Planning on your next trip to Cameron Highlands Part 2?

Allison from Singapore asked:
Hi Raymond,
Glad to hear from you. I am pleased to tell you that we managed to get hotel accommodation and bus tickets to Cameron for the cny holidays! yay! I decided to call up the bus companies 2 days ago, and found out most of the buses were full already, until I called Konsortium where a lady told me they don't do tickets to Cameron for the season but full packages with hotel included. I was afraid they might charge very high but thankfully it was a reasonable $322 which was actually lower than another 2 travel agents I had been enquiring with last month.

Phew! I saw from your photos there's a small market and some farms nearby. I hope they will be open at the time I am there...i heard some of them close for the first day of cny. I do hope also to secure a day tour to the plantations and farms for one of the days I am there so there will be some activities for us to do.

My husband thinks Cameron is really slow and boring. Do you think the hotel's facilities will be able to keep us busy? We are staying at the Equatorial too and they seem to have a huge indoor pool which I believe is heated? Do you happen to know if the hotel has DVD sets for rental or...?

As for transportation, you guys didn't take a taxi down to Brinchang town or anything like that? I hope it would be easy and not so expensive to catch a cab down and back. THis will give us an option as to what to do. hehe.. Thanks very much again for reply, and any other info you have will be greatly appreciated. Do post them up on your blog for others to read as well. Allison

My Reply:
Hi Allison,
Congratulations on getting the tickets at a reasonable prices. Well Done!

Market Sqaure is a few minutes walk from the hotel. You can get fresh strawberries, tomoatoes, corn etc at bargain prices. Also there are a few eateries there which served delicious cooked food at great price too compared to the hotel.

Other place of interest nearby the hotel are:Raaju Strawberry Farm, Rose Centre, Orchid Rose Garden, Butterfly Garden, Butterfly Farm, Green Farm, Rose Valley, Honey Bee FarmSome are FOC entry while others are not. You can book day tours at the hotel or at Brinchang town if your coach happen to stop there like in our case. Transport will be provided by the tour operator to Brinchang or Tana Rata if your tour includes those places. We did not catch a cab to Brinchang as one of our tour sightsee spots was dinner at Brinchang town. Our day tours are detailed in Nature Discovery Tour: http://web.singnet.com.sg/~raindeer/Cameron_Highlands_Tour_Package/Cameron_Highlands_Tour_Package_Day1.htm andAgro Delight Tour: http://web.singnet.com.sg/~raindeer/Cameron_Highlands_Tour_Package/Cameron_Highlands_Tour_Package_Day2.htm

For CNY, most places will be closed, the hotel have a heated indoor pool and gym facilities. I did not notice if the hotel had DVD player, however they have cable TV.If you like nature and landscape, Cameron Highlands is a very good choice to get away from hustle and bustle of city life in Singapore. It is very relaxing, invigorating and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

How to make your Cameron Highlands tour most enjoyable

1. Allocate and plan for two days to tour Cameron Highlands, as there are many places of interest to visit.
2. Its cheaper to book the tour to visit places of interest at Cameron Highlands.
3. If you depart from Singapore via the second link at Tuas, its 300 km to Kuala Lumpur and a further 292 km to Cameron Highlands Pahang. Total 592 km of road travelling.
4. Its a 9 hour coach ride to Cameron Highlands. It takes at least one hour either to ascend or descend the highlands.
5. Have sufficient Malaysian Ringgit before your trip, as it is difficult to find money changers at Cameron Highlands.
6. You have two choices of accomodation, the resort and hotel. Surprisingly, the hotel we stayed in, Hotel Equatorial, the hotel rooms is less costly than the resort rooms.
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