The Botanical Garden At 3500 Feet Above Sea Level

In the last post, I did mention that we went to Berjaya Hills during the last school break. I have just managed to get all the photos from my girls as I did not want to disrupt her revision and exams during the past two weeks.

It was not a planned trip. During the two weeks long break, my kids were bored and I haven't much to do in the office either. So, we decided to go for a day trip to Berjaya Hills, or better known as Bukit Tinggi. After filling our stomach with some Char Siu Bao at Jalan Ipoh dim sum outlet, we headed towards this highland resort in Pahang.

The drive was pretty short and uneventful. Two thirds of the journey was on the KL-Karak Highway, same route as one gets to Genting Highlands. Soon after passing the tunnel, instead of turning to Genting Highlands, we headed straight until the next exit to Berjaya Hills. Only a short distance involved careful maneuvering as the road started to get winding uphill. However, the bends are not as acute as those along the route to Fraser Hills.

Our first stop was the Animal Farm where the kids spent more than a good hour.

After much of the chasing, cuddling, saying "cheese" to the little animals, we continued uphill. A short drive away, is a booth where entrance fees are collected for entering the resort. RM16 for adults and half price for children.


Approached a junction, we turned up to the Japanese Village. We left our car at the makeshift carpark, walked up the slope and came to yet another junction. We made a choice to go left to the Botanical Garden.

It started with some cool looking pine trees. The air was cool, fresh and rejuvenating.

Followed by some ferns.

Walked down a flight of stairs, there is a Japanese restaurant. The price of the food is slightly higher than the norm. Well, what do you expect? Tucking into your unagi don, sipping sake in the heart of a rainforest. But then, it was not lunch time yet.

The restaurant is surrounded by beautiful flowers and some water features. Listening to the sound of dripping water, the chirp of the birds, the sound of the insects, breathing in the mountain air, it was a great feeling.

The jungle 'trek' passes the age old rainforest. Some of the routes are quite steep, but they have laid concrete steps to ease the visitors.

A big bunch of don't know what. Of course they have name tags to each of plants, I was just lazy to jot them down one by one.

Plenty of flowers in bloom.

Love the lilac hue of these flowers.

The busy bee was in action.

It was really beautiful, with moss clinging to the rocks and trees.

It was a cool and foggy morning and although the fog doesn't really show up well in these pictures.

After an initial downhill walk, it was mostly uphill climb on the way back, more difficult than we thought.

Some massive thousands year old trunks.

Admiring and embracing the nature's beauty. Magnificient!

Thousand acres of lush greenery.

My son had a big catch in the Japanese souvenir shop.

My girl was buzy mastering her macro-photography with her new toy Canon IXUS.

I needed to catch my breath.

After testing our stamina in this Botanical Garden, we headed over to the Japanese Village.

The Botanical Garden was not quite up to the expectation, but it was a nice day nonetheless.