Cameron Highlands 3D2N itinerary: tea, farms and forest

The plan, day by day

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

   Cameron Valley Tea House 2

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon–Thu 08:30–18:30; Fri–Sun 08:00–19:00²

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2. About 6 min by car, 6 km¹
3. 2

   Animal Feeding Rainbow Garden

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon 09:00–18:30; Tue 09:00–17:30; Wed–Sun 09:00–18:30²

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4. About 2 min by car, 1 km¹
5. 3

   Tanah Rata Coronation Park

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00²

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6. About 1 min by car, 0.5 km¹
7. 4

   Jasmine CafeHouse

   Meal stop · Tanah Rata

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 12:00–20:30²

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8. About 1 min by car, 1 km¹
9. 5

   Parit waterfall

   Attraction · Tanah Rata

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10. About 1 min by car, 1 km¹
11. 6

    Century Pines Resort

    Where to sleep · Tanah Rata

Day 2

1. From Century Pines Resort
2. About 5 min by car, 4 km¹
3. 1

   Healthy Strawberry Farm, Brinchang, Pahang.

   Attraction · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 07:30–19:00²

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4. About 3 min by car, 1 km¹
5. 2

   Tokyo Town @ Cameron

   Attraction · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 10:00–22:00²

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6. About 5 min by car, 2 km¹
7. 3

   Sam Poh Temple

   Attraction · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00²

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8. About 5 min by car, 2 km¹
9. 4

   OK Tuck Restaurant Brinchang Cameron Highlands

   Meal stop · Brinchang

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–22:00²

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10. About 3 min by car, 1 km¹
11. 5

    Big Red Strawberry Farm

    Attraction · Brinchang

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00²

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12. About 4 min by car, 2 km¹
13. 6

    Cactus Valley

    Attraction · Brinchang

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 08:00–18:00²

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14. About 2 min by car, 0.7 km¹
15. 7

    Hotel Jasmine

    Where to sleep · Brinchang

Day 3

1. From Hotel Jasmine
2. About 20 min by car, 11 km¹
3. 1

   Mossy Forest

   Attraction

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–16:00²

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4. About 15 min by car, 8 km¹
5. 2

   BOH Tea Centre (Sungei Palas Garden)

   Attraction · Kea Farm

   Opening hours: Mon closed; Tue–Sun 08:30–16:30²

   Closed on Monday

   Time to spend: BOH's Tea Tasting and Factory Tour at Sungei Palas lasts 1 hour.³BOH'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.³

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6. About 3 min by car, 3 km¹
7. 3

   Lavender Garden (Cameron Lavender)

   Attraction

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00²

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8. About 6 min by car, 6 km¹
9. 4

   Kensington Western Restaurant (Cameron Highland)

   Meal stop · Kea Farm

   Opening hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00²

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10. About 1 min by car, 0.9 km¹
11. 5

    The Sheep Sanctuary

    Attraction · Kea Farm

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 09:00–17:30²

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12. About 1 min by car, 0.2 km¹
13. 6

    Pasar Pagi Kea Farm Market

    Attraction · Kea Farm

    Opening hours: Mon–Sun 07:00–19:00²

    Time to spend: A private day tour sold on Lokalee gives the Kea Farm Market stop 30 minutes.⁴

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Why the days run in this order

Each day stays in one part of the highlands, so most drives between stops take a few minutes. The plan works from Tanah Rata to Brinchang, then out to the Mossy Forest and the Kea Farm side.

• First day, Tanah Rata: the longest hop is Cameron Valley Tea House 2 to Animal Feeding Rainbow Garden, about 6 min by car, 6 km¹. After that the stops sit close together: Coronation Park to Jasmine CafeHouse is about 1 min by car, 0.5 km¹.
• Second day, Brinchang: the strawberry farms, Tokyo Town and Sam Poh Temple are short hops apart. Healthy Strawberry Farm to Tokyo Town @ Cameron is about 3 min by car, 1 km, and the day ends about 2 min by car, 0.7 km¹ from Hotel Jasmine.
• Last day, Mossy Forest to Kea Farm: this day has the longer drives. Hotel Jasmine to the Mossy Forest is about 20 min by car, 11 km, then it’s about 15 min by car, 8 km¹ on to BOH. The final stops cluster around Kea Farm: The Sheep Sanctuary is about 1 min by car, 0.2 km¹ from the market.

The Mossy Forest comes first on the last day because it keeps the shortest hours of that day’s stops, 09:00 to 16:00 daily².

Closed days and hours to plan around

The stop to plan the whole trip around is BOH Tea Centre (Sungei Palas Garden), on the last day.

A few other hours shape the order:

• Animal Feeding Rainbow Garden closes earlier on Tuesdays, at 17:30².
• Jasmine CafeHouse, the first day’s meal stop, opens at 12:00 daily².
• OK Tuck Restaurant opens at 11:00 daily, and Kensington Western Restaurant at 11:00 daily².
• Pasar Pagi Kea Farm Market keeps long hours, 07:00 to 19:00 daily², which is why it can come last.

Time to spend at BOH and Kea Farm

The sources give a time to spend at BOH and at the Kea Farm market. At every other stop, set your own pace.

BOH says its Tea Tasting and Factory Tour at Sungei Palas lasts 1 hour³. The longer Tea Tasting, Factory Tour and Plantation Walk takes 2 hours and costs RM100 per person, with a minimum of 4 people³. Booking details are on the page about tea factory tours at BOH.

A private day tour sold on Lokalee gives the Kea Farm Market stop 30 minutes⁴, a fair guide if produce is all you’re after. Want a garden as well? Flower gardens⁵ are among the highlands’ attractions, and the Cameron Highlands Flora Park page covers one you could fit in.

What the trip costs

The sources price the bus up and the longer BOH tour. Hotel rates, meals and fuel aren’t covered here.

Item	Price
Bus, Kuala Lumpur (Terminal Bersepadu Selatan) to Tanah Rata	RM486 (checked October 2026)
BOH Tea Tasting, Factory Tour and Plantation Walk	RM100 per person3

Where to sleep on each night

The plan sleeps in Tanah Rata on the first night and Brinchang on the second, so each morning starts close to that day’s stops.

• First night, Tanah Rata: the plan uses Century Pines Resort, about 1 min by car, 1 km¹ from Parit waterfall. Tanah Rata is the main commercial and tourist town⁵; more on staying in Tanah Rata.
• Second night, Brinchang: the plan uses Hotel Jasmine, a short drive from the day’s last stop. Brinchang is the highest of the three towns⁵; see a night in Brinchang for the town itself.

Getting there and back from KL

Cameron Highlands is roughly 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur⁷ and can only be reached by road⁵. The trip starts and ends with the climb by bus or car.

1. 01

   Get up to Tanah Rata

   Buses from Kuala Lumpur's Terminal Bersepadu Selatan take about 4½ hours; by rail, get off at Tapah Road and take the bus up from Tapah.

2. 02

   Base in Tanah Rata

   The first day's stops and first night are in Tanah Rata, the main tourist town.

3. 03

   Move to Brinchang

   The second day ends about 2 min by car, 0.7 km from Hotel Jasmine in Brinchang.

4. 04

   Leave from Kea Farm

   The plan ends at Pasar Pagi Kea Farm Market; check your route home before you set off.

The drives between stops assume you have a car. Routes, fares and the KL to Cameron Highlands bus are on the getting-there page.

No car for the last morning? A Mossy Forest and tea plantation tour takes in the same kind of stops.