Cameron Highlands itinerary 2D1N: Mossy Forest and tea

The plan, stop by stop

A plan built from public sources: opening hours from Google Maps and driving times from OpenRouteService routes (no traffic). Not a trip report.

Day 1

1. 1

   Tanah Rata Coronation Park

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

2. About 1 min by car, 0.9 km³
3. 2

   Parit waterfall

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

   Open in Google Maps

4. About 4 min by car, 3 km³
5. 3

   KHM Strawberries & Jam

   Meal stop · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon–Thu 08:00–17:00; Fri–Sun 08:00–18:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

6. About 7 min by car, 3 km³
7. 4

   Sam Poh Temple

   Attraction · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

8. About 5 min by car, 1 km³
9. 5

   Cactus Valley

   Attraction · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–18:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

10. About 3 min by car, 0.9 km³
11. 6

    Big Red Strawberry Farm

    Attraction · Brinchang

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00¹

    Open in Google Maps

12. About 2 min by car, 0.8 km³
13. 7

    Hotel Jasmine

    Where to sleep · Brinchang

Day 2

1. From Hotel Jasmine
2. About 20 min by car, 11 km³
3. 1

   Mossy Forest

   Attraction

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–16:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

4. About 15 min by car, 8 km³
5. 2

   BOH Tea Centre (Sungei Palas Garden)

   Attraction · Kea Farm

   Opening hours: Mon closed; Tue–Sun 08:30–16:30¹

   Closed on Monday

   Time to spend: BOH's Tea Tasting and Factory Tour at Sungei Palas lasts 1 hour.⁴BOH's Tea Tasting, Factory Tour and Plantation Walk starts at 11 AM, lasts 2 hours and costs RM100 per person, with a minimum of 4 people.⁴

   Open in Google Maps

6. About 3 min by car, 2 km³
7. 3

   Kensington Western Restaurant (Cameron Highland)

   Meal stop · Kea Farm

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

8. About 1 min by car, 0.3 km³
9. 4

   Ee Feng Gu Bee Farm

   Attraction · Kea Farm

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00¹

   Open in Google Maps

10. About 1 min by car, 0.7 km³
11. 5

    The Sheep Sanctuary

    Attraction · Kea Farm

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:30¹

    Open in Google Maps

12. About 2 min by car, 1 km³
13. 6

    Cameron Highlands Flora Park

    Attraction · Kea Farm

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:30–19:00¹

    Open in Google Maps

Why the stops run in this order

The plan keeps every drive short by grouping stops that sit close together. Day one stays around Tanah Rata and Brinchang; day two makes one longer drive to the Mossy Forest, then works through the Kea Farm cluster.

Day one: Tanah Rata up to Brinchang

Day one starts in Tanah Rata, the main commercial and tourist town². The first hop, from Coronation Park to Parit waterfall, is about 1 min by car, 0.9 km³. The longest drive of the day is from KHM Strawberries & Jam to Sam Poh Temple, at about 7 min by car, 3 km³.

After the temple, Cactus Valley and Big Red Strawberry Farm are practically neighbours: about 3 min by car, 0.9 km³ apart. From the strawberry farm, the night stop is about 2 min by car, 0.8 km³ away, so the day ends close to your bed.

Day two: Mossy Forest first, then Kea Farm

The Mossy Forest is the plan’s farthest point. From Hotel Jasmine it’s about 20 min by car, 11 km³, the longest drive of the trip, so you get it done first. From the forest to BOH Tea Centre (Sungei Palas Garden) is about 15 min by car, 8 km³.

After BOH, the stops bunch up. Kensington Western Restaurant, the meal stop, is about 3 min by car, 2 km on, and none of the hops after it, past the bee farm and sheep sanctuary to Flora Park, is longer than about 2 min by car, 1 km³. Before you go, read the Cameron Highlands Flora Park visitor guide.

Which day should you start this plan?

Start on any day except Sunday, so that day two doesn’t fall on a Monday. The other stops in the plan all list opening hours for every day of the week on Google Maps, and the plan block above shows each one.

How long you stay at BOH depends on the tour you book:

• The tea tasting and factory tour lasts 1 hour⁴.
• The tasting, factory tour and plantation walk lasts 2 hours⁴.
• That longer tour costs RM100 per person, with a minimum of 4 people⁴ (checked October 2026).

For opening details and the other tours, see the Sungai Palas tea garden guide.

Where to sleep: Brinchang

The plan’s overnight stop is Hotel Jasmine in Brinchang, between day one’s last stop and day two’s drive up to the forest. Brinchang is the highest of the three towns², and highland nights can drop as low as 12 °C⁵, so pack a warm layer.

For more on the town itself, read about staying overnight in Brinchang.

Getting there and back

Cameron Highlands can only be reached by road², roughly 200 km⁶ north of Kuala Lumpur. The plan starts in Tanah Rata, so that’s where you want to arrive.

1. 01

   From Kuala Lumpur by bus

   Buses leave Terminal Bersepadu Selatan for Tanah Rata, take about 4½ hours and cost RM48.

2. 02

   Or by train and bus via Tapah

   Tapah links to the railway at Tapah Road, and public buses run from Tapah to Tanah Rata.

3. 03

   Start at Coronation Park

   Day one begins at Tanah Rata Coronation Park, in town, so you can go straight from the bus to the first stop.

Day two ends at Cameron Highlands Flora Park in Kea Farm, so leave time after it for the trip home. For every bus, train and driving option, see how to reach Cameron Highlands from KL.

The drive times in the plan assume you have a car. If you don’t, the Mossy Forest and tea plantation tour covers both of day two’s big stops. Want a slower pace? Try the longer itinerary with an extra night.