This is about climbing the Gunung Brinchang, which has a approx. height of 2032 meters. It's the highest mountain in the Cameron Highlands as well as the highest motorable road in Malaysia. If the weather is good you get a great sight of the Cameron Highlands.
The trail is stated as trail 1 in the travel maps you can buy in Tanah Rata or whereever you are staying in the Cameron Highlands. The maps are not much of a help after all, as it's very hard to find the right way, when you are on the trail. With trail 1 you should do just fine, if you want to take another trail I recommend getting a guide, especially for the hard trails. (The easy trails are really NOT worth seeing)
Trail 1 is the best one you can go, just walk up the mountain on the trail (don't do it the opposite way as it's written in some travel maps). At the top follow the street back down to the main road to Brinchang. You'll come along the Tea plantages and they're really worth a visit!
To start the journey to the summit of Gunung Brinchang let a taxi driver take you to the foot of the mountain.
It's a little north from the Cactus Valley (which you should avoid at all costs). There you go straight to the mountain, you can already see the summit with all the antennas. Take the right way into the jungle. There you will go a very steep way through a Fangorn like jungle (if you've seen the Lord of the rings ;) ) It'll take you about 2 - 2 1/2 hours and it's fairly strenous as it goes up all the time.
At the top you can also climb the viewing platform. Now just follow the street down, after an hour you'll come to the tea plantages, and after another 2 hours you'll be back on the main street. Call a taxi or whatever to get back to your residence.
And don't forget to NOT do any guided tours. Just do things on your own in the Cameron Highlands! You can skip the crappy strawberry and honeybee farms alright! Have fun! ;)
