Please do NOT hike this trail, for your own safety! As it starts near Tanah Rata, it is a pretty easy hike, but after 5 mins we met a group of three people who returned immediately after one of them got bitten by a dog (German Shepherd). The dog belongs to the man with in total three dogs. We continued our hike for a bit (as we knew the man with the three dogs was still 10 mins away), and after 2 mins we met another solo female hiker, who got bitten as well, by the same dog! Please follow my advise, and do NOT go to this trail, as it far from worth the view of the waterfall.

Hi there, I’m a full-time traveller that stayed twice in Cameron Highlands for several weeks. I walked every single trail here, and realized there’s an incredible amount of incorrect information and confusion out there. Times are incorrect, trail info incorrect (even on the signs), and people (incl. the local tourism office) seems to be unclear of trail names and which exist and which ones don’t. So, I made it my goal to walk each and every one of them and made many notes. A full hiking guide including an entirely updated map (+ other info on transportation / accommodation / food / other activities / traveling the Cameron Highlands for FREE) can be found on the site that is my username + /cameron-highlands (links will get blocked here). Here goes, TRAIL 9: Trail info: It’s a trail that quite quickly splits up into 9a and 9b, which makes for a nice loop. It can be combined with a visit to the Bharat Tea Estate (which I did), but this at least doubles the hiking time as it’s 5.2km each way from the end of the village (not 3 km as some blogs say). I recommend to first walk 9a and return via 9b, as I did it the opposite way and it took me almost half an hour to find Trail 9b from the other side. Learn from my mistakes! Beginning & end: Trail 9 starts quite far out of Tanah Rata, about half an hour walk past the bus terminal. You’ll have to eventually take a right and cross a colourful pedestrian bridge and walk past a strawberry farm. It splits up where there’s a gate (left is 9A, through the gate 9B). Trail 9a ends in the middle of a field full of workers, but they’re aware of this route and will likely point you in the right direction. 9b ends at the power station, which is an easy landmark to find back if you need to return. Experience / Level of difficulty: It’s a very beautiful and diverse route, combining forest walks with a sneak-peek into the tea and fruit fields, as well as the Robinson Waterfall. The first 5 minutes are excruciating, as some genius had the bright idea to pave the first stretch of the path with smooth tiles, which are beyond slippery after some rainfall (dangerous!). ​ Trail 9a is very pleasant and mellow for the most part… until you reach the last stretch. Most people turn around here, which you can tell by how overgrown this path suddenly becomes, the beaten track kind of disappears. And honestly, this might be a smart idea. I walked it entirely, and man… this trail just smashed me! Entire trees are blocking the way every few meters, which are extremely slippery to climb. Parts of the trail have been crumbled down by landslides, making it quite dangerous at times. I had to jump over gaps, climb up heights higher than myself… I would have fallen down many meters if I didn’t reach it. It’s entirely overgrown, long pants and sleeves are required if you don’t want to scratch your entire body (like I did – wherever physically possible there was a cut or scratch). I even almost accidentally hung myself, when I slipped and got my head stuck in a hanging vine… that’d been unfortunate! I’m an experienced hiker, and wow, I struggled so much! Trail 9b is rather short and easy. It’s very steep, but the path is clear and whenever you see the power station you know you reached the end. ​ Time: 5 minutes until the split with trail 8 / 10 minutes from the beginning to the split into Trail 9a and 9b / 9a (entirely): 50 minutes / 9b: 25 minutes.