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Kuala Lumpur's skyline, Borneo's rainforest, and the most underrated food scene in all of Asia.
Massively underrated and genuinely excellent value. Kuala Lumpur is one of Asia's best food cities, the Cameron Highlands are a world away from the coast, and Sipadan Island is one of the top dive sites on earth.
Each region has a completely different character. Here is what to expect.
Petronas Twin Towers (the viewing bridge is the ticket to buy), Batu Caves Hindu temple complex (272 steps to the main cave), the hawker centres of Jalan Alor and Petaling Street, and the KLCC park below the towers. Well connected by LRT and MRT.
Duty-free island in the Andaman Sea — pristine beaches, mangrove kayaking, cable car over the rainforest canopy. More upmarket than Thai islands and significantly less crowded. The Kilim Geoforest Park boat tour is one of Malaysia's finest half-days.
Malaysian Borneo is extraordinary — Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Kinabatangan River wildlife safari (proboscis monkeys, pygmy elephants, crocodiles, kingfishers), and Mount Kinabalu (Southeast Asia's highest peak, 4,095m, 2-day trek).
George Town's UNESCO-listed colonial core combined with one of the world's great street food scenes — char kway teow, asam laksa, penang hokkien mee. The street art around the old town by Ernest Zacharevic is excellent.
Malaysia is excellent value.
Hawker centre meal £1.50-3.
Local restaurant £3-6.
Hostel dorm £6-12.
Grab (ride app) is reliable and cheap in all cities.
Malaysian Borneo's rainforest is under severe pressure from palm oil expansion. Stay in wildlife lodges on the Kinabatangan that actively protect river-corridor forest. Never buy products with unlisted vegetable oil and check for RSPO certification. The orangutan rehabilitation centres at Sepilok and Semenggoh release animals back to the wild — they are conservation projects, not zoos.
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