Malaysia Package with Cameron Highlands

Welcome to Malaysia, adjoining the Strait of Malacca, influenced by the diverse cultures of both the West and the East. Upon landing in the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, your driver guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to our well-selected hotel. The rest of the day will be left for you.

► How to apply for a local SIM card?
You can buy it at telecom operator counters in the airport. Data prices of Malaysia’s three communication operators - Celcom, Digi, and Hotlink - are similar. If you need a lot of data, you can directly apply for Hotlink’s unlimited data package, which has the broadest coverage. The staff will help you connect to the internet.

► Dinner Recommendation in Kuala Lumpur
Less than a 10-minute walk northwest of your hotel is the Jalan Alor Night Market of more than 50 years. Over 300 meters long, it has over 100 stalls with all kinds of food. On one side are restaurants with open-air seats, and on the other are various stalls stacked with Southeast Asian snacks: grilled chicken wings, fried rice noodles, satay, fruit shakes, Musang King Durian, etc. If you want to try seafood in Southeast Asian flavor, don’t miss Restoran Sai Woo. Its signature Chilli Crab, Stir-fried King Prawns, Grilled Stingray, and Salted Egg Yolk Squid are tasty, costing RM40-60 ($8-12) per person.

Accommodation: PARKROYAL COLLECTION Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)

This morning, we will first drive to visit the King’s Palace (Istana Negara) in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. In addition to admiring the magnificent palace from afar, you can take photos with the guards standing at the door in white uniforms holding rifles and the royal cavalrymen wearing red uniforms riding horses. Then, drive back downtown to Independence Square (Dataran Merdeka), where you will see the Malaysian flag fluttering on the world’s tallest 328-foot-tall flagpole and the monument marking the place where the Malaysian flag was raised for the first time at midnight on August 30, 1957. Across the road, the Sultan Abdul Samad Building witnessed the history of Malaysia’s independence.

Red lanterns swaying lazily in the doorway of a row of Chinese teahouses and shops posted with couplets, we arrive at Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown. In this multicultural street, you can find old gramophones, rusty copperware, and Malaysian-featured souvenirs: hand-woven baskets, colorful batik cloth, and exquisite ceramic tea sets. You may have lunch at your own expense here at noon by tasting special herb-stewed pork ribs, stir-fried rice noodles, or fried spring rolls. In the afternoon, continue to the National Mosque of Malaysia, full of religious mystery and artistic charm. Its unique 16-cornered umbrella-shaped roof, clear pond, and peaceful ambiance will instantly purify your soul. When you awedly enter the sacred main hall, the entire building is intertwined with light and shadow, displaying geometric design and color matching to the fullest.

Ask a Malaysian about Kuala Lumpur’s most famous landmark, likely to be the Petronas Twin Towers, our last stop today. The highest twin towers in the world have 88 floors each and are linked by the Sky Bridge on the 41st floor, where we will pay a visit. Then, go up to the Observation Deck on the 86th floor to enjoy the panoramic cityscape.
★ How do you capture the majestic Petronas Twin Towers?
The best place for photography is the yellow right-angled line on the ground at the entrance of the Petronas Twin Towers, which looks like a giant arrow. The whole Petronas Towers can be captured with sound visual effects, especially using a wide angle of 0.8 times. If there is a long queue at the entrance, you can alternatively go to the No. 214 street lamp pole on the roadside in front of the nearby Public Bank, and the driver guide can show you the way.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: PARKROYAL COLLECTION Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)

Today, we will drive for two hours to explore Malacca. Upon arrival, we will go directly to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, the oldest Chinese temple in Malaysia, which has always played an irreplaceable role in Malacca’s traditional and modern Chinese community. Feel the profound Chinese culture from its exquisite broken tile mosaics on the roof and the three altars for Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Next, come to the Dutch Red Square, where Stadthuys - the oldest existing Dutch-style building in Southeast Asia - stands. The thick red brick walls look like an overturned palette was splashed on, making it undoubtedly the most eye-catching building in Malacca under the blue sky. This former church is now the Malacca Museum, which preserves historical relics from different periods of Malacca, documenting its vicissitudes and prosperity.Then, go up St. Paul Hill near Stadthuys to visit St. Paul’s Church. When the Dutch occupied Malacca, it was converted into a castle and later became a cemetery for Dutch nobles. You can still see their tombstones erected with Latin and Portuguese inscriptions. Surviving wars, the church was in ruins, with many bullet holes on the outer wall, and even the roof no longer existed. Go downhill and pass by A Famosa (Porta de Santiago). It was once a fortress, but now only the ancient gate remains, telling the story of changes over past centuries.

Our final stop in Malacca is Jonker Street, the original settlement of Chinese immigrants to Southeast Asia almost 600 years ago. Thus, Baba Nyonya culture, a unique hybridization of Chinese and local Malay cultures, has been fully developed here. Dressing up Nyonya clothes in a rental shop, you can go to the Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum or the Malaqa House Museum to take photos, which are atmospheric in Southeast Asian style. As you walk, you may try a Coconut Shake, Yogurt Cube, special Durian Puff, or signature chicken rice balls at Hoe Kee Chicken Rice, whose creamy and smooth taste is much-lauded by repeat customers, costing RM20-40 ($5-10) per person. After that, we will drive back to Kuala Lumpur for two hours.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: PARKROYAL COLLECTION Kuala Lumpur (5 stars)

This morning, first drive for 30 minutes to Batu Caves, one of Malaysia’s famous Hindu holy places. Meet a giant golden statue standing on the square, and 272 rainbow-colored stairs will lead you to the most prominent cave with a ceiling over 330 feet high and lavishly decorated Hindu shrines, many of which tell the story of Skanda, a respectful Hindu deity, defeating the devil, also the origin of the Hindu Thaipusam Festival.
* Note:
1. If you are sensitive to odors, you’d better wear a mask because many pigeons and monkeys are on the square, smelling somewhat poorly.
2. Take care of your belongings, as monkeys will snatch food from your hands. Although it is fun to see monkeys unscrewing bottle caps to drink, please refrain from feeding the monkeys, or it may leave a lot of food scraps, banana peels, and packaging bag garbage, making the stairs unclean and unsafe.

Then, we will leave Kuala Lumpur and make it to Cameron Highlands after a 3.5-hour drive. At an altitude of nearly 5,000 feet, the cool weather of Malay’s largest highland resort makes it an ideal place for people to escape from the sweltering cities. Feasting your eyes on the mountainous landscape that spans tropical rainforests and acres of tea plants, every breath is filled with the fresh air of nature.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Strawberry Park Resort, Cameron Highlands (4 stars)

Your Cameron Highlands tour starts from BOH Tea Plantation, the largest one in Malaysia. Meander through the lush tea plants, learn how to plant tea trees, and make tea. Climb a flight of stairs to a higher glass-made BOH Sungai Palas Tea Garden, admiring the vast emerald green tea field in the cool breeze, and drinking fragrant tea at your own expense is an idyllic pleasure.

Next, visit Cactus Valley, filled with various cacti of different sizes, heights, and shapes, appealing to cactus lovers. Continue to a Strawberry Farm, where you can self-pay to pick fresh strawberries. Pay a short visit to the local market and have lunch on your own, and then we will get to Lavender Farm. Wander in the fantasyland of purple lavenders, pink morning glories, and orange daisies, smell the relaxing scent, feel relieved and pleasant, and buy yourself a lavender-flavored ice cream to experience the novel taste!

Finish all visits to Cameron Highlands, and your driver guide will transfer you to Penang by driving for four hours. After checking in at the hotel, rest up for tomorrow’s tour.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: JEN Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La (4 stars)

After breakfast, the driver guide will show you around George Town, passing Fort Cornwallis, Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Clan Jetty, and the Street of Harmony. Among them, it’s hard to find a second Street of Harmony worldwide. Surprised that churches, Chinese temples, Hindu temples, Indian Muslim mosques, and Malay mosques coexist in one place, you will admire Malaysia’s cultural diversity and inclusiveness, which also moved a former president of India to name the street.

Our next stop, Wat Chayamangkalaram Temple, also showcases cultural blending. Built in 1845, the temple combines the styles of China, Thailand, and Myanmar, evident in its magnificent and intricately crafted architecture and Buddha statues. As you walk in, gasp at a 108-foot-long Reclining Buddha statue lying on its right side, looking kindly at everyone before him, feeling the shock instantly. Its eyes and toenails are inlaid with shells, and its body is covered with gold foil, looking splendid while solemn.

Then, follow your drive guide to take the funicular train up Penang Hill through the 130 million-year-old ancient forest. Stepping on the cool skywalk to shuttle among towering trees, such a circular trail is the highest point in Penang accessible to the public, where you can enjoy the panoramic Penang Island. Play on a giant swing in the breeze, and you may be lucky enough to glimpse endangered dusky leaf monkeys on the branches. They have black and gray hair, but a conspicuous white circle surrounds their eyes, looking pretty innocent and cute.

Ultimately, your driver guide will escort you back to the hotel. If you are interested, you can ask for a drop-off at street painting districts for self-exploration and then return to the hotel by yourself.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: JEN Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La (4 stars)

This morning, you are free to explore Penang on your own, experience its diverse culture, or try local delicacies. Later, the driver guide will see you off at the airport, and you will take a 40-minute flight to Langkawi.

Upon arrival, the local driver guide will pick you up and transfer you to our well-selected hotel on Langkawi’s liveliest Cenang Beach. Take a short break, and you can enjoy various water activities such as motorboats, snorkeling, banana boats, etc. Wandering along the beach with the sea breeze at sunset is also romantic. In the evening, enjoy a seafood BBQ, and don’t miss the wonderful fire show!

► Recommended Morning Visit in Penang
If you like, take a 10-minute taxi ride on your own to the Pinang Peranakan Mansion Museum, the mansion of a wealthy Chinese businessman in the 19th century. Here, you can appreciate various antique ornaments and furniture and experience Nyonya culture, the fusion of Malay and Chinese cultures. Ladies can rent traditional Kebaya costumes to take photos, fully immersing in Malay culture. Around noon, try the nearby popular Nyonya restaurant, Auntie Gaik Lean’s Old School Eatery, Malaysia’s first Michelin restaurant. Reservations are required in advance to avoid a long queue. Alternatively, you can go to the neighboring Jason Nyonya House, whose cozy ambiance gives you a homely feeling. Its dishes are authentic and great value, with an average price of RM40-60 ($8-12) per person. Ayam Buah Keluak, Loh Bak, Ju Hu Char, and Butterfly Pea Rice are all worth trying, and they offer free desserts.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi (4 stars)

In the morning, the driver guide will drive you to Oriental Village and help you take the cable car to Langkawi Sky Bridge, stretching out of a mountain for visitors to challenge their braveness and appreciate rolling mountains. It’s windy on the hill, so keep your hat well while lured by the enchanting scenery. Stepping on several transparent glass sections on the bridge is thrilling, like walking in the air, but please take off your shoes to avoid breaking the glass.

After a lunch break in the Oriental Village, follow the driver guide to explore Kilim Geoforest Park by a 2-hour Mangrove River Cruise. As the boat travels through the labyrinthine old-growth rainforest, discover the pristine beauty of such a World Heritage Site under the guidance of your guide. Go deep into the mysterious mangroves, watch how eagles swoop for prey, explore the dark bat cave roosting countless bats, and get close to all sorts of fish in the floating fish farm.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi (4 stars)

Today, you will have a free day in Langkawi to release the past week’s travel fatigue and indulge in its distinctive archipelago with crystal-clear waters.

You can take a taxi for 30 minutes to Kuah Jetty to rent a boat for island hopping, which also includes sea fishing and BBQ. Nearby is Dataran Lang, Langkawi’s famous waterfront square, where you can photograph the giant eagle statue. Hop on a boat to experience different islands – Pulau Beras Basa is suitable for swimming, with clear waters and fine sandy beaches; the freshwater Lake of Pregnant Maiden on Pulau Dayang is a must-go but requires an extra RM6 ticket per person to enter the water. Although the naughty monkeys are cute here, keep your belongings well from being grabbed.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi (4 stars)

Farewell to our 10 days Malaysia tour package. The driver guide will escort you to the airport according to your flight. Wish you a happy journey! 

If you’re satisfied with us and want to continue exploring Sabah in Malaysia or expand the itinerary to neighboring countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, feel free to contact our travel consultant to customize a route for you!

► What to Do on Your Last Day in Langkawi
If time allows, you can spend about an hour visiting Laman Padi Langkawi on your own, a free rice museum just 220 meters north of your hotel. By learning about the tools, techniques, and cultural significance of rice cultivation, you can gain an in-depth understanding of Langkawi’s local agriculture. You can also observe the rice planting process, see how rice is harvested by hand, and even experience it in person.

Meals: Breakfast