MotoGP Malezji
13.10.2013 | Kuala Lumpur - Sepang International Circuit
Top Things To Do
Top Things To Do: • Attend one of Malaysia’s annual festivals, magnificent spectacles bursting with colour. Puja Umur (the Sultan’s birthday) is celebrated with a week-long festival, beginning with a parade in Kota Bharu. The Annual Penang International Dragon Boat Festival is also popular.
• Scuba-dive in the tropical waters off Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Prime sites include: Layang Layang; Miri; Pulau Redang; Pulau Sipadan; Pulau Tioman; Tunku Abdul Rahman Park; Pulau Tenggol; Pulau Paya Marine Park; Pulau Perhentian; Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park; and Labuan Island.
• Go jungle trekking in the Taman Negara National Park (Peninsular Malaysia). There are many clearly marked trails including a canopy walkway. Expert guides should be hired from the Wildlife Department at the Taman Negara Resort at Kuala Tahan.
• Ascend South-East Asia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabulu (4,094m/13,432ft), located in the Kinabalu National Park. No technical skills are required, but a guide and a climbing permit (which can be bought on location) are compulsory.
• Play one of Malaysia’s traditional, unusual sports, including gasing, or top spinning (called Main Gasing), which uses tops fashioned from hardwood and delicately balanced with lead; Wau-kite flying;and Sepak Takraw, a game like volleyball, played with a ball made of rattan strips.
• Stay in a Malaysian longhouse, which are common along the rivers in Sarawak and Sabah, and are really entire villages housed under one single roof, inhabited by native communities. Visitors should be accompanied by a local guide.
• Ride the train along Malaysia’s centralrailway,whichtravels through dense jungle. It commences near Kota Bahru and continues via Kuala Krai, Gua Musang, Kuala Lipis and Jerantut to meet the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur railway line at Gemas.
• Visit The Forestry Research Institute’s protected stretch of jungle, 15km (9 miles) northwest of Kuala Lumpur. There are a number of low eco-impact trails to explore.
• Bathe in the restorative waters of the Pedas Hot Springs, 30km (18 miles) south of Seremban. Visitors will find bathing enclosures, dining and recreational facilities.
• Take a river cruise back through time in Malacca. Founded in the early 15th century, Malacca remains predominantly a Chinese community, although there are many reminders of periods under Portuguese, Dutch and British rule.
• Stroll through the Tasek Perdana Lake Gardens, one of Kuala Lumpur’s best-known natural landmarks. Within the gardens are Parliament House and the National Monument, an impressive brass structure and one of the world’s largest free-standing sculptures.
• Take in a spectacular cityscape from the viewing level of Kuala Lumpur’s voluminous Petronas Twin Towers, which dominate the city at a height of 436m (1,453ft). Alternatively ascend the dizzying heights of the Menara Kuala Lumpur.
• Feel the stresses and strains of daily life ebb away on Penang’s sun-kissed beaches.
• Spend, spend, spend in the free port and duty-free shopping haven of Langkawi Island, where pristine sandy beaches await at the end of a long shopping trip.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
Top Things To Do: • Attend one of Malaysia’s annual festivals, magnificent spectacles bursting with colour. Puja Umur (the Sultan’s birthday) is celebrated with a week-long festival, beginning with a parade in Kota Bharu. The Annual Penang International Dragon Boat Festival is also popular.
• Scuba-dive in the tropical waters off Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Prime sites include: Layang Layang; Miri; Pulau Redang; Pulau Sipadan; Pulau Tioman; Tunku Abdul Rahman Park; Pulau Tenggol; Pulau Paya Marine Park; Pulau Perhentian; Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park; and Labuan Island.
• Go jungle trekking in the Taman Negara National Park (Peninsular Malaysia). There are many clearly marked trails including a canopy walkway. Expert guides should be hired from the Wildlife Department at the Taman Negara Resort at Kuala Tahan.
• Ascend South-East Asia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabulu (4,094m/13,432ft), located in the Kinabalu National Park. No technical skills are required, but a guide and a climbing permit (which can be bought on location) are compulsory.
• Play one of Malaysia’s traditional, unusual sports, including gasing, or top spinning (called Main Gasing), which uses tops fashioned from hardwood and delicately balanced with lead; Wau-kite flying;and Sepak Takraw, a game like volleyball, played with a ball made of rattan strips.
• Stay in a Malaysian longhouse, which are common along the rivers in Sarawak and Sabah, and are really entire villages housed under one single roof, inhabited by native communities. Visitors should be accompanied by a local guide.
• Ride the train along Malaysia’s centralrailway,whichtravels through dense jungle. It commences near Kota Bahru and continues via Kuala Krai, Gua Musang, Kuala Lipis and Jerantut to meet the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur railway line at Gemas.
• Visit The Forestry Research Institute’s protected stretch of jungle, 15km (9 miles) northwest of Kuala Lumpur. There are a number of low eco-impact trails to explore.
• Bathe in the restorative waters of the Pedas Hot Springs, 30km (18 miles) south of Seremban. Visitors will find bathing enclosures, dining and recreational facilities.
• Take a river cruise back through time in Malacca. Founded in the early 15th century, Malacca remains predominantly a Chinese community, although there are many reminders of periods under Portuguese, Dutch and British rule.
• Stroll through the Tasek Perdana Lake Gardens, one of Kuala Lumpur’s best-known natural landmarks. Within the gardens are Parliament House and the National Monument, an impressive brass structure and one of the world’s largest free-standing sculptures.
• Take in a spectacular cityscape from the viewing level of Kuala Lumpur’s voluminous Petronas Twin Towers, which dominate the city at a height of 436m (1,453ft). Alternatively ascend the dizzying heights of the Menara Kuala Lumpur.
• Feel the stresses and strains of daily life ebb away on Penang’s sun-kissed beaches.
• Spend, spend, spend in the free port and duty-free shopping haven of Langkawi Island, where pristine sandy beaches await at the end of a long shopping trip.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.