Malaysia Experience

High-rise Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia's commercial powerhouse. Most people jet in for the sandy beaches of Langkawi and remote east-coast islands. Look beyond to discover historic cities, untamed jungle, fertile highlands and the tastiest Asian cuisines.

* Cityscape
* Landscape
* Take Home
* Eat & Drink
* New Perspective

Cityscape

Whiz the soaring Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower in Kuala Lumpur. Travel north for the jumble of dazzlingly white British colonial remnants and Chinese temples of Georgetown and explore Thai-influenced Alor Setar. Go south to Melaka for its unique blend of Straits Chinese, Dutch and Portuguese buildings, and head east to Sarawak for Kuching's Victorian villas and river warehouses.
Landscape

Follow the walking trails of the cool Cameron Highlands, visiting tea plantations along the way. Explore steamy jungle in the vast Taman Negara. Snorkel over colourful coral reefs off Pulau Perhentian or take a boat trip around forest-fringed Lake Kenyir. Visit the tribal longhouses of Sarawak and see Sabah from the summit of remote wildlife haven of Mount Kinabalu.
Take Home

Shop for bargain electronics in Kuala Lumpur, pewter in Penang, tea in the Cameron Highlands and antiques in Melaka. Buy batik and songket (a rich fabric woven with gold thread) at factory outlets in Kuala Terengganu. Stock up on silver jewellery in Kota Bharu, duty-free alcohol in Langkawi, and tribal handcrafts in Kuching and Tanah Rata.
Eat & Drink

Try Straits Chinese dishes curry Kapitan (chicken in spiced coconut-milk) in Melaka and laksa penang (sour fish soup) in Penang. Twirl tastebuds with nasi kerabu (blue rice) in Kelantan or kerepok (fish-paste crackers) in Terengganu. Enjoy Indian murtabak (stuffed pancakes) all over Malaysia. Round up with a glass of cendol (coconut milk with rice jelly).
New Perspective

Swim with the sharks at Aquaria KLCC, help out with turtle conservation at the Ma' Daerah Turtle Sanctuary in Terengganu. Trek through Malaysia's newest, and smallest, national park in Penang.