Cycle Route: Cameron Highland to Ipoh, Malaysia

December 14, 2013

GPX Track

Distance

The total distance of our route was 69.6 miles (112 km).

Elevation

Max Elevation	5,358 ft	1,633 m
Min Elevation	138 ft	42 m
Total Climbing	11,516 ft	3,510 m
Total Descent	15,866 ft	4,836 m

Terrain

This ride was our least favorite as far as climbing but one of our favorites as far as scenery. There were two challenging hills we had to climb before we made our descent into Ipoh. 2.5 miles (4 km) from the guesthouse you’ll climb 492 ft (150 m) over 4.5 miles (7.2 km). At around 11 miles (17.7 km) from the guesthouse, you’ll climb 928 ft (283 m) over 6 miles (9.7 km).

Accommodation

We couchsurfed in Ipoh for three nights.

Food

We made oatmeal at Father’s Guesthouse before heading to Ipoh. For lunch, we stopped on top of the mountain and ate oranges, corn, pringles and strawberries for 26 ringgit. We stopped for a few drinks at McDonalds while we waited to meet our couchsurfing host for 8.50 ringgit. For dinner our host took us out for ikan bakar (BBQ fish) at a local restaurant for 32 ringgit.