The Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak Borneo are one of the most isolated settlements in Borneo Malaysia . It is one of the nations most popular destination for the serious hiker offering a wide choice of trails with a cool highland clime averaging between 15C – 23C, set in a location of beautiful villages, friendly natives and breathtaking scenery.
Cameron Highlands is a highland region located about 20 km east of Ipoh and about 150km north of Kuala Lumpur in Pahang state. Apart from the cold weather, key attractions in Cameron Highlands include a butterfly farm, strawberry farms, rose gardens, Chinese temple and vegetable farms.
One of the main attractions at Fraser’s Hill is bird watching. There are a great variety of birds residing in the area and because Fraser’s has been gazette a protected area for a while now, the birds have become more approachable. Quite often birds like the silver-eared mesia would go about happily foraging in a shrub just a few feet from humans.
At 1,800 metres above sea level, Genting Highlands is one of the most developed hill resorts in Malaysia. A relatively recent creation, the place is very popular with local and foreign visitors. The integrated city-of-entertainment complex offers a wide range of accommodation to suit every budget and taste.
Bukit Larut is renowned as Malaysia’s first and least developed hill-station resort. The highest hill was originally named Maxwell Hill, after the mountain base of William Edward Maxwell an Assistant British Resident. As the area developed into a rest and recuperation retreat – mainly for local 40 -administrators and other visitors from the district – the entire highland settlement became known as Maxwell Hill.
Due to its height of about 1,216 metres and its isolation other mountains, Gunung Jerai has a biologically diverse stem containing a diversity of Malaysian forest vegetation. These include lowland, hill and upper dipterocarp forest to lower and upper montane forest.
