#72 of 79 · mountain
Cameron Highlands
Tapah, Perak → Brinchang
60 km · Mar – Sep · Moderate
Federal Route 59 out of the heat into tea. Mist, terraces, and a hill town that still smells like a colonial weekend. The climb is the drive.
Viewpoints
Bharat tea estate
The terraces. Stop once; the next pull-off is the same photograph.
48 km
1,400 m
Brinchang night market
The town. The road delivered you. Eat, then sleep cool.
60 km
1,540 m
- Road
- Two-lane, well used, often wet. Landslips after monsoon rain. Lorries on the lower ramps. Fog on the tea once you are up.
Tips
- 01
Up from Tapah
Route 59 is the old climb. The Simpang Pulai way is faster and less of a road.
- 02
Leave the heat
Start early. The lowland is already a different country by nine.
From the road
2 notes
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Mei L.
Jul 2025
Tapah at 7:10, tea terraces in cloud by nine. Route 59, not Simpang Pulai. The climb is the whole argument. Brinchang was cold enough for a jacket.
Farid Z.
Nov 2025
A slip had one lane below Ringlet. Waited forty minutes. The highlands were still worth the delay. Do not do this at night after rain.
