Kaula Lumpur, Malayasia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysia has always attracted the best of the best tourist enthusiasts with its caption "Malaysia, Its truly Asia..." Well, this is so true. It is a remarkable and splendid modern city of today. In fact, Malaysia is a mix of the modern world and a developing nation. It is is one of the richer nations in Southeast Asia. The country also has entered in the book of records for having an oldest prime minister in the world (93+ years). Malaysia presents the blend of culture and hi-tech infrastructure and technology developments making it one of the richest nations. 

The most sought after destinations in Malaysia that attract tourists are, 

• Kuala Lumpur 
• Genting Highlands
• Baua Caves
• Putrajaya

Kuala Lumpur is the seventh most visited tourist city in the world. Kaula Lumpur is the only global city of Malaysia. It is the largest and also the capital city of the country. It is indeed a welcoming city with high raise buildings and sky scrapers that kind of iconic symbol of the national pride. The city is vibrant through out the 24hours, it is quite well connected with the people. The city hosts majorly the Banks, Hotels and of course some of the multinational technology companies. 

KL (Kuala Lumpur) is has very good public transport infrastructure, monorail, Mass Rapid Transit. This infra offers a lot of ease to the tourists on commuting to the different destinations in the city. It is now hosting the world's tallest twin buildings called Petronas Towers.

There are ample amount of shopping destinations including a shopping streets dedicated to India and China. The Indian one is called as 'Little India' inaugrated by the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.Like wise the China Bazzar. 

It houses one of the finest cuisines of Southeast Asia. One will not find an difficulty in enjoying the foods of any culture, be it western, Indian, Chinese, Japanese or korean etc.
A special mention when it comes to Bangalore food, there is a an MTR authentic Karnataka food right across the street.

Genting Highlands is an unique and must visit place if you are in Malaysia. It is shares a special status as the temperature drops to almost 50% from the KL city while it is just at approximately 50+km. Genting highlands is a hilly place at a great altitude. It enjoys the status of Las Vegas of Malaysia, there are numerous casinos in genting highlands. It also houses WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL and it is called as First World Hotel. There is gigantic theme park that is coming up and is currently under construction. 

There is a beautiful and most adventurous cable car setup. It is one of the longest cable car journeys in this part of the world. The cable car operates with 3 stations. Please note to alight at the right stations for the respective tourist destinations. This cable car starts from the half the hill and takes one to the top of the hill.  

Batu Caves
The Batu caves is one of the major tourist destinations. It is indeed a mesmerizing place as the caves are far more unique. It displays a huge, gigantic, tall Murugan statue. It is gold coloured and has a remarkable attraction. One must ensure they climb the hill (around 500 steps) and watch the incredible caves that the mother nature has carved in there. 

Putrajaya is a little away on the way to Airport and is mainly the government organizations also has many ministries running from this location. In short it is the federal administrative center of Malaysia.

Travel & Stay

The tour mostly will be complete if you plan a 4 days holiday package. All of it can be done by an individual with out needing an agency except the Visa. So what is suggested is, for the e-visa one can take help of the agency and pay the fee accordingly. 

The different activities involved in planning a trip are as follows,

1. E-Visa

As mentioned one can use a agent to get this done (mmt or any other agency)

2. Flight Tickets

Book over the Malaysian Airlines, just do online booking. If one is planning from Bangalore, take the 12pm flight from Bangalore to KL and 10:00pm from KL to BLR. (should cost you no more than 25k in total).

3. Hotel Reservation

Hotel Sentral (online booking, just blindly do it) http://www.hotelsentral.com.my/

Address : 30, Jalan Thambipillay, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4. Petronas Twin Tower Entry Ticket

Just click and book. It works for 100% and secured. https://www.petronastwintowers.com.my/

5. KL Tower entry ticket

You can take it right there when you visit. 

6. Genting Highlands Ticket

You can take it right there when you visit. 

7. City Tour (if you need it exclusively)

 can be explored at the hotel. 

8. Currency

You must carry Ringits and Dollars (take a nice mix, but have higher in ringits) for exmaple, 2000 Ringits and $300 should be good enough if one is doing moderate to heavy shopping.

Itinerary Day to day planning.

Day 1: Arrive at KL, Malaysia (check in the hotel and take a street walk)

Day 2: Take the full or half day city Tour

Day 3: Genting highlands (Full day)

Day 4: KL Tower and Petronas Twin Towers visit (to reach the top of the towers)

Return in the night.

Best Time to Visit

Climate in Malaysia doesn't change, of course it rains at times. So anytime during the year is suitable. 

12.May.18