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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 5633

Gunung 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

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

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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