- On your way Meet at the airport and board your flight to Penang, Malaysia
Malaysia Language & Culture Tour
On this tour students will immerse themselves in the vibrant culture of Malaysia as they tour Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. They’ll enjoy guided city tours, excursions to Orangutan Island and the Batu Caves, as well as participate in cooking and batik drawing classes. Because of its similarities in language as well as food, climate and culture – Malaysia is…
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Malaysia Language & Culture Tour
On this tour students will immerse themselves in the vibrant culture of Malaysia as they tour Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. They’ll enjoy guided city tours, excursions to Orangutan Island and the Batu Caves, as well as participate in cooking and batik drawing classes. Because of its similarities in language as well as food, climate and culture – Malaysia is…
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Destinations
PenangKuala LumpurOrangutan IslandMalacca
Your Adventure
- City Heritage Tour Enjoy a City Heritage Tour, starting with a visit to the Reclining Buddha, the 3rd longest in the world. Visit also Khoo Kong Si Clan House and Fort Cornwallis
- Trishaw Ride In the evening, enjoy a trishaw ride through the city to see the daily activities of the Penangites
- Orangutan Island Depart from Penang and visit the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort. From here, board the boat to the Orangutan Island. The orangutans roam free on the island and visitors watch them from a ‘cage-tunnel’. The island is a rehabilitation facility and provides a great opportunity to view the orangutan outside a zoo environment
- On the move Continue by coach to Kuala Lumpur
- Language lesson Enjoy your first one-hour language lesson
- Batu Caves Afterwards, travel to the famed Batu Caves, which attract half a million people yearly during Thaipusam. Climb its 272 steps and see the fascinating cave structures
- Royal Selangor Continue on to the Royal Selangor pewter factory and enjoy a lesson in handcrafting your own piece of pewter
- Language lesson Enjoy your second one hour language lesson
- KL Tower Visit the Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower), which will give you a panoramic view of the city, including the 88 story Petronas Twin Towers
- Batik Drawing Late this afternoon experience a Batik Drawing Lesson at Karyaneka
- Central Market and Chinatown In the evening, visit Central Market and Chinatown
- Language lesson Enjoy your third one hour language lesson
- Putra Jaya Depart Kuala Lumpur and travel to Malacca via Putra Jaya to visit the Putra Mosque
- Malacca Sightseeing Enjoy a guided tour of the historical city and see the Dutch Stadthuys, St Paul’s Church and Porta De Santiago, which were left behind by the Portuguese and Dutch during their colonial rule. Other attractions include Jonker Street which is popular with visitors - a street of old shop houses famous for their antique items and the peranakan handicraft. See the oldest Chinese Temple - Cheng Hoong Teng's Temple built in 1646 from fine craftsmanship in the form of mythological figures, carvings and lacquer work
- Visit the Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum which will give an insight of a typical peranakan lifestyle and tradition in Malacca
- Market Guided Tour Enjoy a guided tour to the local wet market to see the local produce and the spices. Pick a few ingredients from the market and return to the hotel using the ingredients in the cooking lesson
- Malacca Cruise After enjoy a trishaw ride around the city and embark on a river cruise to see the other side of Malacca
- Local Village Visit Depart Malacca and visit the local Banghuris village, including cottage industries, plantations and the traditional preparation of local delicacies
- Farewell Enjoy a lunch in their village hall before transferring by coach to Kuala Lumpur International Airport for the flight home
- Welcome home
