Alla scoperta della Penisola & Belum (Aprile 2027-Ottobre 2028)
Tour e Crociere5 Giorni
Cameron Highlands, Malesia
Kuala Lumpur›Batu Caves›Ipoh›Cameron Highlands›Bukit Merah›Penang›Banding›Kota Bharu
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100% penale nei 30 giorni precedenti l'inizio viaggio
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Starts from
5 days / 4 nights - from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu.
Characteristics
Group tour in English + Italian-speaking interpreter (see departure calendar). Private daily tour in English/Italian include meals (v. the fee includes) departures are guaranteed (min 2 participants). Subject to availability
Important notes
Flight to Kuala Lumpur (not included): it is necessary to arrive at least 1 day before the tour departure.
The scheduled times are indicative; the exact times will be confirmed locally by the guides.
Copies of the clients’ passports must be provided at the time of booking confirmation in order to apply for the permit required for the excursion inside the Belum Rainforest. Otherwise, access to the rainforest may be denied.
Hotel types planned or similar
superior category Cameron Highlands: Strawberry Park Penang: Jen Hotel Penang Banding: Belum Rainforest Resort
For Deluxe accommodation, the third person (adult or child with extra bed) in Cameron Highlands must stay in a single room at no extra charge. During your stay in Belum, for both categories, triple accommodation is not possible, the third person (adult or child with extra bed) must stay in a single room at no extra charge.
Group tours have a maximum of 26 participants (especially in August). The following vehicles will be used for the tour: up to 10 people: 1 12-seater minivan; up to 16 people: 2 12-seater minivans; 17 people or more: 40-seater bus. Groups of up to 16 people will be divided between the two vehicles and accompanied by a single local Italian-speaking tour leader and a local English-speaking guide. On longer journeys, there will be stops where the local Italian-speaking tour leader will alternate between the vehicles. Only once the final destination, or the destination of greatest interest, has been reached will the guide bring the groups together to begin the tour.
Meals
Legend: B breakfast, L lunch.
Itinerary
Giorno 1 — Kuala Lumpur → Batu Caves → Ipoh → Cameron Highlands
Free transfer from your hotel to the starting point of the tour. Early in the morning departure for Cameron Highlands. Short stop at Batu Caves. We will travel up the Malay Peninsula to the town of Tapah, where the mountain road begins that will take us to an altitude of 1500 meters. This area is rich in lush tropical vegetation and bamboo. Along the way, we will make a stop at the Iskandar waterfall, and we will also come across several simple villages inhabited by the Orang Asli, the indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula who still largely rely on gathering natural fibers and hunting for their livelihood. We are expected to arrive at the Cameron Highlands plateau 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, which provide relief from the equatorial heat, the Highlands are named after the English topographer William Cameron, who first mapped the area. The Cameron Highlands still retain a characteristic belle époque style, with its orderly farms, Tudor-style country houses, English gardens, and golf courses. In the afternoon, we will enjoy a pleasant and characteristic Afternoon Tea, and then visit some local fruit and vegetable markets. I will arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner free. Lunch and dinner free.
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Giorno 2 — Cameron Highlands → Bukit Merah → Penang
Breakfast. In the morning, visit one of the many tea plantations where you will witness the various processing stages. Then, start the descent towards Ipoh, the capital of the Perak State, where you will walk through old streets in the city center, admiring its refined colonial architecture. With the Kinta River dividing the old city from the new one, Ipoh enchants with its art and street food - a bit like a languid version of George Town. You will visit one of the many Buddhist temples carved into the rock. Continuing north, we finally arrive at Bukit Merah, a small island on the lake that can be reached by boat. It is home to the Orangutan Conservation Center, the only one of its kind on the Malay Peninsula. In this center, these primates, found orphaned or near death in the Malaysian Borneo jungle, are housed to undergo 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. After visiting the center, the journey will continue towards the state of Penang. In the afternoon, arrival on the island will be expected, crossing one of the longest bridges in Asia, the Penang Bridge, which is exactly 13.5 km long. I will arrive at the hotel in the late afternoon. Lunch and dinner free.
PLEASE NOTE: The tea plantation is closed to the public on Mondays and during national holidays. The excursion to the Orangutan Island in Bukit Merah may not be possible due to low water levels.
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Giorno 3 — Penang → Banding
Breakfast. Early in the morning, I meet the guide at the hotel and we set off to visit the city of Georgetown: its unique historical features have made it a UNESCO site. We start the visit at Kek Lok Si, which consists of 7 temples and a tall Pagoda, all characterized by carved pillars, precious woodwork, vibrant paintings, and an abundance of lanterns that create a visually striking impression. After descending back into the city, we pass by the ruins of Fort Cornwallis, the headquarters of the English military/colonial detachment. From here, we take a walking tour through the typical streets of the old town center with its charming and artistic murals; open-air food and spice markets that allow us to taste the daily life of this city, as well as small artisan shops that produce utensils, incense sticks for use in temples, and local pastries. After passing by the Kapitan Kling Mosque and the beautiful St. George Church, a symbol of the large local Christian community, we walk through narrow streets where old housing complexes of the Chinese/Malay Peranakan community stand. Here, we visit the beautiful Khoo Kongsi clan house: named after a prominent Chinese family who were among the wealthy Chinese merchants of the 17th century. The famous Khoo Kongsi temple was built in 1906, when the Khoo clan was at the height of their wealth and eminence in Penang society. At the end of the tour, overland transfer with the Italian-speaking guide, taking approximately 3 hours, to reach Lake Temenggor and the Belum forest. Check-in at the resort overlooking the lake and free time to relax surrounded by tropical nature. The Belum-Temengor forest complex is the largest on the Malay Peninsula. It lies in the state of Perak, in the Hulu Perak region, not far from the border with southern Thailand. With a history spanning more than 130 million years, this rainforest is considered one of the oldest in the world, older even than the Amazon and the Congo Basin. Within it lies the man-made lake Tasik Temenggor, which extends over 15,200 hectares and is dotted with hundreds of islands. Dinner.
Giorno 4 — Banding
Breakfast. At 9.00 you meet your guide and set off on the excursion into the unspoilt Belum Rainforest. The adventure begins with a boat crossing of Lake Temenggor, set in the heart of the lush rainforest. Once you reach the shore, you continue with a pleasant, easy trek immersed in primordial nature, until you come to striking waterfalls, where a stop is made for a packed lunch. On the way back to the resort there is also a visit to a village of the Orang Asli, the native inhabitants of the forest. I will return to the hotel in the late afternoon. Dinner.
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Giorno 5 — Banding → Kota Bharu
Breakfast. Morning transfer with your guide to Kota Bharu, on the east coast of the Peninsula. End of the tour. You can continue your journey with a beach stay on the Perhentian or Redang islands (see supplements).
Price includes
Transfers and tours by bus or minivan with assistance and local guides
Local guide during visits
Entrances, visits and excursions as per the itinerary
Accommodation at the scheduled hotel (or similar)
Meals: 4 breakfasts, 1 lunches, 2 dinners
Price does not include
Opening fee and Zero Risk coverage
Medical-luggage-cancellation insurance
Unmentioned meals, beverages and extras in general
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. PUNCTUALITY: we recommend respecting the scheduled times. No refunds are provided for services missed due to customer delays. TIPS: not included, at the discretion of the tourist 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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