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Penang Half Day City Tour Including Tropical Spice Garden

By Penang Tours by Pesona
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Free cancellation available
Price is €127 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

This tour offers a perfect mix of nature and culture. Visit the lush Tropical Spice Garden and explore Penang’s diverse heritage through temples, mosques, churches, and Little India. Learn about local traditions and cultural, we make sure you see the best of Penang.

• Tropical Spice Garden is lush eco-garden with 500+ plant species and guided tours.

• Chaiya Mangalaram Temple one of the world’s longest reclining Buddha statues.

• Dhammikarama Temple is Penang’s oldest Burmese temple with colourful stupas.

• Little India a vibrant street full of culture, colours, and photo spots.

• Yap Kongsi Temple is historic Chinese clan temple in George Town.

• St. George’s Church Malaysia’s oldest Anglican church with Greek architecture.

• Kapitan Keling Mosque is Iconic Mosque with a mix of Moorish and colonial design.

• Khoo Kongsi grand Chinese clanhouse known for intricate architecture.

Activity location

  • Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram
    • 17, Lorong Burma,
    • George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram
    • 17, Lorong Burma,
    • George Town, Penang, Malaysia

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Penang Half Day City Tour Including Tropical Spice Garden

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€127.28 x 1 Adult€127.28
Total
Price is €127.28
Until Thu, 4 Jun

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    As per Malaysian law, groups with more than 6 tourists must have a licensed professional guide.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick up and drop off (50% surcharge applies for pick-up/drop-off outside George Town)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport
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    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance Fee
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    Personal expenses
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    Food and drinks, unless specified
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • As per Malaysian law, groups with more than 6 tourists must have a licensed professional guide
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Tropical Spice Garden

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Asia's Hidden Eden! Timeless and enchanting, Tropical Spice Garden is an eco-attraction tucked within a natural valley fronting the Straits of Malacca. The showcase garden houses over 500 species of herb, spice and tropical plants. Explore and discover the fabulous diversity of nature as you through trails and pathways that meander through undulating hills, jungles terraces and natural streams. Garden Audio Tours available in 7 Languages: English, Chinese, Malay, Arabic, Japanese, German & French. Alternatively, you may take the Live Guided Tour that starts at 9am, 11am, and 1.30pm. The trails are slightly inclined so do wear comfortable walking shoes - unfortunately wheelchairs & strollers are not recommended.

Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram

  • 20m
Our driver will be waiting for you at your hotel lobby and proceed with the tour. Wat Chayamangkalaram Temple is a Thai temple in Penang famous for its large gold-plated Reclining Buddha, which is at 33m, is one of the largest in the world.

Dharmikarama Burmese Temple

  • 20m
Dhammikarama Burmese Temple is a Burmese-style Buddhist temple, founded in 1803, with elaborate, colourful stupas and sculptures. At the main prayer hall, voices are reduced to whisper and the silence is broken only by occasional ringing of temple bells. The latest addition to the Dhammikarama Buddhist Temple is the Golden Pagoda Bell Tower.

Little India - Penang

  • 15m
Stop over for photos

Yap Kongsi Temple

  • 15m
Yap Temple which is the clan temple of the Lum Yeong Tong Yap Kongsi, located next to it. The clan temple is located at the corner of Armenian Street and Cannon Street, in the core zone of the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site.

St. George's Anglican Church

  • 20m
The street begins from the St.George Church run by Anglicans were built by British East India Company in 1819 and it’s known to be the oldest building in Penang. Built with a Greek architecture, the interior consist of a cool pastel blue with marble floors and outside the main building on the church grounds is a memorial to Sir Francis Light in the form of a Greek temple.

Kapitan Keling Mosque

  • 20m
The Kapitan Keling Mosque is designed on a curious mix of styles, combining colonial architecture with traditional Moorish arches, and its interior features a fantastic crystal chandelier and calligraphy panels. Built by the Indian Muslims primarily the head of the Indian Muslim community, Kapten Caudeer names the mosque after himself and Keling which was the origin of his birthplace.

Khoo Kongsi

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Khoo Kongsi is a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia. The famous Khoo Kongsi is the grandest clan temple in the country. It is also one of the city's major historic attractions.

Location

Activity location

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    Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram
    • 17, Lorong Burma,
    • George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram
    • 17, Lorong Burma,
    • George Town, Penang, Malaysia

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