I guess this is the most famous highland vacation “centre” in Malaysia, with lots of shuttle services up & down the hills day in and days out. We visited there on 15th July 08 & stay over for one night.
Taking a bus service to go up will take you 75 minutes from KL while the cost is MYR 5.05 per person per trip, which is fairly reasonable. However, surprisingly there are NO safety belts available in those buses that run services to & fro. It’s really sound weird to me as the safety is really being out in a risk. I can’t really understand why there are no belts!
The environment up there is really nice as it is about 2000++ feet above the sea level with the surrounding temperature reaching 16-17 Celsius only! You don’t need air-cons, the natural airs & smog will act as “air-cons” for you!
Tickets for the theme parks will cost MYR 51 per person on weekdays & MYR 59 on weekends. This pricing will allow you to enjoy all the theme parks facilities. Opting for individual tickets is not worth as each individual games will cost about MYR 4-8 per person per ride. Opting for one-day pass will allow you to enjoy unlimited rides.
However, so “lucky” that the weather become rainy in the afternoon that day. In turn, we could only enjoy most of the indoor games only.
Regarding the check in to hotels, it’s definitely crazy as the queue was like endless. Next time anyone should learn the lesson that you should take the check in number first upon arrival although that said you only can check-in in 1500 hours!!! My father waited for a long 3.5 hours to do the check in procedure! What a terrible experiences seeing the “waiting halls” are fully crowded with people!
Overall experiences were nice. Just to point something for those out there who never been there before.
ALERT: The pricing for various materials up there are absolutely higher than in the “ground”. In the interest of saving, you should “prepare” sufficient foods & beverages for your time up there. It’s terrifying to see that a 500 ml mineral water will cost MYR 2.50, one plate of fried rice MYR 8.00, one roti-canai MYR 3.50 and the worst is that the Double Dekker snacks will cost you MYR 4.00 per pack while you only need to pay MYR 1.30 normally! And “economic rice” wouldn’t be “economic” for you up there. A plate of such kind will cost you the most MYR 7 normally but it will cost you at least MYR 13 per plate. So…you know what to do next time already! Hehe!
I guess that’s all for now! See ya!
