Travelling to and within Cameron Highlands during the weekends or public holidays is a nightmare, as far as traffic is concerned. Our recent trip, which started on Saturday and lasted throughout Chinese New Year's Eve and Day, was thus a perfect storm. Staying at the Heritage Hotel, however, helped make it a more convenient and pleasant stay.
If you are travelling to Camerons from the south via Tapah, you will go through the towns of Ringlet, Tanah Rata and Brinchang, in that order. Most of the main attractions are around Brinchang, and most hotels are located between Brinchang and Tanah Rata, with a few in Ringlet. The traffic to Brinchang is horrendous, and the crawl (you're lucky if you can manage 10 km/h) will snake down to Tanah Rata and beyond.
If you stay at Heritage Hotel, however, you will avoid the worst of this as the hotel is located about 500m before Tanah Rata town centre as you come from Ringlet. The hotel is built on a hillock: stroll down to its base, which is off the main road, and you can check on the traffic situation to decide whether you really want to drive uphill to Brinchang, or just spend the day around Tanah Rata, which is not without its attractions of strawberry farms, cafes (there's a Starbucks), restaurants (Ye Olde Smokehouse Inn) and a tea plantation (Bharats, which is on the main road downhill towards Ringlet).
As for the hotel itself, we stayed in a Deluxe Room in the New Wing, which was very comfortable indeed. There was 1 queen and 1 single, with room for an extra bed if necessary. Bathroom had a tub and shower cubicle with a good selection of toiletries. LCD TV with selected Astro sattelite TV channels and DVD player were provided, as well as a safe, fridge (empty) and tea & coffee making facilities. No wifi in the room, although wired internet was provided free - call housekeeping for the LAN cable.
Ours was a group booking, full board. Breakfast was OK - nasi lemak, porridge, pancakes, noodles, bread was provided for our group in a separate dining room. There was no toaster or egg station, but a major plus point was that there was heaps of breakfast beef & sausage served, which is usually a rarity for Malaysian hotel buffets. On one night, we had a steamboat dinner. and the selection of seafood was extensive and abundant.
We were quite happy with the hotel, and would recommend a stay in the new wing.
Room Tip: As for a room in the new wing.
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