This tea valley started off as a deal with a Japanese researcher many years ago. The owner accepted the deal to plant 200 gaharu or agarwood seedlings but with a condition; he had to wait for 15 years for any returns from his effort. Because he knew some history about gaharu during the old days in China, where an emperor believed that gaharu was one ingredient for longetivity, he took up the offer.
Patience and determination paid off. Today Gaharu Tea Valley has about 200,000 aquilaria trees. Agarwood or Gaharu is an aromatic dark resinous wood that forms inside these aquilaria trees when they are infected with a certain kind of mold. Agarwood is known for its medicinal value.
I am most impressed because every inch of the tree could be used to manufacture a product.
The entrance itself is quite cute. Feels like we were entering China!
It is located after Kampung Sungai Itek, Gopeng.
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