Small group tours to Malaysia

UNESCO-listed, World Heritage Gunung Mulu National Park is located in Malaysia’s Sarawak State on the island of Borneo

Our favourite Malaysian Museum There’s a lot of competition in Malaysia in museum terms with plenty of great and varied offerings in Kuala Lumpur, George Town/Penang and Sarawak’s Kuching in particular – while we’ve always liked Malacca’s unique Museum of Enduring Beauty – but the low-key, admittedly somewhat obscure, but fascinating Time Tunnel in Cameron Highlands’ Brinchang Town definitely weighs…

Where to see orangutans in Sabah The large, equatorial island of Borneo comprises the two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak – covering the far north and northwest respectively – and the Indonesian region of Kalimantan, by far the largest portion of the island.  Our where to see orangutans in Sabah post, however, is therefore restricted to the former of…

What to see and do in Kuala Lumpur? As with Malaysia as a whole, its capital Kuala Lumpur – more commonly abbreviated to simply KL – does manage to live up to Tourism Malaysia’s marketing slogan ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ with its rich ethnic mix including many of the myriad various Indian and Chinese cultures along with indigenous Malay, while Indonesian…

Kellie’s Castle When construction of Kellie’s Castle began in 1910, it would certainly have been rather remote – lost among the jungle and plantations of central Malaya – although today it’s rather conveniently placed aside Highway 8, just outside Perak’s booming state capital Ipoh. Nonetheless, the site is now well-preserved, set among gardens and lawns and the ruins still ooze…

Malaysia World Heritage – Cultural Sites With just 2 cultural and 2 natural sites inscribed on UNESCO’s Malaysia World Heritage Sites list this section is going to be brief. Now, at first glance on a map, the little blob tagged onto the bottom of the Thai-Malay Peninsula does appear quite small, however, once you’ve added Borneo’s states of Sabah and…

Malaysia UNESCO Sites Malaysia UNESCO sites currently include 2 cultural sites in the Peninsular and a national park each in Borneo’s Sabah and Sarawak States. A further 2 candidates in the tentative section add a second national park in Sarawak, plus the famous Taman Negara in West Malaysia. Considering the country’s rich cultural heritage and stunning landscapes, that’s a relatively…

George Town Penang That’s aerial as in being high up rather than actually in an airplane or taken by a drone, since we took these George Town Penang views from the top floor of the town’s Komtar. Think it was the 65th floor – more of a helipad than a ‘floor’ as such since it consisted mostly of steel mesh…