Pulau Indah Trip Overview
PICK-UP FROM BOUSTEAD CRUISE TERMINAL AT PORT KLANG AND DELVE INTO THE CULTURE, CUISINE, ARTS, PEOPLE AND ARCHITECTURE OF KUALA LUMPUR AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. START WITH AN EXCURSION TO THE BATU CAVES, A 400-MILLION-YEAR-OLD CAVE THAT IS SACRED TO THE HINDU RELIGION. CLIMB THE 272 STEPS TO THE ENTRANCE, AND MARVEL AT THE GOLDEN STATUE OF LORD MURUGAN.
PROCEED TO THE CITY CENTER OF KL AND EXPERIENCE ITS COSMOPOLITAN LIFE UP-CLOSE. ADMIRE AWE-INSPIRING STRUCTURES, SUCH AS THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS, KL TOWER, GO TO THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND SEE MERDEKA (“INDEPENDENCE”) SQUARE. DISCOVER REMNANTS OF THE COLONIAL ERA AT THE MOCK TUDOR BUILDINGS OF THE ROYAL SELANGOR CRICKET CLUB. ADMIRE THE BLEND OF INFLUENCES FROM THE EAST AND WEST AT THE IMPRESSIVE KUALA LUMPUR RAILWAY STATION.
PORT PICK-UP & DROP-OFF INCLUDED
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Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Pulau Indah, Malaysia
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia
PICK-UP FROM BOUSTEAD CRUISE TERMINAL AT PORT KLANG AND DELVE INTO THE CULTURE, CUISINE, ARTS, PEOPLE AND ARCHITECTURE OF KUALA LUMPUR AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. START WITH AN EXCURSION TO THE BATU CAVES, A 400-MILLION-YEAR-OLD CAVE THAT IS SACRED TO THE HINDU RELIGION. CLIMB THE 272 STEPS TO THE ENTRANCE, AND MARVEL AT THE GOLDEN STATUE OF LORD MURUGAN.
PROCEED TO THE CITY CENTER OF KL AND EXPERIENCE ITS COSMOPOLITAN LIFE UP-CLOSE. ADMIRE AWE-INSPIRING STRUCTURES, SUCH AS THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS, KL TOWER, GO TO THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND SEE MERDEKA (“INDEPENDENCE”) SQUARE. DISCOVER REMNANTS OF THE COLONIAL ERA AT THE MOCK TUDOR BUILDINGS OF THE ROYAL SELANGOR CRICKET CLUB. ADMIRE THE BLEND OF INFLUENCES FROM THE EAST AND WEST AT THE IMPRESSIVE KUALA LUMPUR RAILWAY STATION.
PORT PICK-UP & DROP-OFF INCLUDED
Stop At: Petronas Twin Towers, Concourse Level, Lower Ground Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50088 Malaysia
AT A HEIGHT OF 451.9M, THE MAGNIFICENT PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS IS A WORLD-RENOWNED ICON OF MODERN MALAYSIA. IT IS THE CENTRE PIECE OF THE KUALA LUMPUR CITY CENTRE (KLCC) DEVELOPMENT, WHICH COMPRISES LANDMARKS SUCH AS THE KUALA LUMPUR CONVENTION CENTRE, SURIA KLCC SHOPPING MALL, STAR-RATED HOTELS, A MOSQUE AS WELL AS THE IMMACULATELY LANDSCAPED KLCC PARK. INCLUDE ENTRANCE VISIT TO THE SKYBRIDGE ON THE 41ST FLOOR AND VIEWING DECK ON THE 86TH FLOOR.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Menara Kuala Lumpur, No. 2 Jalan Punchak Off Jalan P Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur 50250 Malaysia
STANDING MAJESTICALLY ATOP BUKIT NANAS AT 421 METERS AND 94 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, KL TOWER IS A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE CITY’S SKYLINE. ITS ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS THE COUNTRY’S ISLAMIC HERITAGE, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DETAILING ARABIC SCRIPTS, ISLAMIC TILES, CLASSIC ISLAMIC FLORAL AND ABSTRACT MOTIFS AND SOOTHING COLOUR COMBINATIONS.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Batu Caves, Batu Caves, Selangor
BATU CAVES IS AN ICONIC AND POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN SELANGOR. SITE OF A HINDU TEMPLE AND SHRINE, BATU CAVES ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPERS AND TOURISTS.
A LIMESTONE OUTCROP LOCATED JUST NORTH OF KUALA LUMPUR, BATU CAVES HAS THREE MAIN CAVES FEATURING TEMPLES AND HINDU SHRINES. ITS MAIN ATTRACTION IS THE LARGE STATUE OF THE HINDU GOD AT THE ENTRANCE, BESIDES A STEEP 272 CLIMB UP ITS STEPS TO FINALLY VIEW THE STUNNING SKYLINE OF THE CITY CENTRE. MONKEYS FROLIC AROUND THE CAVES, AND IT IS A POPULAR SPOT FOR ROCK CLIMBING ENTHUSIASTS. PAINTINGS AND SCENES OF HINDU GODS.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Royal Selangor Visitor Centre, 4 Jalan Usahawan 6 Setapak Jaya, Kuala Lumpur 53300 Malaysia
THE VISITOR CENTRE WILL TAKE YOU BACK OVER A HUNDRED YEARS TO THE FOUNDING OF ROYAL SELANGOR AND ITS INEXTRICABLE LINK TO THE HISTORY OF MALAYSIA. THROUGH COMPLIMENTARY GUIDED TOURS, VISITORS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TIN MINING IN THE MALAY PENINSULA IN THE 1800S AS WELL AS VIEW TRADITIONAL PEWTERSMITHING TOOLS, ANTIQUE PEWTER AND ANCIENT TIN CURRENCY AT THE CENTRE’S PEWTER MUSEUM.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur 50490 Malaysia
ISTANA NEGARA OR THE NATIONAL PALACE IS THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE KING OF MALAYSIA. THIS MAJESTIC EDIFICE SITUATED AT JALAN DUTA OFFICIALLY BECAME THE NATIONAL PALACE IN NOVEMBER 2011, REPLACING THE OLD PALACE IN JALAN ISTANA. IT HAS 22 DOMES, WITH THE LARGEST DOME REACHING UP TO A HEIGHT OF 40 METRES. NOTE: VISITS ARE LIMITED TO THE OUTSIDE.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: National Monument, Jalan Taming Sari Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur 50480 Malaysia
THE NATIONAL MONUMENT WAS BUILT TO RECOGNISE AND HONOUR THOSE WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, PARTICULARLY DURING THE NATION’S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM. WITHIN THE NATIONAL MONUMENT GROUNDS IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FREE-STANDING BRONZE SCULPTURES. IT WAS SCULPTED IN 1966 BY FELIX DE WELDON, WHO WAS ALSO THE CREATOR OF THE FAMOUS IWO JIMA MONUMENT IN WASHINGTON DC.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
THE MERDEKA SQUARE IS LOCATED EXACTLY OPPOSITE THE SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING AND RIGHT BESIDE THE ROYAL SELANGOR CLUB. THIS IS THE HISTORICAL PLACE WHERE THE UNION FLAG WAS LOWERED AND THE MALAYAN FLAG WAS RAISED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT THE STRUCK OF MIDNIGHT OF 31ST AUGUST 1957. FROM THEN ON, MERDEKA SQUARE HAS BEEN THE VENUE FOR THE ANNUAL MERDEKA PARADE.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Jalan Raja Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur 50050 Malaysia
THE ICONIC SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF DATARAN MERDEKA. THIS HISTORICAL BUILDING HOUSES THE SUPREME AND HIGH COURTS. THE BUILDING WITH UNIQUE MOORISH DESIGNS AND CLOCK TOWER IS WIDELY PHOTOGRAPHED BY VISITORS TO THE CITY CENTRE.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: National Mosque (Masjid Negara), Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur 50480 Malaysia
MASJID NEGARA IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LANDMARKS IN THE CITY. IT HAS A UNIQUE STAR-SHAPED DOME AND A 73M HIGH MINARET. THE NATIONAL MOSQUE IS SITUATED FRINGING THE KL LAKE GARDENS. VISITORS ARE ADVISED TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY WHEN VISITING THE MOSQUE. WOMEN WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR HEADSCARVES.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, 163 Jln. Tun H.S. Lee, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
THIS STUNNING HINDU TEMPLE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MAGNIFICIENT 22-METRE-HIGH GATE TOWER AND PORTICO ARE ADORNED WITH INTRICATELY CARVED IMAGES OF HINDU DEITIES. LOCATED WITHIN ARE THE DEITIES OF THE HINDU GODDESS MAHA MARIAMMAN EMBELLISHED WITH GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES. TAKE IN THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM PEDDLERS SELLING STRINGS OF JASMINE GARLANDS TO AROMATIC INCENSE FILLING THE AIR.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Thean Hou Temple, 65 Persiaran Endah Off Jalan Syed Putra, Kuala Lumpur 50460 Malaysia
THEAN HOU TEMPLE IS NOT OLD, HAVING BEEN BUILT BETWEEN 1981 AND 1987. UP CLOSE, YOU CAN TELL THAT UNDERNEATH THE TRADITIONAL ORNATE DECORATIVE FACADE IT IS A MODERN STRUCTURE. THE TEMPLE IS CERTAINLY LARGE, SPREADING OVER SIX TIERS. IT IS MANAGED BY MALAYSIA’S HAINANESE COMMUNITY WHO DESCENDED FROM SEA-FARING FISHER FOLK FROM THE ISLAND OF HAINAN, CHINA.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Central Market Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Hang Kasturi, Kuala Lumpur 50050 Malaysia
CENTRAL MARKET WAS ORIGINALLY A WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WET MARKET. A GREAT PLACE TO FIND CRAFTS AND ORNAMENTS, THE CENTRAL MARKET IS ONE OF THE CITY’S PROMINENT HERITAGE BUILDINGS. IT IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1930S ART DECO STYLE WITH A STEPPED ENTRANCE DESIGN, UNIFYING ELEMENTS AT THE WINDOWS AND DOORS AS WELL AS WROUGHT IRON PANELS. JUST OUTSIDE, KASTURI WALK BECKONS VISITORS WITH AN EXCITING OUTDOOR SHOPPING EXPERIENCE.
Duration: 20 minutes