Two Days in Cameron Highlands with Kids: Farms & Tea

Cameron Highlands has several strawberry farms, including farms in the Brinchang area. Some grow strawberries in coconut husks raised above the ground. This is a hands-on start for children: some farms let visitors pick strawberries, and the raised growing beds offer a close look at how the fruit is cultivated.

The Cameron Highlands area has two butterfly attractions, the Butterfly Farm and Butterfly Garden, at Kea Farm, Brinchang. Their displays include butterflies and other insects, including the Raja Brooke butterfly. Butterflies and other insects give children a close-up nature stop after the strawberry farms. The Raja Brooke butterfly is one of the species associated with the attractions.

Brinchang Night Market, also called Night Market Golden Hill, is on Jalan Sungai Ruil in Brinchang and offers a variety of Cameron Highlands products. Browse Cameron Highlands products and make this the day’s easy evening stop. The market adds a change of pace after the farms and butterfly garden, with stalls to look over together.

Sungai Palas Tea Estate is a visitor site with a tea factory, shop and audiovisual centre. BOH acquired it in the 1960s–1970s as its plantations expanded. Give children a different kind of outing at a tea estate, with a factory, shop and audiovisual centre to make up the visit. The setting changes the pace from the previous day’s farms and market.

Time Tunnel is a local museum in Brinchang that presents Cameron Highlands’ background and history. Its gallery of black-and-white photographs shows how the Highlands developed over time. Let children compare the gallery’s black-and-white photographs with the Highlands they have seen on the trip; the images show how the area developed over time.