A classic self-drive trip to visit the main destinations of the Malaysian peninsula, from Kuala Lumpur to Penang passing through Cameron Highlands. The itinerary allows for continuing the journey with a beach stay in Langkawi or other locations in Malaysia.
Starts from
6 days / 5 nights - from Kuala Lumpur to Penang.
Characteristics
Self-drive. Include meals (v. the fee includes)
Important notes
Flight to Kuala Lumpur (not included): it is necessary to book flights arriving by 16:00.
Flight from Penang (not included): it is possible to depart at any time.
Following the implementation of a new directive from the Malaysian Department of Transport on September 24, 2018, foreign citizens who wish to drive in Malaysia must present their international driving license along with a valid national driving license.
The car drop-off must be done at the airport at Penang with a full tank of fuel.
At the time of hire, a security deposit of 1,000 MYR (about €210) will be required to cover any damage to the vehicle. The hire company accepts all major credit cards. Third-party credit cards are not accepted. The credit card presented must be in the name of the authorised hirer. The company reserves the right to refuse its car hire services if this condition is not met. Cash deposits are NOT ACCEPTED. Each vehicle is hired with a full tank of unleaded petrol, or diesel where applicable, and must be returned in the same condition. Otherwise, refuelling will be at the hirer's expense. The one-way fee for picking up and dropping off the vehicle at two different locations is MYR 700 + taxes (this amount is subject to change at any time). Please note that returning the vehicle after the originally agreed pick-up time will incur an additional full day's rental charge.
Meals
Legend: B breakfast.
Itinerary
Giorno 1 — Kuala Lumpur
I arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and pick up the car at the airport office. The rest of the day is free for individual activities. Recommended visits: climb the Petronas Towers to admire the city from above; evening visit to Chinatown, Central Market; street food experience at Jalan Alor. Lunch and dinner free. Hotel check-in will be available from 15:00. Accommodation Ibis Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel.
PLEASE NOTE: Where to Collect Your Hertz Rental Car
Terminal 1 (KLIA1) The main office and vehicle collection area are located at Car Park D (Ground Floor). Customer service counters are also available in the Arrivals Hall (Counter B10). Monday – Saturday: 07:30 – 22:00 Sundays and Public Holidays: 07:30 – 19:00
Terminal 2 (KLIA2 – dedicated to low-cost airlines) The counter is located on Level 1, inside the Gateway@KLIA2 shopping mall. Monday – Sunday: 08:00 – 22:00 (daily).
Giorno 2 — Kuala Lumpur
Breakfast. Recommended visit: the historic city of Malacca, 200km away in the southwest direction. Lunch and dinner free. Accommodation Ibis Kuala Lumpur City Centre Hotel.
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Giorno 3 — Kuala Lumpur → Cameron Highlands
Breakfast. Departure for Cameron Highlands. Along the way, you will come across several simple villages inhabited by the Orang Asli, the indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula who still largely rely on natural fiber collection and hunting for their livelihoods. Arrival at the Cameron Highlands is expected in the afternoon. Located on the northwestern border of the state of Pahang, this is the largest cultivated plain in Malaysia, alternating with lush and wild high-altitude forests. Famous for its tea plantations and mild temperatures, providing relief from the equatorial heat of the region, the Highlands are named after the English surveyor William Cameron, who first mapped the area. The Cameron Highlands still retain a characteristic belle époque style, with its well-kept farms, Tudor-style country houses, English gardens, and golf courses. Lunch and dinner free. Accommodation Strawberry Park Resort.
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Giorno 4 — Cameron Highlands → Ipoh
Breakfast. Departure for Ipoh. Km 260. Along the recommended route, we suggest stopping to visit the temples of Perak Tong, San Poh Tong and Gua Kok Look Tong. Upon arrival in Ipoh, we recommend trying the local speciality, white coffee. It takes its name from the colour it acquires when condensed milk is added, giving the coffee a particularly sweet taste. You can then enjoy a leisurely stroll through some of Ipoh’s most characterful lanes: Wife Lane (now known as Lorong Hale), Concubine Lane (now known as Lorong Panglima) and Second Concubine Lane (now known as Market Lane). One of the best things to do in Ipoh is, of course, to discover its finest street art. The streets of the Old Town are adorned with murals by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, who is renowned for bringing colour to many streets in Penang and other cities across Malaysia. Lunch and dinner free. Accommodation AC Hotels by Marriott Ipoh.
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Giorno 5 — Ipoh → Penang
Breakfast. Departure for Penang. Short stop at Bukit Merah (a pagamento). A small island on the lake, accessible by boat, which is home to the Orangutan Conservation Center, the only one of its kind here on the Malay Peninsula. In this center, these primates, found orphaned or near death in the jungles of Malaysian Borneo, are admitted to receive a course of care and rehabilitation. Various aspects of research and study on these primates are also addressed, with the aim of raising awareness among federal authorities and future generations about the endangered future of orangutans. Continuation to Penang/Georgetown. Free time to explore Georgetown (Unesco site). Walking through art galleries, ancient shops, temples of every religion and kind, until getting lost in the spicy streets of Little India. Lunch and dinner free. Accommodation lyf Georgetown Penang by The Ascott Limited.
Giorno 6 — Penang
Breakfast. Check-out of the room by 12:00. Departure for l'aeroporto di Penang. Car drop-off at the Penang airport with a full tank of fuel. End of the tour.
PLEASE NOTE: Once you reach the Penang Airport terminal, take the centre lane and park your car in an open-air car park. When entering an open-air car park, you do not have to pay the parking fee. The parking attendant will scan your car's licence plate number. Proceed to the Terminal Building and look for the Hertz counter, where you will find a key box. Drop the key into the box. In the event of a dispute over the return time, the staff will check with the car park management. In the event of additional charges, the staff will normally send an email to the customer before proceeding with the charge (e.g. fuel, etc.).
Price includes
Accommodation at the scheduled hotel (or similar)
5 days of car rental with Proton Iris, Saga (including: Sim card and Touch&GO - to be used as GPS -, Super Liability Reduction Option - SLRO -)
1 full of fuel (to be returned full at the end of the rental)
Unlimited kilometers and local taxes included.
Meals: 5 breakfasts
Price does not include
Opening fee and Zero Risk coverage
Medical-luggage-cancellation insurance
Unmentioned meals, beverages and extras in general
Entrance to visits
Not included in the car rental: Personal Accident Insurance (PAI), additional driver, fuel, highway tolls and parking fees, one way fee, any optional services and other incidental expenses.
Tourist tax (10 MYR per room/night)
Tip
Porterage
Flights and airport taxes
Everything not expressly mentioned in "The fee includes"
Notes
ROOMS: Triple rooms are always double rooms with an additional bed, often smaller than the two existing beds; triple rooms are subject to availability at the time of booking. Requests for smoking rooms, connecting rooms, adjacent rooms, higher or lower floors, etc., are always on request and not guaranteed. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: Participants must ensure before departure that they have the necessary and valid documentation for entry into the countries visited during the tour. HOTEL FINAL LIST: indicated in the travel documents HOTEL, CHECK-IN: as a rule, rooms are assigned starting from 2-3 pm; any early check-in is at the hotel's discretion. The request for a guaranteed early assignment requires booking an extra night prior to arrival. HOTEL, CHECK-OUT: The room must be vacated in the morning, by the time indicated by the hotel; the surcharge for late check-out is equal to 50% of the extra night for check-out by 6 pm; for check-out after that time, an additional night will be charged. HOTEL / ITINERARY, CHANGES: The organizing company reserves the right to modify the itinerary and/or hotels with others of similar or higher category, means of transportation, etc., if required by unforeseen circumstances and necessary for the safety and normal continuation of the trip. Furthermore, when it is not possible to accommodate all participants in the same hotel, the group will be divided among different hotels of equal category. TIMETABLES: departure times are indicative and depend on the number of hotels from which pick-ups are scheduled for each day; the pick-up start time indicates when customers should be ready in the lobby for departure; in hotels reached last, a wait of at least fifteen minutes or more compared to the indicated time is likely. The return times to the hotel are purely indicative and variable depending on a considerable number of factors including the time dedicated to visits and the intensity of traffic. MEALS: not included unless specified. REFUNDS: There are no refunds for parts of the tour or excursions not carried out due to force majeure; in any case, no refund is due to the customer who decides to interrupt the trip or stay. TRANSFERS: not included unless specified; if included, they are exclusively for/from the hotels scheduled for the tour on the days of the tour's start/end; in case of extending the stay, for transfers to/from other hotels, or for arrivals/departures from other airports, a supplement applies. The supplement always applies if the passenger is traveling alone. Requests for booking transfers not included or for different hotels must be received at least 3 weeks before departure, or an additional urgency supplement will be applied.
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