LADANG ANGGOR di usahakan oleh Syarikat EXCEL AGROTECH , merupakan sebuah syarikat bumiputera yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 2007. Syarikat ini mempunyai dua ladang anggur iaitu di pinggir kawasan Empangan Beris yang mempunyai keluasan 4 ekar dengan jumlah tanaman anggor sebanyak 1000 pokok dan di Sungai Senam dengan keluasan 30 ekar dengan jumlah tanaman sebanyak 7000 pokok.

Objektif utama mengusahakan ladang anggur ini adalah untuk menyahut seruan kerajaan supaya badan korporat menceburi bidang pertanian. Fokus utama adalah menjadikan Daerah Sik sebagai salah satu destinasi pelancongan iaitu dalam sektor agrotourism. Wujudnya tanaman anggur di daerah Sik membukti anggur bukan sahaja boleh ditanam pada iklim sejuk tetapi cuaca yang panas, juga sesuai ditanam.

Dengan adanya ladang anggur di daerah ini dapat membantu dan menggalakkan proses pembelajaran dalam bidang tanaman yang baru yang mana setiap hari menerima kunjungan daripada badan kerajaan, swasta, institusi pengajian tinggi dan sekolah-sekolah yang berminat mengetahui cara-cara penanaman anggur. Anggur ditanam menggunakan kaedah biji benih, keratan ranting, tunas dan penghasilan tisu kultur.

Untuk mengeluarkan hasil yang baik tanaman anggur ini mengambil masa 10 hingga 12 bulan untuk matang. Black Grape, White Malaga dan Losu Plite antara jenis yang ditanam untuk pasaran tempatan.

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• BERIS LAKE VINEYARD (LADANG ANGGUR TASIK BERIS)

Lot 264, Kampung Ternas, 08200 Sik,

Kedah Darul Aman.

Tel : 04-4620466, H/P: 019-5667908,

Email : Excel agro @ yahoo.com.

Pernah dengar tentang Ladang Anggur di Tasik Beris? Lokasi tempat ni terletak di Sik, Kedah Darul Aman. Pada mulanya Ayri sangka kawasan Sik ni tiada tempat yang menarik untuk dilawati disebabkan kedudukannya agak jauh dari bandar besar. Pernah juga ke Baling untuk mandi kolam air panas, semasa dalam perjalanan ke sana akan melalui Sik terlebih dahulu.

Terungkai sudah bahawa terdapat satu kawasan pertanian yang mengusahakan tanaman anggur di kawasan Tasik Beris, daerah Sik. Dengan kemajuan teknologi pertanian yang ada, tak mustahil negara Malaysia yang dua musim pun boleh menanam anggur. Lagipun kawasan ni masih segar dan tidak tercemar dengan masalah persekitaran.

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Gambar di atas ni sebagai intro. Pemandangan dia memang terbaik. Apa macam? Menarik tak

Sedikit sebanyak pasal Ladang Anggur di Tasik Beris ni. Jika di kira perjalanan dari pekan Sik menuju ke tempat ini mengambil masa lebih kurang 15 hingga 20 minit untuk sampai dengan kereta. Tak jauh sangat pun, keadaan jalan juga baik dan tiada masalah untuk tiba dengan selamat.

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Ni gambar yang di ambil dari atas jalan. Nampak tak ada kereta disitu? Itulah tempat parking kereta untuk staff dan pengunjung yang datang.

Kita zoom lagi eaaa….

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Hiasan dan kreativiti dihadapan ladang anggur ni pun sudah dapat memberikan ketenangan dan kedamaian dari alam sekitar. Udara yang segar di sini juga menenangkan minda dan pasti juga dinikmati pengunjung lain yang hadir

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Terdapat sebuah kantin disini dengan dindingnya diperbuat daripada kaca lutsinar. Apabila berada didalamnya masih dapat menikmati pemandangan sekeliling dengan sepuasnya, sambil menikmati hidangan.

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Antara pemandangan hijau dan alam sekitar yang menyejukkan mata dan menenangkan jiwa bagi mereka yang telah berkunjung disini…

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Itu adalah antara pemandangan indah di sekeliling ladang anggur ini yang sempat di gambarkan, sementara pemandangan di dalam kawasan ladang anggur pula menyusur dibawah…

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Dalam ladang anggur ini terdapat kolam ikan dimana banyak ikan yang di ternak didalamnya. Memang berasa betul-betul berada di kawasan mesra alam sekitar pada waktu ni. Seterusnya adalah ruang berjalan keliling ladang anggur ini.

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Seterusnya saksikan sendiri buah anggur Malaysia. Dan pada sesiapa yang belum pernah melihat apa itu pokok anggur dapat melihatnya disini. Tiket dibeli terlebih dahulu sebelum memasuki ke dalam ladang anggur ini.

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Lagi panjang tangkai yang terisi anggur ni maka lagi bermutulah gred buah anggur tersebut di kira.

Apa macam? Best tak tempat nih? Hehe… Kalau korang lalu area-area nak dekat dekat dengan Sik nih jangan lupa singgah pula. Rugi ooOOooOoo kalau dah dekat sini tapi tak singgah pula, bukan setakat dapat rasa anggur yang fresh, pemandangan sekeliling disini juga sangat menarik.

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Dari cakap-cakap orang mengatakan Tasik Beris ini merupakan sebuah kawasan perkampungan pada masa dahulu. Disebabkan tanah di kawasan sini agak rendah berbanding kawasan di sekitarnya, kerajaan telah mengambil tanah kawasan ini dan menjadikannya kawasan tadahan air lalu menjadi tasik. Penduduk asal Tasik Beris pula dipindahkan  ke tempat lain dan diberi pampasan oleh kerajaan pada masa itu. Kesahihan cerita tersebut tak dapat disahkan, cuma dengar-dengar macam tu je la.

Kawasan ini dibangunkan sebagai kawasan pertanian. Sebuah jambatan turut dibina untuk melintas Tasik beris dan jalan tersebut boleh terus menghala ke Kuala Nerang iaitu kawasan ter Utara di Kedah.

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Memandangkan sewaktu saya berkunjung di sini pada musim tengkujuh, aktiviti nelayan sangatlah terbatas. Jadi kebanyakan nelayan hanya menangkap ikan secara mengail berhampiran dengan taman laut ini memandangkan kawasan ini terlindung dari ombak besar. jangan terkejut kalau saya katakan bekalan ikan di sini diambil dari tanah besar.

Bot-bot dan kapal mewah juga ada berlabuh di sekitar pulau ini.

Ini adalah ikan-ikan yang terdapat di sekitar jeti. Kalau anda berkunjung ke sini

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Ikan-ikan yang melompat dalam berkumpulan ini adalah pandangan biasa di sini.

Tetapi agak susah nak meneka di mana ia akan muncul, sebab ia akan menjelma secara tiba-tiba.

Di pulau ini juga merupa tempat tumpuan para penyelam. Kebanyakan resort

di Pulau Redang akan membawa pelancong ke sini untuk aktiviti 'snorkeling dan juga scuba'

Ini adalah kubur lama. Ia adalah kubur penduduk asal pulau ini.

'Kapal tenggelam' adalah merupakan satu lagi tarikan di sini. kalau

anda merupakan penyelam ini adalah salah satu tempat yang patut anda

kunjungi. Tetapi ada masa-masanya arus bawah air

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Tupai, burung, biawak adalah antara binatang yang terdapat di sekitar pulau ini.

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Jangan lupa masukan ini dalam jadual percutian anda

jika anda berhasrat berkunjung ke Terengganu.

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Selain resort-resort ternama kami juga menyediakan pakej percutian ke Redang untuk kategori badget package. Yang mana pakej mampu pergi bagi semua golongan.

Cameron Highlands

Cool down (right down) and huddle around the camp fire with a hot cocoa. By South East Asian standards the Cameron Highlands are very cool indeed, averaging 23 C by day and a chilly 10 C by night. This place is certainly a break from the norm and a great place to see Malaysians holidaying and enjoying their country’s more wintry activities.

Set over a number of small towns the hill stations are around 1,500 meters above sea level and boast clean crisp air and photo opportunities to match any in Asia. Brilliant greens and flowing bolder clad rivers jostle for the eyes attention. The area has been a resort of sorts since the 1920′s, when homesick British colonials used the hills to cool off at weekends. Amongst the hills you will spot decadent British Colonial Mansions with their white walls and wooden beams, complete with roaring log fires, quaint gardens and there’s even a golf course – what else would you expect for a rich white man’s playground?

The region is famous for two things, other than the cool air; strawberries and tea! Expect to find the former in cartoon form attached to every type of trinket from woolen hats to cutlery in all but the very classiest of outlets and the latter on sale in abundance. The tea plantations are as striking a feature as any of the less cultivated natural sites, and a tour will teach you a bit about where your cuppa comes from and the history attached to each brew. The highlands also offer a chance to see the worlds largest flower, the red and smelly ‘rafflesia’ and there is some great, if muddy, trekking.

The area’s locals are friendly, relaxed and accommodating, all the more reason to pick up a bit of the lingo; remember Apa Kabar (how are you), Terima Kasih (thank you) and Selamat tinggal (good bye) to make a good impression.

So, what are you waiting for? Pack a jumper and hit the hills!

Places to stay

Tanah Rata is the backpacker hub of the Highlands, with a number of budget accommodation options spread throughout the little town. With such a small area to cover it is worth taking a stroll to check both quality and price are in line with the competition. A bit of haggling skills may knock a few Ringgits off your bed for the night. You can get a room for as little as RM15 here, but don’t expect luxury. Rooms can be cold and a tad damp – if you have not brought your own make sure blankets are included in the room rate.

The town is essentially made up of the main road, Jalan Pasar (known locally as Main Road) and it’s offshoots. The buildings hark back to colonial times with balustrades adorning the fronts of many. An old convent school sits on a hill at one end of the road and past it rolling mountains can be seen through the mist. Brinchang is yet smaller than Tanah Rata and built on a fairly steep slope further up the main highway. The entrance to the town is marked by an ornate Hindu temple. Accommodation tends to be a little more upmarket in and around Brinchang, with some large hotels in the vicinity. Located further into the Highlands, Brinchang is closer to the plantations and is the origin of a many of the best treks in the area.

Things to do

• Tea Plantations: The famously expansive and elderly tea plantations of the highlands lend themselves to a half days tour. Rolling hills criss crossed with trademark veins run like crazy paving beyond the horizon and make for some incredible photo opportunities. Take a tour of one of the original factories, still using ancient methods of production and sit in the obligatory café supping some of the celebrated beverage and admire the view. Spot workers slicing the ripe leaves from the bush tops in the unique perpetual harvest.

• Pick strawberries: A most English pastime! Pick your own strawberries or simply grab a punnet and enjoy one of South East Asia’s less tropical fruits. The strawberry farms are littered with merchandise as well as preserves, juices and biscuits all in honour of the little red berry. You can get strawberry and cheese on toast, strawberry pie, strawberry smoothies, strawberry cake, even strawberry tea!

The lush green landscape of the Cameron Highlands, dotted with strawberry fields

• Hiking: Gunung Brinchang is the 2^nd highest peak in the Cameron Highlands and offers great views for relatively little effort. Hike a mere 3km from Brinchang to the summit. The path is not particularly tough, although it maybe slippery during the wet season. The views are certainly reward enough to make up for any exertion and the short walk takes tourists to 2,000 meters above sea level. There are numerous other hiking routes heading off to one of two waterfalls or the surrounding peaks. Far longer and more strenuous hikes can be organised with the help of local tour operators. Remember to haggle hard and get what you have paid for!

• Ponder  an unsolved mystery: The Cameron Highlands are the location of a long investigated missing person case. The American entrepreneur and Thai silk magnate, Jim Thompson famously disappeared here on Easter Sunday in 1967 whilst trekking in the highlands. Some say that he was eaten by a tiger,  said to roam the hills here 50 years ago, others say that he was kidnapped and murdered or fell into an aboriginal animal trap erected by the native people (the Orang Asli) who then buried him when they found what had happened. The mystery remains unsolved to this day.

• The largest flower in the world: The ‘Rafflesia’ is to be found within a short drive and a few hours hike of Tanah Rata. The Rafflesia, otherwise (and less delicately) known as the ‘Corpse Flower’ lets off a fairly strong odour of rotting flesh and is by no means a giant rose. The flower is actually a fungus and is extremely rare, occurring in only a few places in South East Asia (also Khao Sok National Park in Thailand). Catching one in bloom, lasting a period of only 10 days, is largely a matter of luck, although visiting the highlands in the wetter season should ensure budding botanists are not disappointed.

• Butterfly farm: It might not sound too thrilling to those not versed in the quiet art of Lepidoptery (the collecting of butterflies) but bear with the little farm. Ten minutes drive from Tanah Rata, the butterfly farm has a huge range of what on first glance appear to be flying flowers and a large collection of other beasties native to the region, including lizards, spiders, enormous beetles and a nest of tortoise.

One of the colourful residents of the Butterfly Farm

• Local culture: The Orang Asli (literally meaning ‘original people’) are the indigenous people of the surrounding forest and high jungle. Trips can be organised on the main street in Tanah Rata to visit a local village and explore native pre-colonial heritage. Famous hunters, the Asli historically used blow pipes tipped with snake poison to bring down prey in the dense flora, and will now happily pass this skill on to backpackers!

• Shopping: Nestled in between the various restaurants and tour operators the backpacker will find no shortage of shops stocking souvenirs ranging from blowpipes to strawberry scented slippers.

• Eating: The food on offer in Tanah Rata is at times exceedingly cheap and always impressive. The heart of the small town is home to two competing Indian canteens. Both offer wonderful authentic Dosa and tandoori, however we can recommend the humble roti canai as best cheap eat! Widely eaten for breakfast, roti canai is available all day and immensely enjoyable as a snack around the clock. Chinese food also does well with a number of simple restaurants dotting the streets. For local food, look towards the steam boats, pouching raw ingredients at the table makes for a very sociable evening when mixed with a couple of bottles of Tiger Beer. And don’t forget, whilst dining in the Highlands it is a tourist ‘must do’ to have tea and scones, and imagine the area as was, under British rule.

The tasty local delicacy, Roti Canai

• Bars: in Tanah Rata there are only a couple of watering holes, find one with an open fire for a bit of atmosphere, expect to be home and warm by midnight. Brinchang’s offerings are even slimmer. This makes the highlands a great place for that most illusive of things – a DETOX!

Getting there

The area is well serviced by private coaches and mini buses as well as a local bus system that links the various sites within the highlands. Direct private buses run from George Town and KL as well as from the East coast. Public options will terminate at Tapah. The Mountains are at their wettest during the North East monsoon (Nov to Mar), however this does not need to impact upon a visit as part of the area’s charm is to be found in the cool damp air.

Where to go next?

Located just three hours South of George Town, and three hours North of KL, the Malaysian Peninsular is your oyster!

• Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s vibrant and multi-cultural capital is just a five-hour (windy) bus ride away for shopping malls, international restaurants, cinemas and trendy bars.
• Perhentian Islands: Warm up on some of Malaysia’s best beaches in the tropical Perhentian Islands. White sandy shores, great snorkeling, diving and laid-back beach bars are the ingredients for the perfect backpacker getaway.
• Taman Negara: Head inland to the enchanting Taman Negara National Park. Here you will encounter some of the world’s oldest jungle, hiding creatures great and small, as well as winding rivers and fascinating pre-colonial culture.

Written by Tim Goodson

Photos by Emma Lovesey