun