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Cameron Highlands Resort
Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia · YTL Hotels · Accessible Luxury
Built around a 1930s Tudor-style cottage in Malaysia's tea-growing highlands, this 56-room resort traces its name to surveyor William Cameron, who mapped the area in 1885. The Cameron Suite and Jim Thompson Suite honor the Thai Silk King, who vanished on a walk near the resort's grounds on Easter Sunday 1967, an unsolved case the resort still commemorates with a guided jungle trek called the Jim Thompson Trail. Rooms are furnished with fabrics from his namesake silk house.
- 56 rooms
- Opened 1977
- Neighborhood: Kampung Orang Asli Sungai Ruil
- Rooms from 409 sq ft (38 m²)
About Cameron Highlands Resort
- The resort grew out of a 1930s Tudor-style colonial cottage, expanded into its present form in the mid-1970s and now run by YTL Hotels as part of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
- Its two signature suites are named the Cameron Suite and the Jim Thompson Suite, and its afternoon tea room is furnished with fabrics from Thompson's own textile house.
- American businessman and Thai silk magnate Jim Thompson vanished on an afternoon walk near the resort's grounds on 26 March 1967; the case remains unsolved despite what was then Southeast Asia's largest search operation.
- The resort runs a guided Jim Thompson Trail hike retracing the route of his final walk, plus a themed murder-mystery dinner event built around the case.
- The area was developed as a hill station after surveyor William Cameron's 1885 mapping expedition and advocacy from colonial administrator Sir George Maxwell in the 1920s.
History
Cameron Highlands Resort stands in the misty tea-growing hill station of Pahang, Malaysia, an area developed by the British as a highland retreat after surveyor William Cameron's 1885 mapping and Sir George Maxwell's advocacy in the 1920s. The resort grew out of a colonial-era cottage on the site, with the property expanded and rebuilt into a resort in the mid-1970s.
Now owned and operated by YTL Hotels and a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the 56-room resort evokes 1930s Tudor-style colonial charm, overlooking a golf course and adjacent to the historic tea estates and the neighbouring Cameron Highlands golf club.
Restaurants and bars
- Jim Thompson Tea Room — Café · English Afternoon Tea
- Gonbei — Restaurant · Asian hotpot (Cameronian steamboat)
- The Mansion — Restaurant
- Feast Village — Restaurant
- Fisherman's Cove — Restaurant
- Uncle Lim's Kitchen — Restaurant
- Royal Bay Beach Club — Poolside
- Chapman's Bar — Bar
- Jamu Bar — Bar
Experiences
- Signature Picnic Experience — An artfully prepared picnic amid a tea plantation with panoramic terraces; daily except Mondays; advance reservation essential.
- Romantic Dinner in the Highlands — Bespoke Western four-course dinner in a private garden gazebo or beside the fireplace, for one couple each evening; reservation essential.
- Cameronian Steamboat — Private dining hotpot experience at Gonbei with local farm produce.
- Saturday Roast — Weekend multi-course roast dinner with Yorkshire pudding, served on Saturdays.
- Exclusive-use reservation of the entire resort — Claim the entire resort for your party for the duration of your stay, with a dedicated team and executive chef attending solely to your party.
- Golf — Leisurely rounds of golf on the adjoining course.
Amenities
- Wedding and honeymoon planning
- Exchange of vows in a function room or private garden
- Group and corporate event packages
- Golf course adjoining the resort
- Afternoon tea
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