Best Places to Visit in Malaysia
Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying the Malaysian Peninsula and part of the island of Borneo. It's known for its beaches, rainforests and mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European influences. The sprawling capital, Kuala Lumpur, is home to colonial buildings, busy shopping districts such as Bukit Bintang and skyscrapers including the iconic, 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers.
What you need to know
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Dialing Code: +60
ISO Code: MYS
Currency: Malaysian Ringgit
Official Languages: Malaysian
Official Languages: Malaysian
Petronas Tower
The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers, are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Info:
Address: Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Architect: César Pelli
Surpassed by: Taipei 101
Completed: March 1, 1996
Phone: +60 3-2331 8080
Architect: César Pelli
Surpassed by: Taipei 101
Completed: March 1, 1996
Phone: +60 3-2331 8080
Bukit Bintang
Bukit Bintang is the name of the shopping and entertainment district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It encompasses Bukit Bintang Road and its immediate surrounding areas.Info:
Address: Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone: Not Available
Phone: Not Available
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
The Kuala Lumpur Bird Park is a 20.9-acre public aviary in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is a popular tourist attraction in the country, receiving an annual average of 200,000 visitors. It is located adjacent to the Lake Gardens.Info:
Address: KL Bird Park, 920, Jalan Cenderawasih, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Opened: 1991
Area: 8 ha
Phone: +60 3-2272 1010
Number of species: 200
Number of animals: 3,000
Area: 8 ha
Phone: +60 3-2272 1010
Number of species: 200
Number of animals: 3,000
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Malay: Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia) was officially opened on 12 December 1998. The museum is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s tourist belt amidst the lush greenery of Perdana Botanical Gardens and within walking distance to the National Mosque, Bird Park and National Planetarium. The museum is the largest museum of Islamic arts in South East Asia with more than seven thousands artefacts from the Islamic world.
Info:
Address: Jalan Lembah Perdana, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, 50480, Malaysia
Phone: +60 3-2274 2020
Founded: 1998
Phone: +60 3-2274 2020
Founded: 1998
Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu, which flows past the hill and also it is the tenth limestone hill from Ampang.
Info:
Address: Selangor, Malaysia
Phone: +60 1-300-88-5050
Year built: 1891
District: Gombak
Architectural style: Dravidian architecture
Creator: K. Thamboosamy Pillay
Primary deity: Kartikeya
Phone: +60 1-300-88-5050
Year built: 1891
District: Gombak
Architectural style: Dravidian architecture
Creator: K. Thamboosamy Pillay
Primary deity: Kartikeya
Mount Kinabalu
Mount Kinabalu is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site.
Info:
Address: Mt Kinabalu, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Elevation: 4,095 m
Prominence: 4,095 m
First ascent: March 1851
Mountain range: Crocker Range
First ascender: Hugh Low
Address: Mt Kinabalu, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia
Elevation: 4,095 m
Prominence: 4,095 m
First ascent: March 1851
Mountain range: Crocker Range
First ascender: Hugh Low
Elevation: 4,095 m
Prominence: 4,095 m
First ascent: March 1851
Mountain range: Crocker Range
First ascender: Hugh Low
Kek Lok Si
The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang facing the sea and commanding an impressive view, and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is said to be the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia.
Info:
Address: 1000-L, Tingkat Lembah Ria 1, 11500 Ayer Itam, Penang, Malaysia
Phone: +604-828 3317
Construction started: 1890 Opened: 1905
Area: 4 ha
Primary deity: Gautama Buddha
KLCC Park
The KLCC Park is a public park located in the vicinity of Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The park has been designed to provide greenery to Petronas Twin Towers and the areas surrounding it.
Info:
Address: Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone: +60 11-3724 5633Gunung Mulu National Park
The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting.
Info:
Address: Sarawak, Malaysia
Area: 528.6 km2
Phone: +60 85-792 300
Established: 1974
Area: 528.6 km2
Phone: +60 85-792 300
Established: 1974
Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands is a high-altitude hill resort in Malaysia, located in the Titiwangsa Mountains northeast of Kuala Lumpur. Developed since the 1960s, the site comprises hotels, a shopping mall, restaurants and the Casino de Genting. Its Chin Swee Caves Temple sits on forested acreage with mountain views. Genting Skyway, a cable car, connects the resort with the plateau town Gohtong Jaya.
Info:
Address: Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia
Phone: Not Available
Elevation: 1,865 m
Owners: Genting Group
Establishment: 1965
Phone: Not Available
Elevation: 1,865 m
Owners: Genting Group
Establishment: 1965
Did You Know?
- The name Malaysia may derive from the word Melayu, or Malay, that could come from the Sungai Melayu (Melayu River) in Sumatra. The river’s name is derived from the Dravidian (Tamil) word malai, or “hill.”
- Malaysia is the only country that includes territory both on the mainland of Southeast Asia and in the islands that stretch between the Asian continental mass and Oceania.
- Borneo is the third largest island in the world, after Greenland and New Guinea. Three countries share the island: the Independent Sultanate of Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
- The largest cave chamber in the world by area is the Sarawak Chamber in Gunung Mulu National Park in Malaysia’s Sarawak. It is often claimed that the corridor of Deer Cave, a 1-mile-/1.6-km-long passage of the caves, could house five rows of eight Boeing 747 jetliners parked nose to tail.
- Malaysia’s Kuala Kangsar district office is the home of the last surviving rubber tree from the original batch brought by Englishman H.N. Ridley from London’s Kew Gardens in 1877.
- Malaysia has 40,934 miles (65,877 km) of highway. This is more than Earth’s circumference of 24,901 miles (40,075 km).
- The biggest roundabout in the world is located at Putrajaya in Malaysia. It is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) in diameter.
- The largest undivided leaf in the world, Alocasia macrorrhiza, comes from the Malaysian state of Sabah. A specimen found in 1966 measured 9.9 feet (3.02 m) long by 6.3 (1.92 m) wide.
- The Japanese invaded Malaysia on December 6, 1941, the same day they bombed Pearl Harbor. They landed at Khota Baru and stole bicycles in every town they took on their way to Singapore, making the trip in 45 days.
References
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