Sure, traveling to the Cameron Highlands on a Merdaka weekend have not been the best idea. All the traffic, rip-off taxi drivers, … . Since everything turned out perfect let us start from the beginning.

After two days in Taman Negara (National Park „Dschungel“ of Malaysia), we took the boat from Kuala Taman towards Tembeling were change to a backpacker bus towards Cameron Highlands. After some Taxi Driver issues, we were happy that Brian, our host at our accommodation „Heahtitude“ and his trusted Taxi Driver helped us out a lot. Brian and Dennis already had sent us lots of information in the weeks before our arrival. Thanks again to both of you for the great help & assistance.

Kuala Terla

Accommodation:

Is this homestay a dream? Yes, Heahtitude (https://www.booking.com/hotel/my/heahtitude.de.html) is a dream. But what is Heahtitude? According to the hosts, it is a way of feeling and accommodating. It is not the classical style of home stay but a mix between homestay and hostel.

Heahtitude is located in the small town of Kuala Terla, around 15km away from Tanah Rata in direction towards Ipoh. Kuala Terla is a farmer’s town, with an own tea garden and lots of vegetable farms. Heahtitude consists of two rooms with queen size bed and two dorm rooms (one with two beds and one with four beds). The shared kitchen, bathrooms and terrace are located in the back of the building towards a small river. The rooms are not completely separated from each other, the walls in between each other have a gap towards the roofing. We did not have any problems with it, the noise was acceptable and only a minimal snorer was presented during our stay. Also you have a small lack of privacy, it creates a special atmosphere towards the other guests present at the home stay. We had really nice chats and dinner meetings with two Malaysian Couples from KL.

Our Room: We booked the deluxe queen size bedroom, which is the largest of all 4 rooms with the most windows. The room was clean, the bedding clean, fresh and comfy.

To keep the story short, we have never felt more welcomed on each of our trip throughout the entire world. The hosts, Dennis before arrival and especially Brian during our whole stay at Kuala Terla, created a very welcoming and home like atmosphere. The shared facilities did not reduce all this experience.

Experiences:

During our stay in the Cameron Highlands we did two trips. On the first day we went on a booked tour to BOH Tea Plantation and the Mossy Forest due to the heavy traffic we quite the tour early and walked back 12km to Kuala Terla. On the second day we went to the BOH Tea Plantation on our own for a little hike, some early morning shoots and breakfast at BOH’s.

BOH Tea Plantation: BOH Tea Plantation seems to be a very touristic place, even all Malaysian, who are visiting the Cameron Highlands go there for a visit and something to drink. The secret of the planation can be find if you go there in the early morning. You can have a short hike with no people but wonderful views over the plantation, the Cafe at BOH Tea Plantation is the perfect spot for a breakfast with a view.

Mossy Forest: Not far off the Tea Plantation next to Gunung Brinchang one of the most spectacular tourist attractions, the Mossy Forest, can be found. The Mossy Forest is one of the oldest mountain jungles which can be found on earth. Additional it is on of the mossiest. Our personal experience is that we have never breathed such clean air before.

Food: We went two different restaurants in Kuala Terla & the BOH Tea Plantation Cafe. In this paragraph we want to highlight our two dinner / lunch options which we visited in Kuala Terla. Mama’s Cafe can be found right next to Heahtitude and is a standard Malay restaurant. The fried chicken & the fried rice are recommendable and reasonable in price, which means we ate for less then 10 € including drinks. Our highlight has been the lunch on our last day at Home Dining. This experience was really special but one of the tastiest and most authentic food we have ever ate all over SoutEastAsia. (Brian, thanks again for the awesome recommendation.)

We can only choose the word „perfect“ for our stay at Heahtitude and at the Cameron Highlands. As always, if we can help you or there are open questions, do not hesitate to contact us via Instagram.

So long, P.