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Cameron Highlands is a highland area found about 121 km east of Ipoh and about 214 km north of Kuala Lumpur, in Pahang, Malaysia. At five thousand ft ( 1,500 m ) above sea level it's the highest area on the mainland, enjoys a cool climate, with temperatures no higher than twenty-five C and infrequently falls below 12C all year. Cameron Highlands is really a district in the state of Pahang Darul Makmur though the road entrance is through Tapah and Simpang Pulai in the state of Perak Darul Ridzuan. Cameron Highlands district is next to Lipis district on the south-east, Kelantan on the north and Perak on the west.
The dimensions of the entire Cameron Highlands district is approximately 2 and 1 / 4 times the scale of Singapore. The Highlands were named after William Cameron, a UK colonial central authority surveyor who discovered the plateau during a mapping expedition in 1885. The celebrity of Cameron Highlands then grew in the colonial age when English planters realized the prospects of its fruitful mountain slopes for growing tea, then a cherished commodity. Cameron Highlands is still home to several tea plantations, being Malaysia's biggest tea-producing area.
With its many farms the area is often referred to as a major supplier of legumes and veg to both Malaysia and Singapore, and is one of Malaysia's prime tourist destinations. Aside from the cool weather, main attractions in Cameron Highlands include a butterfly farm, strawberry farms, rose gardens and plant gardens. There are the Brinchang Hindu Churches and the Sam Poh Chinese Mahayana Buddhist Church . Other features include Cactus Point, Cactus Valley and the BOH Tea Plantation. There's Market Square, the Cameron Highlands Time Tunnel Galeria ( at nearby Kea Farm ) and accommodation at the Kampung Taman Sedia Homestay, Tanah Rata and The Smokehouse Hotel.
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