5-day tour from Penang to Singapore

Highlights

• Cameron Highlands tea plantation
• Taman Negara rainforest tour
• Kuala Lumpur highlights

All about the trip

Day 1: PENANG ISLAND – CAMERON HIGHLANDS (Recommended hotel Strawberry Resort)

At 8 am we will arrange complimentary pick-up from your Penang hotel and depart for Cameron highlands. Enroute we will visit tea plantations for a photo shoot. Cameron Highlands is a hill resort with large tea plantations, farmlands, aborigines, and cool temperatures. Tea Plantations are popular with visitors and they also work closely with WWF in animal conservation. The plantations date back to 1885. You can sip tea seated on an elevated tea café and watch the green rolling hills. Take a stroll through the vegetable market to see various products of the Camerons. Check-in to the hotel and have a dinner.

Day 2: CAMERON HIGHLANDS - TAMAN NEGARA (Recommended hotel: Mutiara resort)

At 7.00am we will depart for Taman Negara. Taman Negara is a 130 million years old tropical rainforest, home to many endangered animals like tigers, elephants, and tapirs. You can see 14,000 species of plants, as well as 300 bird species. We will visit the Canopy walkway, see river rapids, do some jungle trekking, do night walking, and visit the Aborigines village. You can see aboriginal fire-making and hunting tools for a native demonstration. You can partake in fire-making and blowpipe demonstration. The experienced nature guide who lives in Taman Negara will belt out facts, and taboos about Taman Negara during jungle trekking. Check in the hotel. night tour with a nature guide to look for scorpions, insects and watch nocturnal animals.

Day 3: TAMAN NEGARA – KUALA LUMPUR (Recommended hotel: Shangrila hotel)

We will leave around 8.00 am after breakfast. Our next waypoint will be Kuala Lumpur and Batu Caves. Climb 272 steps up to the temple of Hindu deity honored during Thaipusam. In Kuala Lumpur visit the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Jamek Mosque, Old Railway Station, National Mosque, and Pewter & Batik educational tour. Photo shoots in Chinatown, Little India. Kuala Lumpur is a melting pot of diverse cultures – Malays, Chinese and Indians. It was founded as a tin mining settlement.

Day 4 KUALA LIUMPUR – MALACCA (Recommended hotel Puri in Jonkers’ Street)

At 8.00 am we will depart for Malacca Visit, St Peter’s Church, Stadthuys - Malacca’s historic museum, St Paul’s hill, and A Famosa (Portuguese fort). Malacca is a UNESCO Heritage City. Jonkers’ Street is a big tourist attraction. Hotel check-in.

Day 5 MALACCA – SINGAPORE

After breakfast at around 8.00 am, we will depart for the border checkpoint to Singapore. The guide will organize a transfer to your hotel in Singapore by limousine.

What is included in the price

• English-speaking guide reachable via mobile phone throughout the tour
• Park permits
• Forestry boat, Aborigine village, Canopy walkway, Jungle trekking
• Taman Negara nature guide
• Limousine services from Johore Bahru to Singapore

What is not included in the price

• Hotels and meals (please see recommendations)

Instructions

Please dress according to local weather conditions

This activity is organised by Taman Negara Tour, Jalan Rungkup Taman Kok Lian 15, Kuala Lumpur, 51200, Malaysia, +60 12 382 3385, wintours@gmail.com.