Sólo Kuala Lumpur
2 nights in Kuala Lumpur,
2 nights in Cameron Highlands,
1 night in Penang (Georgetown).
Day 01
Arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Customs formalities and luggage collection. Welcome by the assigned driver- guide and transfer to the hotel. After check-in we will start a guided tour of the city of Kuala Lumpur. We will stop at the entrance to the new Royal Palace. Malaysia consists of 13 states and 3 federal territories. Every 5 years a federal constitutional monarch is chosen and also a head of state for the country. We will visit Little India, Merdeka Square, where the annual Merdeka parade on National Day is held, commemorating the independence of Malaysia as a British colony since 1957. We will also stop to photograph the Petronas towers. The access to them must be booked in advance. The towers were the tallest buildings in the world between 1998 and 2003. In 2012 became the 7th place among the tallest buildings in the world, with a height of 452 meters with 88 floors of reinforced concrete, steel and glass.
Day 02
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time to stroll around the stunning shopping and entertainment centers which the city offers. Optionally, you can visit the Batik (traditional cloth) manufacturing center and Batu Caves, a hill of limestone that has a series of caves and temples, located 13 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur.
Day 03
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Cameron Highlands. The journey will take about 3 1⁄2 hours. Visit to the BOH tea plantation (Best of Cameron Highland). The valley where the plantation is located is gorgeous and we can learn the entire process of making tea, watching the farmland,
its factory and other facilities. Check- in at the Cameron Highlands Resort hotel. It is common to enjoy the afternoon tea with delicious sweets, according to the English tradition..
Day 04
Breakfast at the hotel. The more daring guest can go trekking in the early morning. We will visit other plantations of fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries… The cold weather of the highlands offers the best conditions for all crops. The valley of the cactus is also a must. Free afternoon to wander around the place, full of real markets, and visit churches and buildings from the English colonization period.
Day 05
After early breakfast at the hotel departure to Penang. En route we will visit an Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. To get to the island of Penang, we will cross one of the longest bridges in Southeast Asia, with 13.5 kilometers (8.4 miles), opened in 1985. On arrival, check-in at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel with strong British colonial style. In the afternoon, we can discover the city by tricycle with its historic mansions. The “blue mansion”, is definitely a must. It belonged to Cheong Fatt Tze, great Chinese businessman, commonly known as the Rockefeller of the East.
Day 06
After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport for the flight to Kuala Lumpur.
