Amazing time in Malaysia

Malaysia | Aug 23 - Sep 2, 2023

We had an amazing time in Malaysia, it's a beautiful country, with friendly people and delicious food! Nick was great at organising the trip for us; he was friendly and responsive, and made adjustments to the itinerary as requested, as well as providing helpful suggestions. Upon arriving in Malaysia, everything ran to plan and was very smooth. No issues with any of the transfers and everyone was always on time; all very well organised. We were generally happy with the hotels, and breakfast at each was fab. We really enjoyed all the activities that had been planned and absolutely loved Borneo and having the oppprtunity to see lots of wildlife. Seeing the orangutans was definitely a highlight of the trip! In hindsight, we should've spent longer here and less time travelling around, but we still enjoyed our time in the other places too. Our guides for Kuala Lumpur- Lawrence, and Kuching- Duke, were super friendly, patient and knowledgeable, and really enhanced our trip. Thank you all- would recommend to others planning a Malyasia trip too!

Hotel Reviews

Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa Langkawi

Authenticity & Character

Location

Lovely to be able to just stroll out to the beach at the back of the hotel

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Mosquitoes and ants in our room! But housekeeping were helpful to sort this out. Overall hotel was stunning, but maybe not reflected as much in our room

The Waterfront Hotel

Kuching

Perfect!

Authenticity & Character

Location

Fantastic location by Kuching waterfront- we had a lovely view of the Parliament building from our room. The hotel sits on top of a shopping mall too, which was handy

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Verdant Hill Hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Royale Chulan KL

Kuala Lumpur

Authenticity & Character

Breakfast was great and nice to have been provided some history about Penang in the rooms and within the hotel

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

A few things in our room were rusty/ worn down due to wear and tear- could maybe do with a bit of a face-lift

Activity Reviews

Kuala Lumpur City Tour & Batu Caves

Kuala Lumpur

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Penang (Tropical Spice Garden Cooking Class)

Penang

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Langkawi Island (Free at Leisure)

Langkawi Island

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Semenggoh Orangutan Centre Visit

Kuching

Highlight of the trip seeing these beautiful animals- amazing experience!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Bako National Park Daytrip

Kuching

Great place to see the native proboscis monkeys, we were lucky to see some in two different places by the entrance to the park. Also saw lots of other wildlife with the help of our guide and enjoyed the hikes around the park. Boat trip there and back was also fun

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Mangrove & Fireflies Cruise

Kuching

Really lovely boat cruise and great opportunity to see more wildlife- we saw the irawaddy dolphins, a crocodile, proboscis monkeys, macques and the fireflies. Stunning sunset from the boat too. We were also provided snacks which was an unexpected but pleasant surprise

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport