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Royal Museum
With the opening in 2011 of the RM800-million new Istana Negara, residence of Malaysias head of state, in the north of the city, the former Royal Palace has become the Royal Museum. You can tour the first two floors of the mansion, originally built as a family home in 1928 by Chine
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Chinese Temples
The main road north to Tuaran runs past some impressive Chinese temples.Che Sui Khor Moral Uplifting Society About four minutes north of KK, this complex is anchored by an 11-storey pagoda that shimmers in orange and green. Tourists cant enter the actual pagoda, but the friendly me
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Sarawak Cultural Village
This living museum is centred on seven traditional dwellings: three longhouses, a Penan hut, a Malay townhouse and a Chinese farmhouse. It may sound contrived but the SCV is held in high esteem by locals for its role in keeping their cultures and traditions alive.Twice a day (at 11
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Gomantong Caves
Imagine a massive crack in a mountain, a cathedral-like inner chamber shot with splinters of sunlight and swarming with cockroaches and scorpions, and you have the Gomantong Caves. Yes, the smell is disgusting thanks to the ubiquity of bat shit, but these caves are magnificent. The
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Pulau Carey
Though largely covered with palm-oil plantations, this island’s Orang Asli village at Kampung Sungai Bumbon is worth a visit for the Mah Meri Cultural Village . If you don’t have your own wheels, check out the tour packages available on the website (minimum two people) or hire a ta
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Deer Cave & Lang Cave
A 3km walk through the rainforest takes you to these adjacent caverns. The Deer Cave – over 2km in length and 174m high – is the world’s largest cave passage open to the public, while the Lang Cave – more understated in its proportions – contains interesting stalactites and stalagm
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Mah Meri Cultural Village
On Pulao Carey island this orang asli village is worth a visit to begin your understanding of the Mah Meri (also spelled Hma’ Meri), a subgroup of the Senoi people who live along the coast of Selangor. The Mah Meri are renowned for their masterful woodcarving, and comically express
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Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is a great place to sneak a peek at our ginger-haired cousins (no, not the Irish). Over 20 of Borneo’s great orangutans live in the centre, and although there isn’t sufficient natural forest in the surrounding area to make actual reintroduct
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Raffles Hotel
Although its resplendent lobby is only accessible to hotel guests and its bars are little more than tourist traps, Singapores most iconic slumber palace is worth a quick visit for its magnificent ivory frontage, famous Sikh doorman and lush, hushed tropical grounds. The hotel start
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Mt Kinabalu
Towering 4095m above northern Borneo, Mt Kinabalu is the highest mountain between the Himalayas and the island of New Guinea. Known as Gunung Kinabalu in Bahasa Malaysia, the mountain is quite unlike any other on earth, rising almost twice as high as its Crocker Range neighbours an
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Great Cave & Painted Cave
From the museum, a raised boardwalk leads 3.1km (3½ to four hours return) through swampy, old-growth rainforest to the mouth of the Great Cave, a vast cavern approximately 2km long, up to 250m across and up to 60m high. To make it back by nightfall, start your stroll by about 2pm.A
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Teluk Bahang Forest Reserve
The 873-hectare forest reserve contains a buzzing chunk of Penangs virgin rainforests. Guides are rarely available, so pick up a hiking leaflet at the rangers office at the park entrance or at the Forestry Department in Georgetown; the leaflets have trail maps and some information
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Changi Museum & Chapel
The Changi Museum & Chapel poignantly commemorates the WWII Allied POWs who suffered horrific treatment at the hands of the invading Japanese. The museum includes full-size replicas of the famous Changi Murals painted by POW Stanley Warren in the old POW hospital and a replica
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Kampong Ayer
Home to around 30,000 people, Kampong Ayer consists of 42 contiguous stilt villages built along the banks of the Sungai Brunei. A century ago, half of Bruneis population lived here, and even today many Bruneians still prefer the lifestyle of the water village to residency on dry la
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Semenggoh Wildlife Centre
One of the best places in the world to see semi-wild orangutans in their natural rainforest habitat, swinging from trees and scurrying up vines, the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, is home to 25 orangutans who often swing by (literally) park HQ to dine on bananas and coconuts. There’s n
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Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary
A local palm-plantation owner has created a private proboscis monkey sanctuary, attracting the floppy-conked locals with sugar-free pancakes at 9.30am and 2.30pm feedings at Platform A, and 11.30am and 4.30pm at Platform B, a kilometre away. An estimated 300 wild monkeys live in th
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Tawau Hills Park
Hemmed in by agriculture and human habitation, this small reserve has forested hills rising dramatically from the surrounding plain. If getting into the Maliau Basin or Danum Valley feels like too much of an effort, consider Tawau Hills a user-friendly alternative. The forest here
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Rescued Animals
Some of the creatures here were orphaned, some were confiscated and others were surrendered by the public. Unless they’re needed as evidence in court, all are released as soon as possible – unless they lack survival skills, in which case returning them to the wild would be a death
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Borneo Sun Bear Conservation Centre
These rescued loveable pint-sized bears recently found a home here at Sepilok with the fantastic new Borneo Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC), which opened in 2014. The centre has full access for the disabled, and its possible to see the bears from an elevated glassed viewing ar
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Padang
Some impressive buildings front the town square. The open-sided Balai Besar (Royal Audience Hall) was built in 1898 and is still used by the sultan of Kedah for royal and state ceremonies, though it is not open to the public. Supported on tall pillars topped with Victorian iron lac
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