Undeniably, Strawberries Plucking are always the major highlights of every visitors to do whenever they are visiting Cameron Highlands from Singapore. This highland can be considered as the centre of strawberry production in Malaysia too.
As you know, it is impossible for anyone to plant their own strawberries at home due to the hot and humid temperature of Malaysia. However, the cool climate of Cameron Highlands does make strawberries planting and harvesting possible all year round, throughout the highlands.
Since the popularity of strawberry farm is blooming among tourists, there are more and more strawberry farms opened there. The most famous: Big Red Strawberry Farm, Kok Lim Strawberry, Raju’s Hill Strawberry and EQ Strawberry Farm even offers strawberry picking by hand to every of their visitors during the season.
Below are some of the most visited strawberry farms by tourist in Cameron Highlands.
9 Popular Strawberry Farms At Cameron Highlands
- Big Red Strawberry Farm
- S’Corner Central Market KEA Farm
- Kok Lim Strawberry Farm
- Blueberry Earthouse Strawberry Farm
- Raaju’s Hill Strawberry Farm
- Healthy Strawberry Farm
- EQ Strawberry Farm
- Green View Garden
- Step In CH Vegetable Farm
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Big Red Strawberry Farm
Accessible by the backdoor route of Star Regency Hotel, Big Red Strawberry Farm is the most popular tourism attraction in Brinchang. This strawberry farm is a fully covered farm, which is an ideal place to be visited during rain or shine. Upon arriving, you will be able to spot the farm’s large strawberry statue placed near the koi pond, which is also their popular signage. =
Big Red Strawberry Farm is one of the strawberry farms which offers strawberries plucking experiences to both adults and young children. Baskets and scissors will be provided by the farm and there will be a worker who worked there assisting the participants in plucking the strawberries. However, be noted that there will be only two people allowed to a baskets and strictly no children below 10 years old be allowed to participate in it. Pluck only the ripe strawberries, for a minimum of 500 grams, a RM25 will be charged.
If you had noticing carefully, you might spot that they even designated the space under the strawberries plant for good use. Yes, they are using the space for parsley planting. Not only that, there is a tomato farm available next to the strawberry farm where you can pluck your own tomatoes at just RM5 per 1000grams.
This strawberry farm also features a large cafe, strawberry related product souvenir shop and vegetable market. The cafe is a great place to relax yourself with the farm’s signature Strawberry Scones and local tea if you are feeling tired. Not only that, there are up to 200 car parking lots available, so need not to be too worried about you may go around looking for parking space.
Additional Information:
Address: Brinchang, Cameron Highlands
Contact No.: +605- 491 3327
Email : brstrawberryfarm@yahoo.com
Operating Hours: Daily, 8:30am to 5:30pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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S’Corner Central Market KEA Farm
S’Corner Central Market is a combination of strawberry and mushroom farm nestled at Brinchang. Located approximately 2km north of the town along the main road, a short distance before reaching Kea Farm, S’Corner Central Market is easily accessible and usually being visited by tourists whenever they are enjoying their holiday in Cameron Highlands.
There is a hydroponically grown strawberry farm available in S’Corner Central Market which offers strawberries picking experience. It is a smaller size strawberry farm when compared with the previous one, but there are still rows of strawberries beds with ripe strawberries available. Baskets and scissors will be provided too and they charged approximately RM30 for two participants and 500 grams of strawberries.
Head to their Mushroom Farm which is quite educational and worth going if you had never seen how varieties of mushrooms are being cultivated. These mushrooms ranges from the rare ones like Lingzhi, Pink Mushroom and Yellow Mushroom to the common one such as Black Fungus, Oysters Mushrooms and Chestnut Mushrooms. Unlike the traditional farming, S’Corner Central Market’s mushrooms are cultivated in a growth medium which is made from saw dust and coffee pulp. To your surprise, these mushrooms are available for self plucking too.
Parking at S’Corner Central Market observes a one-way route. You are required to enter at one gate and exit at the anther to avoid from bumping into other car. As with the other strawberry farms in Cameron Highlands, S’Corner Central Market can get very crowded during the weekends.
Additional Information:
Address: S’Corner Central Market, 31900 Kea Farm, Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Contact No.: –
Operating Hours: Sunday – Friday, 9am to 7pm, Closed on every Saturday
Admission: Free Entrance
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Kok Lim Strawberry Farm
Kok Lim Strawberry Farm is renowned for their strawberry product and farming for more than 10 years. They are also among the main supplier of strawberries and citrus fruits around Malaysia too. Located outside the boarders of the Brinchang Town, Kok Lim Strawberry Farm houses a shopping gallery, vintage cafe, pastry corner and vegetables market within its complex.
Just as the common strawberry farms, Kok Lim Strawberry Farm allow their visitors to pick and pluck their strawberries as well as vegetables if they like. This strawberry farm charges RM30 for 500 grams of strawberries plucked, following the standard price of every strawberry farm in Cameron Highlands.
Kok Lim Strawberry Farm also own their hydroponic vegetable farm, where their organic vegetables are planted and harvested daily. These harvested organic vegetables will then be distributed or sold in their vegetable market.
Apart from that, the Time Tunnel Museum occupied a basement of the building of Kok Lim Strawberry Farm, exhibiting lots of vintage collections from the early 1950s by the owner.
Additional Information:
Address: UT/MR F-255, Cameron Highland, 39100 Brinchang, Pahang
Contact No.: +605-491 4481
Operating Hours: Daily, 8am to 6pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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Blueberry Earthouse Strawberry Farm
Just as its name stated, Blueberry Earthouse Strawberry Farm is a cute little cafe house perched on the hill, overlooking the Cameron Highlands’ fertile soil. This Flinstone’s mud house is creatively made with mud and glass bottles, creating a really beautiful design. From its exterior design, we can see that these bottles help in providing a fun polka dot effect to the overall house too. Also, these mud keeps the entire house remain cool no matter how hot is the sun shining on it. Moving to its roof top, you will totally be amazed with its roof carpeted with green plants and colorful flowers.
The earthouse itself serves as a mini cafe. The route to this cafe is quite steep, but accompanied with awesome view of Cameron Highlands. You can grab yourself some brunch menu and desserts there. Also, they are using only home planted blueberries and strawberries of theirs in preparing the food menu.
What might surprise you is that this little house also owns their very own strawberry farm. Although they charged slightly more expensive than the market price, but they allowed four pax to join for the strawberries plucking. With just RM40, visitors can enjoy the strawberries directly after plucking too.
Need not to wash the strawberries before eating as all of their strawberries are free from pesticide and the watering is done in the soil itself. It is really fun to pick and eat which in the end you will not knowing that you might be picking more than 1kg of strawberries. So, it is reminded to control yourself from over picking them.
This photogenic attraction is a nice place to capture some POTDs. There are plenty of things nearby such as the DIY water fountain, red phone booth and large stone boulder to be explored around. Blueberry Earthouse Strawberry Farm is popular for their blueberries farm and vegetable farms too. Give them a visit whenever have a chance.
Additional Information:
Address: LOT 1194, Green Cow 39100, Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Contact No.: +6012-517 9292
Operating Hours: 9am – 5:30pm
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Raaju’s Hill Strawberry Farm
Situated along the main road opposite the Equatorial Resort’s entrance, Raaju’s Hill Strawberry Farm is one of the most popular strawberry farm and cafe in Brinchang Town. Nestled on the top of the of their building is a small roof terrace that overlooks the rainforest emanating from Mount Brinchang. Here, visitors are allowed to bring their own snacks and tea to enjoy some picnic moments.
Raaju’s Hill Strawberry Farm offers strawberries picking by weight. You can also purchase their freshly picked strawberries sold at the counter if you want too.
If these still unable to satisfy you, head to their cafe which serves wide selections of strawberries related desserts, snacks and pastries for some sweet moments.
Additional Information:
Address: Brinchang, 39000 Pahang
Contact No.:+6019-575 3867
Operating Hours: Daily, 8am – 6:30pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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Healthy Strawberry Farm
If you are driving to Healthy Strawberry Farm, look for their signboard along the Cameron Highlands’ Golf Course stretch in order to avoid from driving thru it. This strawberry farm nestled at the end of the road is a family run business operated for more than forty years. It started from a small farm, then completely going chemical free using the Korean agriculture technology.
All of their strawberries are organically grown, without pesticide. This is the reason why Healthy Strawberry Farm are revisited by the visitors again and again during the holidays. Here, visitors are given opportunity to enjoy some great time picking the abundant, large and sweet strawberries in the farm. These strawberries are charged reasonably on the market price too.
Another must try of Healthy Strawberry Farm would be their pure whole fruits and natural tasting jam which are available for sale at the counter. Besides just strawberries plantation, the farm also houses plenty of quirky and rare looking cacti. Check out Healthy Strawberry Farm’s cafe for something sweet like Hershey chocolate coated strawberries, strawberry ice-creams and home made strawberry sticks. You will definitely like these delicious treats.
Additional Information:
Address: Jalan Rumah Persekutuan, 39000 Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Contact No.: +605-491 1724
Operating Hours: Daily, 9am – 5pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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EQ Strawberry Farm
Situated about 200 meters away from the Copthorne Hotel, EQ Strawberry farm is a farm producing natural food products which signify Cameron Highlands- the strawberries. And do you know the best thing you can do in this farm? Of course strawberries picking is available in this farm too, but you are not allowed to eat your strawberries plucked straight away there. Also, you may need to venture deeper into the farm in order to reach their strawberry farm.
Not forgot to mention EQ Strawberry Farm’s wide arrays of grape plantation. The farm has bunches of grapes below the plastic canopies. It is highly recommended to enjoy these grapes while it is still frozen and cold, where the juice will just blast in the mouth.
According to the owner, Mr. Wong, all of his plantations in his farm are planted using Akihime variety from Japan, where he uses alkaline material fertilizers to grow them. What make it unique is that it will produce more juicier fruits with sweetness (brix) level of at least 14 to 20.
Upon arriving at EQ Strawberry farm, you would be able to spot the numerous number of stalls lined along the lane leading to its entrance. Common stuffs like tea, dried fruits, fresh strawberries, chocolates, fresh vegetables and corn can be purchased here too.
Additional Information:
Address: 78, Jalan Kuari, Brinchang, 39100 Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Contact No.: +605-491 1759
Operating Hours: Daily, 8am – 6:30pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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Green View Garden
Green View Garden is a show farm off Kampung Raja located towards the end of the Simpang Pulai Highway, where before the township begins. This garden is a famous stop for almost every visitors who are using the northern gateway due to its complex and farm.
Within the complex, visitors can explore hydroponic vegetable farm and also traditional strawberry plantation. It acts as a market for trading Cameron Highlands vegetables crops, flowers, plants and souvenirs. Besides just market and farm, Green View Garden do consist of a mini zoo, bird farm and flower nursery. Visiting these places are totally free, with exception of the mini zoo that may cost RM10 per entrance.
On the other hand, the House of Lavender located in the Green View Garden building serves every visitors with delicious lavender flavored specialties. These treats include the Lavender Float, Homemade Lavender Ice Cream Cone, Lavender Ice Cream Bar and Lavender Croissant which are great for light refreshment before continuing the journey. You are able to spot lavender related souvenir and products like lavender soap, dried lavender and lavender juice there too.
Avant Chocolate is just adjacent to the Green View Garden. This cottage like building serve as a snack merchandise, selling chocolates and biscuits in pretty packaging.
Both House of Lavender and Avant Chocolate are a really photogenic place, where you can take pretty snapshot at almost every corner of theirs. There are photo props like horse cart, red telephone booth, garden flower pots, flower beds and benches in both the buildings. Spot their colorful wooden houses within the garden too, which is also one of Green View Garden’s signage.
Additional Information:
Address: 11, Taman Matahari Cerah, 39010, Kampung Raja, 39000 Tanah Rata, Pahang, Malaysia, Cameron Highlands
Contact No.: +60-54981982
Site: Green View Garden
Operating Hours: Daily, 9am – 6:30pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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Step In CH Vegetable Farm
From the road, you might be unable to see much about Step In CH Vegetable Farm and even just sail on by. Step In CH Vegetable Farm may not look much from the outside, but indeed,this little farm do offers outdoor learning experience where every visitors can have their hands on picking their own strawberries and varieties of vegetables. Some of the vegetables available for self plucking do include the snow pea, korean spring onion, angle bean, asparagus, cabbage, beetroot, cherry tomatoes and pumpkin.
The owner, Ms. Lim Yoke Fun has a warm personality and she is friendly to devote her time entertaining the visitors throughout the farm visit. During the tour, you will spot that Step In CH Vegetable Farm is still trying their hand on organic vegetable growing using the traditional soil planting instead of the hydroponics method. And yup, the farm’s modest organic vegetable garden is under the experimental stage as they are trying to heal the soil before planting any crops on it.
Apart from just vegetables and strawberries, Ms. Lim also planted some raspberries, mints, liquorice and stevia in the farm. There’s not much processed farm products sold in Step In CH Vegetable Farm’s market section, but purchasing of fresh farm products in bulks still available. The average price of these farm products are way cheaper than outside too,
In order to get there, spy their little signboard with inviting Step In sign while on your way along Simpang Pulai to Kampung Raja. Head in on the cement road, the farm is rather simple, with the owner’s Proton Wira parked by the roof covered shelter.
Additional Information:
Address: F-215, Ulu Telom, Sungai Ikan, Cameron Highlands
Contact No.: +6013-491 1209
Operating Hours: Daily, 9am – 6:30pm
Admission: Free Entrance
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