Our last day in Cameron Highlands began by loading the car with all our luggages and things that we bought so far as we will be checking out and travel back to KL soon after. Breakfast was at Tanah Rata. We had roti canai and waffles in Nasi Kandar Mamu Ismail, a 24 hours restaurant. The waffle here is surprisingly very good, very crispy as opposed to those dense and soggy ones.
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| Waffle for breakfast |
After breakfast, we headed to the Boh estate tea plantation in Habu, which is on the way to Ringlet. The scenery was great although not as magnificient as the tea plantation in Sg. Palas. We visited the tea factory to show the kids on how tea are processed, from the start of the leaves picking to the final product. Unfortunately, it was a public holiday then and the plantation workers were off then. Thus we had to contented with showing the kids pictures of how the tea leaves were plucked. The factory, however was running and we get to see how the tea leaves were processed, yielding different grades of tea leaves.
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| View of the Habu Boh Tea Plantation |
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| Different grades of tea |
There is a souvenir and tea shop in front of the factory where different types of tea bags and tea leaves were sold. This is the first time I see Boh Teh O Ais in cans.
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| Tea Products in the Tea and Souvenir Shop |
There were many vegetable farms along the way to and fro the tea plantation. While those farms in Kg. Raja and Kuala Terla are of advanced farming, the farms in Ringlet are more towards conventional types. There are many small and average farmers in Ringlet. Many watercress farms are seen here too.
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| Vegetable farms along the way to Tea Plantation |
On the way to Ringlet, at the Sultan Abu Bakar dam, there were some fresh produce stalls and it is the last place where one can purchase local produce if taking the way down to lowlands through Tapah. The place is recognisable through a hotel, the Lake House Hotel, that is situated at the top of a small hill, overlooking the dam. The sellers at the stalls were people I used to grow up with and needless to say, we get special price for the things we bought, plus some gifts too for the kids. We bought quite some vegetables, sweet potatoes, strawberry jams and tomatoes. After the 'marketing', we made our way back to KL.
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| The Lake House Hotel |
We made a final stop at Bt. 14, where the Lata Iskandar waterfall is. The kids enjoyed the sight of the waterfall and we even let them play with the cold water for a while. It is advisable to travel via the Tapah in the morning and avoid noon or early afternoon as many lorries will be on the way to the lowlands to sell their goods then. Driving with so many lorries could be a challenge to those who are not used to the narrow, winding road. We did not make any stop thereafter and reached home after about 2.5 hours.
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| Lata Iskandar Waterfall |
By travelling up to Cameron through the Simpang Pulai route and coming back through Tapah, we covered both ends of Cameron. While we have skipped many of the tourist places in Cameron such as the Rose Garden, Cactus Valley, Butterfly Farm, etc, I feel that it is worth to not pack the schedule and visit too much. It is also good to just stop, relax, breathe in the fresh air and smell the roses, away from the hustle bustle of the city. Anyway, Cameron is a place that we will visit again for sure and these places can be left for future visits.
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