Bukit Larut (Malaysia)

Submitted by Khoo Kay Hao on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 02:14am
Description

Bukit Larut (formerly known as Maxwell Hill) is a popular highland destination in Malaysia. Located at an altitude of 1,250 m above sea level approximately 10 km from Taiping town in Perak; it is the wettest area in the country which experiences the highest rainfall. Bukit Larut is also home to the oldest hill station in Malaysia, built by William Edward Maxwell, a British Assistant Resident in Perak, in 1884 to provide a cool retreat for the colonial officials. In 1910, the hill resort was gazetted as a permanent forest reserve.