Self-Drive - 14 Days Malaysia Classic

Day 01 & 02 - (Kuala Lumpur)

Most of the flight to Kuala Lumpur will arrive early in the morning. You will welcome at the Airport by our representative and transfer to the hotel by car or mini van. You will get your travel information for entire journey upon check-in. After you check in, you will have whole day to explore Kuala Lumpur on your own.

Your hotel is located in the heart of bustling business, entertainment and shopper’s paradise of Chinatown in enchanting Petaling Street, a bustling and colorful street of shop, restaurant and hawker stall.

Others highlights of Kuala Lumpur will be KLCC (The highest twin tower in the world). The twin tower has a sky bridge which is open to the public and subject to availability as the entry is limited to a certain number of people each day, Anglo-Moorish styled Sultan Abdul Samad building, train station and the Masjid Negara mosque. KL visitors will be pleasantly surprised to discover the abundance of International restaurants and fast food outlets. KL also a great place for shopping which offers variety, value and convenience for every taste and budget.

Day 03 - (Taman Negara)

After breakfast, you have to arrange your own transfer to Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel. You can ask reception at your hotel to arrange the taxi. Your shuttle to Kuala Tembeling Jetty will depart at 08:45am. The journey will take around 3 hours to reach Kuala Tembeling jetty.

At Kuala Tembeling you will register and pay your National Park permit RM1.00, camera licences RM5.00 and if you want to fish the additional fishing licences RM10.00 per person. You may leave your extra luggage at Mutiara Taman Negara office at the jetty, the long wooden boat cruise will depart around 1300hrs, it’s a great and relaxing 3 hours journey with scenic view of the forest and hills along Tembeling river. You will overnight at the wooden resort located in the national park, at night you can watch a video presentation on Taman Negara National Park. You may take you buffet dinner at the resort restaurant or you can get some simple local ala carte at floating restaurant across the river.

Day 04 - (Taman Negara)

After breakfast, about half past nine, you will meet your guide at resort recreation centre. Start by a kilometre jungle walk to reach canopy walkway, the world’s longest canopy walk of its kind. You will walk across a 400 meter suspended bridge 25 to 40 meters above the ground. The canopy walk offer panoramic view of diver flora and fauna at the very summit of the rainforest. You will see monkeys, birds, squirrels and exotic rainforest insects. Later you will continue trekking uphill to Teresek hill, enjoy the scenic view if Tahan Mountain and tree canopy covering the hills and verdant valley. The entire walk will take around three hours. In the afternoon you can relax around resort area or you can join other optional activities such as rapid shooting or a visit to the aboriginal “orang asli” settlement. In the evening, your guide will bring you for night jungle walks that allow you to experience the jungle from different perspective and there’s possibility of glimpsing nocturnal animals.

Day 05 - (Taman Negara - Cameron Highlands)

After breakfast, take the long wooden boat back to Kuala Tembeling. The boat leaves at 9am, make sure you are at the jetty on time. The downstream boat trip will take around 2 hours.

On arrival in Kuala Tembeling, Our representative of car rental will meet you to deliver the car. You will receive the car keys of your rental car and you fill in the corresponding papers. You have an opportunity to discuss about the route description and car rental procedure. The journey will takes about 6 hours journey. The directions to the Cameron Highlands you'll find in the travel information you upon arrival at the airport of Kuala Lumpur have received from our representative. You have to give deposit either by Cash or by Credit Card to secure your booking.  The roads in Malaysia are very good and also the signs give everything clearly. In our own eyes is ideal for driving most places in Malaysia to visit and give you all the freedom. But, you still have to follow the road regulation during your journey. Once you begin to see that climb as the temperature begins to fall. Along some winding roads to reach the end of the afternoon the town of Tanah Rata where your typical hotel is located. At night you can eat in your hotel but the town itself offers many delicious possibilities. The cheapest food in Tanah Rata is found at the rows of mainly Malay food stall stretching down Jalan Besar towards the bus and taxi stations. Other places offer Chinese food and all the usual Malay Dishes. The local Highlands speciality is Chinese steamboat : a kind of fondue in Cantonese Restaurant Mayflower. 

Day 06 - (Cameron Highlands)

After breakfast at your hotel, the guide will meet you at lobby hotel for Half Day Tea Excursion at 0900am. Make sure you wear suitable suit for trekking and also bring rain gear for unpredictable weather. The trips generally pass through relatively unspoiled jungle and the cool weather makes hiking a pleasure. The guide will bring you to visit Gunung Brinchang, Mossy Forest, Jungle Trekking, Tea Plantation & Factory and Butterfly Farm (Exclude Entrance Fees : RM 5.00 per Adult & RM 2.00 per Child). Your trips include together with packed lunch and will take about 4 hours journey. After the trip, the guide will send back to your hotel. Afternoon at your own leisure. You can book a tour at your hotel or walk one of the trails in the woods. The routes a marked with coloured poles and you can get the route description at your hotel reception.

Day 07 - (Cameron Highlands - Pangkor)

After breakfast, Drive along the picturesque tea gardens to Gunung Brinchang and downhill from Cameron Highlands to Lumut Jetty where the boat depart to Pangkor Island.At Lumut Jetty, there was a several car parks to park your car with the charges RM 10.00 per car per day and please register at your hotel check-in counter.

The Island of Pangkor is just a 40 minute ferry ride from Lumut. Once you’ve got off the ferry, there is no public buses available to tourists, so you will obliged to use Pangkor’s Candy-pink minibus taxi, which operate between 0630am-2100pm.If lucky, you will welcome with noisy sound lesser hornbill and naughty monkey.

Day 08 - (Pangkor)

After breakfast, You may choose to relaxing by the beach either by walk or take the taxi. Pasir Bogak is known as lovely beach and It’s fine for swimming while The Nipah has a wider with more water sport activities.Better beaches are to be found at Teluk Ketapang “Turtle Bay” named for the sometime resident – the rare giant leatherback turtle. Instead of beach, spend a day doing a lot of the island by rent a motorcycle, bicycle or on foot. Create your loop to the fishing village along the beach, Kota Belanda (Dutch Fort), Chinese Foo Lin Kong Temple and also Kaliaman Hindu Temple. 

Day 09 - (Pulau Pangkor - Penang)

It’s time to say goodbye to the lazy beach of Pangkor. Take the morning boat back to Lumut Jetty. Continue journey by driving to the north of Malaysia. The journey will take approximately around 04 hours drive. Drive through 13 Kilometer along Penang Bridge to Georgetown.

The hotel you will overnight located in the middle of Georgetown and most place can easily be reach on foot. The variety of Asian Cuisine in a very small area with numerous Indian, Chinese, Malay and Thai restaurant you may find and choose around the hotel area. Asam Laksa or Laksa Penang is the most favourite food that you have to find out if visit Penang. The fish soup with a sour taste from tamarind will make the laksa more delicious. Penang is one of the best places to try Nyonya cuisine, although you will have to look hard to find the real thing. Hawker square where located at the Penang Gurney Drive and a night market is like a heaven if we are in hungry and almost may search local things for souvenir. Around 1800hrs, the representative of car rental will meet at hotel lobby in order to collect the car. Before proceed it please bear in mind to fill in the tank with full petrol or else they will charge it directly through your credit card.

Day 10 - (Penang)

The area of Georgetown is easy to visit such a colonial building by foot such as Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Fort Cornwallis, and Penang Museum. Instead of by foot, take cab or local bus in order to make a half day tour by your own. Tour feature Khoo Ancestral Clan House, Botanical Garden, Reclining Buddha Temple, Pewter Factory and shopping for local products. Khoo Ancestral Clan House (Khoo Kongsi) - Probably Penang’s most picturesque building, the Khoo Kongsi is made up of two buildings on opposite sides to each other. One building serves as the ancestral temple while the other is used for staging plays and operas. The Khoo Kongsi is meant only for members of the Leong San Tong (Dragon Mountain Hall) clan, whose forefathers came from Sin Kang village in Hokkien province, China. Construction of the Khoo Kongsi started in 1894 and took eight years to complete. Its original design was very elaborate meant to capture the splendour of the Chinese imperial palace. Its seven-tiered pavilion, dragon pillars and hand-painted walls engraved with the Khoo emblem was thought to have even outshone the imperial palace itself. On the first night of its completion, the Khoo Kongsi caught fire and many said it was because the gods were unhappy with the scale of its grandeur. It was then rebuilt on a smaller scale but it still retains the distinctive architecture of the master craftsmen from China.

Day 11 - (Penang - Langkawi)

After breakfast, arrange your own transfer to Penang Port for ferry departure to Kuah Jetty Langkawi. The boat departs at 08:15 to Langkawi and takes over two hours.

Please collect ferry ticket at Fast Ferry Counter at Penang Port. Check-in at the counter 30minutes prior to departure. Arrive at Kuah Jetty, the driver will meet and transfer to your hotel. Hotel located at Pantai Cenang in the west with a vast beach, and restaurants next door. The resort may organizes everything: Jungle tours, morning and evening cruises, Snorkel, kayak and boat trips to nearby tropical islands. Optional trip can be arrange through the reception at the hotel you stay .  You can obviously eat in your hotel but Langkawi is known for its exceptional restaurants or you also can enjoy meals at local restaurant with reasonable price.

Day 12 - (Langkawi) 

The day will start with the breakfast at the hotel. Spend the whole day at nice beach, but if you want to do something different, catamaran sailing and kayaking  enough to do. If you go up the cable car (about three euros) you have a beautiful view for Gunung Mat Cincang. Are you a lover of the underwater world but prefer a dry place, then make sure visit to Underwater World in Pantai Cenang. This is one of the largest aquariums in Asia. Snorkel trip also can do nearby tropical islands, visiting museums or a nice stroll to the hot springs of Telaga Air Hangat. There is also an "air trekking experience". A challenging trail high above the ground.  

Day 13 - (Langkawi)

Time to get home but don’t miss  to have fun at the shopping spree. Shopping is the thing to do while you in Langkawi. Your close friend and relative are expecting something nice from you. Aren’t they? At Langkawi also known as Duty Free Zone have a lot of Shopping Complex such as Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall, Jetty Point and a lot of shop lots around Beras Terbakar Shopping Lots. 

Day  14 - (Langkawi - Kuala Lumpur - Europe)

Your flight from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur departs in the afternoon, you still have the time to just enjoying the sun to be active or to what to do. After check-out from the hotel, the driver will meet you at lobby hotel for the transfer to Langkawi Airport. Most of your flight will depart from KLIA at night. So, we try to book domestic flight same flight with your International flight. When Malaysia Airlines is not available, then we separate book a domestic flight with Air Asia. For Air Asia, you have to pay additional costs subject to current rate. Arrange own transfer from LCCT to KLIA to catch International Flight at KLIA. From Kuala Lumpur you may board your homebound flight, where you arrives on the next day in the early morning and there really an end to your memorable journey in Malaysia.