CAMERON HIGHLANDS • TEA & PLANTATIONS
Tea Plantations in Cameron Highlands
Sip freshly brewed highland tea overlooking rolling green BOH estates — visiting a Cameron Highlands tea plantation is the most quintessentially Malaysian highland experience.
ESTATES
BOH Sungai Palas & BOH Habu
LANDSCAPE
Terraced green hillsides — iconic Cameron
ENTRY
Free — closed Mondays
Tea Plantations in Cameron Highlands
BOH Tea — A Highland Legacy
BOH Plantations is Malaysia’s largest tea producer and the defining industry of Cameron Highlands. Established in 1929 by British planter John Archibald Russell, BOH today covers over 8,000 acres across two Cameron estates — Sungai Palas near Brinchang and Habu near Ringlet — producing the tea that fills millions of Malaysian cups daily.
The Sungai Palas estate visitor centre is Cameron Highlands’ most visited single attraction. Its glass-fronted clifftop tea house overlooks sweeping rows of tea bushes and highland valleys.
The Tea Estate Experience
Visiting a Cameron Highlands tea estate is one of the most distinctively Malaysian travel experiences. Factory tours at BOH are free and explain the full tea production process from harvested leaf to packaged product. Tea tasting is available at both visitor centres.
The BOH Habu estate offers a more industrial, large-scale factory perspective while Sungai Palas has the more scenic and atmospheric setting with its cantilevered clifftop cafe.
BOH Tea Estates — Visitor Guide
How to visit Cameron’s two BOH estates and what to do there.
BOH Sungai Palas Estate
Near Brinchang. Free entry. Clifftop tea house with panoramic views. Factory tour and visitor museum. Tea shop on site. Closed Mondays.
BOH Habu Estate
Near Ringlet. Free entry. Larger, more industrial-scale factory. Visitor centre with production overview and tea tasting.
Cameron Valley Tea
Another highland tea brand growing alongside BOH. Available at market stalls and cafes — slightly more affordable.
Tea Cafes in Tanah Rata
Multiple cafes serve highland afternoon tea sets with scones, finger sandwiches and Cameron-grown tea. A colonial tradition still very much alive.
Afternoon Tea Experiences
Where to sit down and enjoy a proper highland tea break.
BOH Sungai Palas Tea House
The clifftop tea house at Sungai Palas serves BOH teas, cakes, scones and light meals with floor-to-ceiling windows looking over the estate. Arrive early — seats fill quickly on weekends. Closed Mondays.
Tanah Rata Tea Cafes
Several established cafes in Tanah Rata serve full highland afternoon tea sets — a pot of tea, scones with jam and cream, finger sandwiches and cakes. Budget RM20–35 per person.
Tea Visit Tips
BOH Closed Mondays
Both BOH visitor centres are closed on Mondays. Plan visits for Tuesday–Sunday. Sungai Palas fills up by 11am on weekends — arrive before 10am.
What Tea to Buy
BOH Cameron Highlands Blend, Premium Gold Label and BOH Garden Tea are the most popular purchases.
Getting There
The road to Sungai Palas is steep and narrow. A taxi is more relaxed than self-drive. Allow 20–25 minutes from Brinchang.
Photography
Best at early morning (7–9am) when mist fills the valley between tea rows. By midday the light flattens.
For visitors who love to relax by sipping tea and having a nice tea break in Cameron Highlands , tea plantation is just your place. The weather in Cameron Highlands is pretty cool and with its perfect climate, it actually provides tea to grow perfectly. There are also various types of plantations around, such as the Bharat tea plantation which visitors will pass by between Tanah Rata and Habu. Moreover, there’s a tea shop overlooking the estate place. It’s a pretty nice place for visitors to relax and enjoy.
During the old times in Cameron Highlands, it’s used to be a simple tea shop, however, it has been redecorated just to includes a shop that sells the Bharat teas rather than just sell a nice hot cup of tea. Over there, it has a great view of the Barat Tea Plantation, and visitors can take a stroll over to there factory location or even round the tea plantation.
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One of the most beautiful sceneries in Malaysia
Furthermore, the journey to Boh Tea House Cameron is an adventurous. The road to the Boh (Fairlie) or Sungai Palas tea estates is quite narrow. If visitors are going, please do notice the other corner car about your oncoming traffic. However, if there’s really an oncoming car on the other side direction, visitors or the other driver should stop a side and let the traffic pass for safety wise. Moreover, there will be stretches of road, where there’s sufficient space for two vehicles to pass through.
Before reaching the tea shop, visitors may want to join for factory tour before proceed to tea shop. Guidance for factory tours are provided for free in showing the tea processing. When visitors arrive there, it’s advisable to check with them when the guided tour is conducted. Furthermore, please take note that the factory and the tea shop is close on every Monday but opens everyday from 9 am to 4.30 pm. Hence, it will be a waste of time if visitors’ going there without knowing it’s closed.
For additional information, the Fairlie and Sungai Palas Tea Estate Cameron Highlands has tea shops available, where visitors can order varieties of teas, along with cakes. Visitors can just relax and sip tea, and enjoy the environment of Cameron Highlands with full of pleasure.