MALAYSIA || Cameron Highlands - travel vlog (Boh Tea Plantation, Rain Forest Inn) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are in Malaysia in the beautiful Cameron Highlands. There we visit: the Boh Tea Plantation, Rain Forest Inn, Cameron Valley Tea Plantation & Perak Tong Cave Temple.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a worldwide odyssey exploring the best places for a break around the world. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that the globe has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in the Cameron Highlands, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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The Cameron Highlands are an upland region in the centre of Malaysia. With the entire region sitting at an elevation of over 1000 metres, it is markedly cooler than the rest of the country. Subsequently it has long been a tourist hotspot for Malaysians wanting to escape the sweltering heat of its coastal cities. Named after Scottish explorer William Cameron who meticulously mapped the region in the nineteenth century, it is best known for its famous undulating tea plantations.
Surrounding it is dense jungle and we decided to stay with the indigenous Orang Asli people in an arrestingly authentic jungle inn. And we couldn’t have asked to be anywhere more authentic. Perched on the edge of a waterfall, our room was open to the elements, as well as all the wildlife. There were monkeys and bats everywhere, but they didn’t cause us any trouble. We learnt quickly that all the creepy crawlies would be attracted to a light, so you learn to use it sparingly. And thankfully we didn’t see any snakes.Or tigers.
William Cameron came back from his trip to the mountains declaring that this was the perfect spot to grow tea. The Brits - who had colonised Malaysia a century before - then cut a path through the jungle to have access to the region that held the perfect growing conditions for their favourite afternoon treat. The first plantation was built in 1925 and within years the region was transformed from dense jungle into these stunning, open, rolling fields that span as far as the eye can see. Tea is an unusual crop because it never actually stops growing. Subsequently, the pickers are constantly picking tealeaves on rotation across the site, constantly harvesting, reharvesting and then re-reharvesting the same trees over and over again. With its subtropical highland climate you can see how perfect the conditions are here for farming. Swinging like a pendulum between heavy rain and strong sunshine, it has even more rolling green fields than, well, England. Except the rolling here is a bit more extreme. It’s like farming but seen through the eyes of Peter Jackson.
The conditions here are also perfect for another crop. Strawberries. Oh yes. Strawberries grow in abundance here. Therefore you can go and sample these little nuggets of fruity indulgence all over the place.
Back in the jungle and we love to see how the locals live, far away from the developed cities of Malaysia. Its nearest city is Ipoh, so on our way back down toward coast, we also found this stunning Buddhist temple dug into the mountainside. It’s definitely worth checking out.
We toured Malaysia for a fortnight and for us, our three days in the Cameron Highlands were absolutely the highlight. You can’t do it without hiring a car, but if you get the chance, you simply must head up into the mountains to see this stunning example of extreme mountain agriculture.

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