Weekend Trip to Bukit Tinggi Hill Resort
Posted on August 12, 2009
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Last weekend, we took a weekend trip heading up to Bukit Tinggi or it’s better known as the “Berjaya Hill Resort” now.
Along the journey, we decided to have Dim Sum in Ipoh. For those of you who do not regularly travel along the North-South Highway, note that the Penang-Kuala Lumpur express link on the North-South Highway is already opened to public use. Therefore, if you intend to detour into Ipoh along the way like me, please be reminded that there is a Y-split at the spot where the old Jelapang toll plaza was. At the split, the right lane will let you continue on a direct drive to Kuala Lumpur bypassing the toll plazas. The left lane will lead you to the exits to Jelapang as well as Ipoh.
Most of the time, we’ll usually have dim sum at Foh San Restaurant, this time we decided to try out the dim sum at Ming Court Hong Kong Tim Sum as it recommended by my friends from Ipoh. It’s located along Jalan Leong Sin Nam. Just follow the signboards’ direction and drive towards the town center in Ipoh, try look for Hotel Excelsior. It’s the biggest visible landmark that is closest to Ming Court Hong Kong Tim Sum.
The place was really crowded as we stepped in. There were lots of customers standing by the occupied tables waiting for their turns.
After waiting for about 15 minutes, we finally got ourselves half-a-table (sharing the table with another family) to have our dim sum. Overall on the dim sum, besides being rather small in portion, the taste was nice.
Anyway, Foh San Restaurant has moved their dim sum restaurant to a new building directly opposite of Ming Court. Apparently they are trying to ‘challenge’ Ming Court on the dim sum business.
After that, we continued our journey towards Bukit Tinggi. By the way, if you are going to Bukit Tinggi from Northern states like Penang, Perak and so on, the best direction I can give you is drive up towards Genting Highlands and get to Bukit Tinggi from there.
There are 2 ways you can reach Genting. The first one is to take the Tanjung Malim’s exit. Once you reach Tanjung Malim’s town, look for direction to Kuala Kubu Baru. As you reach Kuala Kubu Baru, follow the direction towards Rawang. As you drive towards Rawang, you’ll see the turn leading you to Genting Highlands along the way. The other simpler way would be to take the Batang Kali’s exit along the North-South Highway. Once you exit the toll plaza, just start to look for the direction to Genting Highlands from there.
As you are approaching Gohtong Jaya at Genting Highlands, there will be a roundabout there. Just drive around the roundabout and take the exit that lead you to Kuala Lumpur/Kuantan. After passing the police station, you’ll come to a Y-split. Take the lane that is leading to Kuantan. Keep following the road signs leading to Kuantan until you come to a signboard that says “Berjaya Hill Resort”. Just follow the turn and the road will lead you up to Bukit Tinggi.
The main attraction in Bukit Tinggi is the Colmar Tropicale, a French themed Resort. You’ll be greeted by a bridge that connect the main road to the village once you reach the Colmar Tropicale with a pond beneath the bridge.
There are shops as well as cafes outside of the building along the road in the resort. Check out some of the pictures I have taken inside the Colmar Tropicale below:
Further up from the Colmar Tropicale, there is a Japanese Tea Garden right in the middle of the tropical forest. When we were there, we don’t see anyone using those for any tea session.
On the overall, Bukit Tinggi is a nice place to relax and have fun with your family and friends.
I would suggest to go in a bigger group and have some group activities there. The weather is cool in the evening and the air is still relatively much cleaner than the city. It can be on your list to get away from the busy city life during the weekends.
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I been to Bukit Tinggi few years ago but I didn’t realize there is a Sdn Bhd company selling dim sum :p
blurryleo: { hey Jessen, the dim sum place is in Ipoh. we took a detour into Ipoh for a dim sum breakfast before continuing our journey to Bukit Tinggi. }
aiks, been meaning to go there for some time now, but couldn’t find the time?
did you stay overnight?
quite exp per night i heard.
blurryleo: { hey cal, we did stayed overnight at Bukit Tinggi. we stayed at an apartment belonged to a friend. so that sort of save us some bucks for accommodation as we get to use the apartment for free. }
how long is the drive from penang to bkt tinggi?
not thru karak highway?
blurryleo: { hi meiyi, thanks for dropping by. for the drive from penang to bukit tinggi, it will take about 5+ hours. the easy way is to drive up to Genting Highland’s Gohtong Jaya roundabout and take the Kuantan exit at the roundabout to go downhill. the downhill ride will lead you to Karak Highway. You can then follow the signboard leading to Kuantan from there. You’ll see the Berjaya Hills signboard along the way. }
thanks. .but 5+ hours.. arggh.
SO FAR!!!
i thought it’d be 4 hours.