The Gaharu Tea Valley () is an agro-tourism
tea plantation
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and northe ...
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Gopeng
Gopeng (Jawi script, Jawi: ڬوڤيڠ) is a town located in Mukim Teja, Kampar District, Perak, Malaysia. It is situated approximately south of Ipoh, the state capital.
History
Gopeng was the most important town in the Kinta Valley until 1890 ...
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Kampar District
The Kampar District (Kinta South) is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It was a district on 21 May 2009 after the Sultan of Perak declared Kampar the state's 10th district, which is the smallest district in Perak. Its local government is Kampar Di ...
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Perak
Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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History
The tea valley started to welcome visitors since 2012.
Geography
The plantation has over 200,000 trees of a special hybrid ''
Aquilaria
''Aquilaria'' is a genus of trees, called lign aloes or lign-aloes trees, in the family Thymelaeaceae. It includes 21 species native to southeast Asia. They occur particularly in the rainforests of Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, s ...
'' spp species which is critically endangered in the wild which spreads over an area of 120 hectares. Gaharu is the local Malay name for this tree better known as Agarwood, Aloes or Eagleswood to the world.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in Perak
This is the list of tourist attractions in Perak, Malaysia.
Galleries
* Sultan Azlan Shah Gallery
Historical buildings
* Birch Memorial Clock Tower
* Dutch Fort
* Ipoh railway station, Ipoh Railway Station
* Kellie's Castle
* Kota Ngah I ...
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Agriculture in Malaysia
Agriculture in Malaysia makes up twelve percent of the nation's GDP. Sixteen percent of the population of Malaysia is employed through some sort of agriculture. Large-scale plantations were established by the British. These plantations opened opp ...
References
External links
Facebook Page - Gaharu Tea Valley Gopeng (務邊沉香山茶園)
2012 establishments in Malaysia
Geography of Perak
Kampar District
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