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F&F (English) / IH / e-brochure April 2017 (0417)

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PERLIS South China Sea Kangar Kudat Straits of Malacca MALAYSIA Brunei Map of Malaysia Darussalam Kuala Lumpur Langkawi Alor Setar Kota Bharu Pulau Payar KEDAH Singapore Pulau Perhentian Pulau Redang Indonesia Tunku Abdul Rahman Park The Carnivall

Kota Kinabalu Sandakan George Town PENANG Kuala Terengganu Kinabalu Park KELANTAN PERAK Labuan TERENGGANU Lost World of Tambun Bukit Merah SOUTH CHINA SABAH Lahad Datu Laketown Resort Brunei Ipoh Taman Negara SEA Darussalam Cameron Highlands Lawas Limbang Monsopiad Cultural Village Pulau Pangkor Semporna Pulau Pangkor Laut Tawau PAHANG Miri Fraser’s Hill Kuantan Pulau Mabul Pulau Sipadan Berjaya Hills Ba’kelalan Bukit Gambang Resort City Mulu SELANGOR Genting Highlands Mulu National Park Bario Subang KidZania Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Berjaya Times Square Theme Park i-City Shah Alam Sunway Lagoon Putrajaya CELEBES SEA Wet World Shah Alam NEGERI Pulau Tioman SEMBILAN Kuala Lumpur International Pulau Rawa Seremban Bintulu Airport (KLIA) WET WORLD PEDAS HOT SPRINGS Mukah MELAKA STRAITS Bangi Wonderland Pulau Sibu OF MALACCA Resort & Theme Park Melaka City JOHOR A’ Famosa Resort Wet World Batu Pahat Sibu SARAWAK

Tanjung Manis Legoland® Malaysia Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park LEGEND Glossary Airport Johor Bahru Angry Birds Activity Park Pulau - Island Capital City Airstrip Singapore Federal Territory Gunung - Mountain Kuching Sarawak Cultural Village Marine Park State Capital Highland Resort State Border National Park Indonesia International Border Theme Park

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Contents Theme Parks 4 Wet World Shah Alam 16 Berjaya Times Square Theme Park 6 Wet World Pedas Hot Springs 18 Bangi Wonderland Theme Park & Resort 8 A’ Famosa Resort 20 i-City 10 LEGOLAND® Malaysia 22 KidZania Kuala Lumpur 12 Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park 24 Sunway Lagoon 14 Wet World Batu Pahat 26 2 Myanmar Laos

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Angry Birds Activity Park 27 The Carnivall 38 Bukit Gambang Resort City 28 Monsopiad Cultural Village 40 Berjaya Hills 30 Sarawak Cultural Village 42 Genting Highlands 32 Malaysia at A Glance 46 Bukit Merah Laketown Resort 34 Tourism Malaysia Offices 47 Lost World of Tambun 36 3 Theme Parks Let the Fun Begin Theme parks and waterparks in Malaysia promise hours of fun for everyone in the family. From the mountain top to the shopping mall, each theme park offers its own special attractions that make a theme park visit a fantastic and memorable experience. Since the theme parks are located in different parts of Malaysia, a visit to the theme park is an excellent opportunity to see the natural beauty of the country and the many tourist attractions nearby.

4 Up at Genting Highlands, there is an indoor theme park the water is circulated from a hot spring source and there and shopping at the Genting Theme Park & First World, is a pool filled with hot spring water for those who want plus the added attraction of the cold mountain air. Here, a dip. you can also enjoy serene mountain scenery and on a An exciting experience also awaits at Malaysia’s Culture clear day, see Kuala Lumpur (KL) and the Petronas Twin Parks. At the Sarawak Cultural Village near Kuching, you Towers in the distance. Sunway Lagoon in Petaling Jaya is can see the traditional buildings and activities of the famous for its main attractions of thrilling waterpark rides, various ethnic communities of Sarawak, namely, Iban, adventure rides and family rides. Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Melanau, Penan, Malay and Chinese. Visit Bukit Merah Laketown Resort near Taiping and see After touring the village, you can enjoy a captivating Orang Utans living free and in the wild in the only Orang cultural performance. Near Kota Kinabalu is the Utan island sanctuary in Peninsular Malaysia, before having Monsopiad Cultural Village, dedicated to preserving the fun at the waterpark. A’Famosa near historic Melaka City culture of the Kadazans, the largest ethnic community in boasts the only Animal Safari in the country, in addition to Sabah. It is named after the legendary Kadazan warrior, a waterpark to cool off after the safari, plus amazing animal Monsopiad, and was set up by his descendants. shows.

Other places to cool off while having fun in the water are Desa Water Park, Wet World Shah Alam, Wet World Batu Have fun at Pahat, and Wet World Pedas Hot Springs Waterpark, where the theme parks!

5 Berjaya Times Square Theme Park A World of its Own

Come and spend an entire weekend at Kuala Lumpur Berjaya Times Square. Located right in the heart of the city centre, there is something here for everyone in this integrated retail, entertainment and leisure complex which also boasts the country’s biggest indoor theme park.

The Berjaya Times Square Theme Park is located on the 5th another galaxy far, far away. There are six adult thrill rides and 7th floors of the mall. Built by the fictitious mad scientist specially designed for the park. They are the heart-stopping Professor Cosmo and his clumsy robot assistant Ooort, this roller coaster, the 30-metre-high Spinning Orbit, Space Attack, 133,000sqft theme park is guaranteed to transport you to Ooort’s Express, Dizzy Izzy and the DNA Mixer.

6 The 800-metre-long roller coaster nicknamed the Supersonic Families can also enjoy a smooth drive with their kids through Odyssey is sure to give you the ride of your life! What makes a natural wonderland at the garden with the Botanic Drive ride. it even more interesting is the viewing deck on the bridge To top things off, Bumper Cars are also found in the garden to connecting the 8th floor, where you board the ride, to the 9th accommodate both children (Honey Bump) and adults (Robo floor overlooking the theme park. The roller coaster then loops Crash). Besides the rides, the children will be entertained by around the bridge thus giving parents and friends a chance to Professor Cosmo himself and together with his friends the see or photograph their kids riding the world’s longest indoor garden will be filled with joy and laughter. roller coaster which plunges from the 13th floor to the 5th level before coming to a halt on the 7th floor. What a thrill! The amusement does not stop there as the Kidz Castle is situated nearby for entertainment on stage and the children’s Another ride bound to leave you in a daze is the DNA Mixer. playground Kidz @ PlayGround is another place of restless fun. This crazy invention by our mad scientist is sure to loop the minds of 21 passengers at one go. Try getting off and you’ll be sure to lose all sense of direction!

A milder yet equally exciting place for the kids to be is the BERJAYA TIMES SQUARE THEME PARK Fantasy Garden. Created by Professor Cosmo and decorated No. 09-103, 9th Floor, Berjaya Times Square with bright beautiful colours and small benches for the kids No.1, Jalan Imbi to rest when they are worn out from all that running around, 55100 Kuala Lumpur there are 8 rides which children of all ages can enjoy. The Tel: +603 2117 3118 Fax: +603 2143 2380 Buddy Go Round carousel will definitely excite the youngsters E-mail: [email protected] whereas the rocking boat ride, Molly-Cool’s Swing is sure to Website: www.timessquarekl.com sway their minds.

7 Bangi Wonderland Theme Park & Resort The Newest Water Theme Park in Malaysia A brand-new water theme park situated in Kajang, about one hour’s drive from Kuala Lumpur, offers fun and excitement for the whole family with 16 splashing attractions!

Enjoy a delightful water escapade in the newest water Unleash the daredevil in you and take on the park’s main theme park in Malaysia! This theme park opened its doors in attraction – the Water Cannon. This high-pressure cannon August 2016, with 16 heart-pounding rides and games that is will launch and catapult you, sending you flying high before guaranteed to thrill adventure-seekers. The family-oriented, you make a splash landing into the pool below! value-for-money park is embraced by the natural lush greenery of the surrounding recreational forest, making it a But wait, the fun doesn’t stop here. There are other haven for fun and adventure. great attractions such as the Body Slide, Spiralax, The Fall, Wonderloop, Green Pearl, Pirates Bay, Magic Funnel and Can’t wait to dive into action? Head to the Pirates Spa for Boomeriang. a glimpse of the days gone by, when swashbuckling pirates sailed the seas. Wind down the Anaconda Trail or ride the Kids will enjoy a ride at the Kids Adventure, a multi-level surf like a pro in the Surf Rider. active water play structure for kids of all ages. A combination Now that you are all geared up – it is time to challenge of six slides, this is a big splashing playground. Just when you yourself with the mother of all monsters, the Insane Racer. think the fun is about to end, the water dump will drench This is a six-lane high-speed mat ride where riders race head- anyone in its way! first and side-by-side down the six lanes. Hold on to your heart, as the high-velocity joyride will take you plunging down 8 the seven storey slides in just a few incredible seconds! Bangi Waterpark is an ideal place to host group functions, BANGI WONDERLAND THEME PARK & RESORT carnivals, parties, family days, school picnics, corporate events No. 2, Persiaran Bangi Avenue and fundraising activities. Bangi Avenue 43000 Kajang, Selangor Tel: +603 8912 8333 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bangiwonderland.com.my

9 i-City Malaysia’s Coolest Hotspot

As its name suggests, this one-of-a-kind attraction presents a ‘lightscape‘ illuminated with over a million LED lights. It features outdoor theme park rides set in a ‘forest’ of maples and pines of jewel- toned luminosity. Among the rides are the Superswing, a Spacewalk and the traditional favourite – a double-decker carousel. City of Digital Lights at i-City is a Malaysian Night Tourism highlight.

Snowalk Spiral and Rainbow slides, a Children’s Adventure Pool, River The first in South East Asia, this 50,000sqft frozen Adventure through LED-lit grottoes and a Wave pool with a environment features 100 tons of ice sculptures shaped by a giant LED screen. team comprising 30 of the best sculptors from Harbin, China. Climate-controlled at below 5 degrees Celsius, with 100mm The most popular, however, is the Tornado Ride. The first in of snow underfoot, Snowalk provides an unforgettable Arctic the ASEAN region, it is the ultimate adrenalin rush. From the experience especially for visitors from the warmer climes. It launch tower, a steep 160ft water tunnel sends four tube- also features a play zone for fun activities such as snowman- raft riders hurtling towards a 7-storey high funnel tilted at a making, ice-sliding and tobogganing. Costing RM10 million, this 45-degree angle. The rafts oscillate four edutainment centre accommodates up to 800 visitors. to six times up both sides of the funnel producing a sensation of WaterWorld weightlessness. When gravity Sprawled over a 10-acre site, WaterWorld at i-City opened reasserts itself, the rafts then its doors to welcome visitors in November 2012. Featuring flow through the funnel water rides ranging from tame to wild in their propensity to bottleneck before splashing provide thrills, WaterWorld at i-City offers hours of aquatic down into the 1350sqft fun for the whole family. The rides include the Giant Jacuzzi, landing pool. 10 FunWorld wonderful in 30,000sqft of Oscar Awards setting. The RM Designed for the family, there is much fun to be had at this 25 million Red Carpet is a Visit Malaysia Year 2014 (VMY) themed attraction. There are arcade games and rides for highlight. tots and teens, a 5D theatre that expands the cinematic experience, a Trick Art Museum, A House of Horror and an All 100 exhibits are drawn from world icons and interactive All-Star wax museum. personalities along six themes, namely World Icons, Celebrities, Sports Stars, World Book of Records, All-Star The Trick Art Museum Cafe and Interactive – some of which are sound and motion Based on the ancient art of Trompe L’oeil, the exhibits automated. tease the mind with optical illusions created by the clever rendering of shadows and subjects that extend beyond the Here, too, visitors are welcome to step up close, to examine picture frame. Five art themes – Masterpieces, Egyptian, and touch the wax figures. You can witness and marvel at the Marine Life, Animal Kingdom and Modern Classics – are uncanny resemblance in skin tones and texture of your idols featured, housed within 8,000sqft of display area on two while the interactive element allows visitors to party with floors. Here, visitors are encouraged to have fun posing for them. pictures with the exhibits.

I-CITY House of Horror D-1-G, Jalan Multimedia 7/AJ, City Park, i-City Ghosts, ghouls, spectres and other denizens of the 40000 Sham Alam, Selangor dark inhabit this 15,000sqft haunted house. Combining Tel: +603 5521 8800 Fax: +603 5521 8810 mechatronics (machine and electronics), Night Art and live E-mail: [email protected] performance, nightmares are brought to life to provide Online Ticketing (i-Ticket) Enquiries: [email protected] spine-chilling entertainment for those brave enough to Website: i-city.my venture within. There are spooky surprises at every turn with the eerie atmosphere heightened by special sound and visual effects.

Red Carpet Opened in August 2013, this is yet another ‘first’ to be introduced by i-City. An interactive waxwork museum, the Red Carpet showcases an All-Star cast bringing together glamour and glitz, power and politics, the strange and

11 KidZania Kuala Lumpur Real-Life Experiences in a Kid-Sized City

A kid-sized city created for and dedicated to children aged 4 - 14, KidZania is an indoor educational and entertainment theme park, which offers an interactive learning and entertainment experience. In an innovative twist, KidZania does not feature any rides or arcade games. Instead, kids will enjoy role-playing and learning at the same time. They can participate in 90 professional role-playing activities of any occupation they desire, be it a firefighter, pilot, artist, chef, surgeon or newscaster in KidZania. These activities are designed to aid physical and intellectual growth and are carried out at 60 establishments, or play areas.

KidZania is globally acclaimed in its concept of providing Essentially the fastest growing educational and entertainment children with a holistic and balanced foundation of brand in the world, KidZania has won entertainment and education. To date, KidZania Kuala Lumpur numerous global awards, having been has inspired more than 250,000 children since it opened in voted ‘Best Theme Park Worldwide’ February 2012. In an innovative approach, KidZania works by The Themed Entertainment with companies and brands as strategic partners in the Association, ‘Top Family delivery of these fun and educational experiences and has Entertainment Centre of the secured record-levels of corporate sponsorship from leading World’ by the International Malaysian and multinational companies. Association of Amusement

12 Parks & Attractions (IAAPA), ‘Global Leisure Operator of the Year’ by Retail and Leisure International and ‘Concept of the Year’ by MAPIC. KidZania is situated next to IKEA, The Curve and IPC in Mutiara Damansara, about 30 minutes’ drive from Kuala Lumpur via LDP.

KidZania – A Globally Acclaimed Concept 2011 - Most Innovative & Leisure Concept Award (Global RLI) 2011 - New Outstanding Product (Korean Management Association Consulting) 2010 - Entrepreneur of the Year Mexico (Ernst & Young, Media Category) 2009 - Best Concept Award (MAPIC) 2009 - Global Leisure Operator Award (Retail & Leisure International) 2007 - Good Design Award (Japanese industrial Design Promotion Organisation) 2006 - Top Family Entertainment Centre (IAAPA – KidZania Monterrey) 2001 - Best New Theme Park (Themed Entertainment Association)

KIDZANIA KUALA LUMPUR Curve NX 18 Jalan PJU 7/5, Mutiara Damansara 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Tel: +1300 88 KIDZ (5439) / +603 2203 9666 (Outside Malaysia) Fax: +603 7839 9488 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kidzania.com.my

Rakan Riang Sdn. Bhd. Rakan Riang Sdn. Bhd. is the Authorised Licensee of KidZania, S.A. de C.V. and a subsidiary of Themed Attractions & Resorts Sdn. Bhd.

13 Sunway Lagoon Five Different Parks in One Amazing Destination

Step inside and you’ll discover a magical kingdom of pure fun and excitement. Experience the wonders of over 80 rides and attractions spread across its 5 parks – Water Park, Amusement Park, Extreme Park, Wildlife Park and Scream Park. This multiple-award-winning attraction is the winner of ‘Asia’s Best Attraction’ by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) from 2007–2010, ‘Asia’s Best Waterpark 2011’ by IAAPA and ‘Best Man-Made Tourist Attraction 2005/2006’ by Tourism Malaysia.

The Water Park has two areas to bring you double the fun. world’s largest water ride, is a sight to behold, as it occupies Waters of Africa is the ultimate land of spills and thrills, with 3,360m (three times of the size of an Olympic standard attractions including the Vuvuzela and the Waterplexx 5D, swimming pool) of the water park. From a launch tower an while Surf Beach is the World’s Largest Man-Made incredible eleven storeys (30m) high, the Vuvuzela plunges Surf Beach. you through a ride that spans 152m, designed to resemble riding rapids on a turbulent river, before Fog, smoke effects, water jets, fountains mercilessly plummeting you into the and mist – all packed into the ultimate, world’s largest water funnel, 22m in diameter multi-sensory journey unlike any the which also sits 4m above the ground. world has ever seen. The Waterplexx 5D is the first of its kind in the world, The Vuvuzela entered the Malaysia Book of a water-based attraction which engages Records in 2013 as the Biggest Water Ride in the rider’s sense of sight, sound and touch. Malaysia. Aside from the Vuvuzela, the Whether it is a pirate’s adventure or an theme park’s very own Waterplexx 5D has also made underwater wonderland, visitors can expect to feel it into the Malaysia Book of Records in 2012 as the first 5D everything they see, from the gust of wind to a powerful gale. Waterplexx in Malaysia. The Vuvuzela, Sunway Lagoon’s latest attraction and the

14 Stretching over 13,000 square meters, the Surf Beach is capable Extreme enthusiasts need not look further for adrenaline of churning out perfectly shaped waves up to the maximum pumping activities. ALL the power packed action can be found height of 8ft. The ability to condition the waves according to the at ONE place – Extreme Park at Sunway Lagoon. So, prepare needs of the surfers in terms of height, time and wave patterns to challenge yourself for the highest, the longest and the make Surf Beach at Sunway Lagoon a surfer’s paradise for both fastest thrills and excitement. Among the highlights include professional and aspiring surfers. Complementing the scenery Asia’s Longest Flying Fox Trail at 206m and G-Force X – Asia’s is the sight and sound of Asia’s Biggest Man-Made Erupting Highest and Fastest Slingshot Ride that goes from 0-120km in 2 Volcano. One of the many hit attractions to hit the shores of seconds and up to 65m in height. the Surf Beach is the FlowRider, Malaysia’s First Surf Simulator. Lynton V. Harris’ Scream Park provides an intense, exhilarating The Amusement Park is made up of the following two themes and live interactive ‘scare’ experience that takes the senses to to wow visitors from all walks of life. Wild Wild West brings new heights of perception by using state-of-the-art audio and visitors back to an old Western cowboy town, while World visual technology as well as live actors. Spread over two floors, of Adventure is where adventure comes alive. Among the Lynton V. Harris’ Scream Park takes the walkthrough scare highlights here are the Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, which is attraction and laser format to ground-breaking proportions one of Malaysia’s Longest Suspension bridges at 428m long, and with Hollywood-style sets and a team of highly specialised and Pirate’s Revenge, Malaysia’s first and only 360-degree rotating trained performers. pirate ship that will swivel you to 24 metres above ground level. SUNWAY LAGOON Wildlife Park @ Sunway Lagoon, Malaysia’s First Interactive 3 Jalan PJS 11/11, Bandar Sunway Zoo, features exotic, small and friendly animals from a range 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor of birds, reptiles and mammals. The zoo’s concept encourages Tel: +603 5639 0000 guests to not only see and learn about the animals but to get Fax: +603 5637 0050 up close and personal by touching them. This first and only fully E-mail: [email protected] interactive animal-themed attraction in Malaysia houses more Website: www.sunwaylagoon.com than 150 species of exotic and tame animals.

15 Wet World Shah Alam Beat the Heat

When the sun is up and the swimming pool is not enough fun, it’s a great idea to make tracks for the Wet World Shah Alam. Facing the scenic Shah Alam Lake, the Wet World Shah Alam is conveniently located in the Klang Valley, which helps to make it one of the most popular recreational spots in Selangor.

The bright colours of the waterpark – red, blue, pink and For team games, more than 10 people can slide down the yellow – scream fun and excitement. The most talked-about open Giant Slide. It’s that wide! More speedy challenges await ride is the exhilarating Monsoon Buster, one of the longest at the Tunnel Water Coaster, a closed ride, and the Big Splash, uphill water coaster rides in Asia! You’ll find yourself a half closed and half open slide. Waiting for you at Neptune’s propelled forward on your floatable for some 200 metres Challenge are 10 floatables and you have to walk across the by water jets. Pure joy! Try it once, and you will be back for water on these floats. Lose your balance and you’ll get a more. Young children accompanied by an adult can also ride dunking, but that’s the fun of a water the Monsoon Buster. game. Getting very wet!

16 Kiddies have their own play area, where the attractions include the WET WORLD WATER PARK SHAH ALAM Seashell Kiddy Slide and the red and yellow Submarine Slide. Some No. 3A, Persiaran Dato’ Menteri, Seksyen 14, of them will be thrilled just splashing about in the pool, or paddling 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor in the Lazy River. You can play until closing time, and really get your Tel: +603 5513 2020 money’s worth at the waterpark. Fax: +603 5510 7619 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.owg.com.my/wetworld.html

17 Wet World Pedas Hot Springs Splish, Splash, in Spring Water

The little town of Pedas in Negeri Sembilan has long been famous for its hot springs. For more than 60 years, people have been going there to enjoy the hot spring water, which contains minerals, and is believed to have healing and therapeutic qualities. Now, there is even more reason to visit Pedas as there is also the Wet World Pedas Hot Springs Waterpark for the whole family to enjoy.

18 Among the attractions at the Wet World Pedas Hot Springs Kembar, the twin slides, offers a thrilling ride down an open Waterpark are the two open-air common pools filled with hot slide before splashing into the pool. The wave pool is another water from the spring. The spring water in the pools is at a fun place, where you can feel the force of the churning waves. temperature of 35 to 46oC, and once you get used to the hot Or simply play around in the wading pool with your friends, or water, you’ll find it very relaxing. For those who prefer privacy, conduct your own water team games. private bathtubs are available. There is also a reflexology footbath, where you walk on a reflexology pebble trail in the You can also camp at the camping site next to the waterpark. water. For additional fun, the waterpark can also arrange dry and wet obstacle races for groups. Prior arrangement is required for The cooled spring water is circulated throughout the camping and additional activities. waterpark, which is set in scenic hilly surroundings and offers hours of fun for families. If you don’t know which water ride to Splish, Splash, try first, why not begin with the Lazy River that winds around WET WORLD PEDAS RESORT the theme park? Just lie back in your colourful floatable, relax Lot 603, Mukim Pedas as you float around the park, and figure out which ride attracts 71400 Pedas, Negeri Sembilan you. The small kids obviously love to be on the Lazy River, Tel: +606 685 8027 imagining themselves in a boat, as their parents push them along. Fax: +606 685 8030 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.owg.com.my/wetworld.html

19 A’ Famosa Resort Animal Safari, Cowboys & Waterpark

Hold tight, as you sit in the caged truck. The Safari Park adventure at A’Famosa is about to begin. This is the only safari park in Malaysia, where you can see wild animals like tigers, lions and sun bears close-up in the open as the truck stops right next to them. But before you get to meet the lions, you have to pass through the rough and bumpy Jungle Area and cross Crocodile River. Yes, there are really crocodiles in the water!

20 The tigers, lions and sun bears roam in their own areas, and are Here are food outlets serving local and western food, a pub, beer prevented from escaping by electrified fencing. Also in the Safari garden, live bands, karaoke, disco and a children’s park. Showtime Park is the Herbivore Area, where Barbary sheep, deer, camels, in the public square features cowboys and Apaches in stunt zebras and ostriches roam freely in the open while the giraffes acts and trick horse riding. It’s exciting to see the performers munch happily on fresh leaves from the trees. Again, the truck standing on the bare back of the galloping horses. After the stops close to these animals for you to get a good look. show, visitors can try their hand at archery.

With more than 100 animal species, the 150-acre The Water World is another popular attraction. Animal World Safari promises great fun and Set in a 20-acre landscaped area, the excitement. Besides the Safari Park, there are waterpark features a Wave Pool, Lazy River fascinating and entertaining Multi-animal, Elephant tube ride, the very popular Family Raft Ride, High and Bird shows. To add to the adventure, you Speed Slides and Wild Waterslides with high-speed can enjoy elephant, camel and pony rides. In the bends, loops and twists. Younger children have their Walk-Through Area are Tanzanian flamingos, black and own Tots Activity Pool with mini slides, water sprays and white swans, Australian Bennett wallabies, North American Aladdin’s Arabian Village. raccoons and the Malaysian black and white tapirs. And that’s not all. There is a range of sports and recreational There is also a dairy farm with a herd of cows, and in the Farm activities including horse riding, kite flying, woodball, cycling, House are fluffy chicks, kittens, puppies, ducks and chicken. On tennis, basketball, indoor games, fishing, jungle trekking and Monkey Island are brown lemurs, squirrel monkeys, capuchins, golf in one of the top golf courses in Malaysia. Accommodation white-handed gibbons and red-handed tamarinds, and visitors can is available in the A’Famosa Resort Hotel, bungalows and the get to the island on a motor raft. Condotel, and for getting around, the internal shuttle service is convenient. The Wild Wild West Show, starring cowboys and Apaches on horseback shooting at each other in an old frontier town A’ FAMOSA RESORT setting, is like a scene from the movies, and provides hilarious Jalan Kemus, Simpang Empat entertainment for the whole family. In the evening, Cowboy Town 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka comes alive. Tel: +606 552 0888 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.afamosa.com 21 LEGOLAND A World of Discovery!

LEGOLAND® Malaysia is packed full of family fun with more than 40 rides, shows and attractions. With seven themed areas of attractions for all ages, it’s an inspirational land where the children are the heroes.

See the world in an amazing new way in MINILAND, the Get creative in IMAGINATION and create your own LEGO® centrepiece of every LEGOLAND® Park. More than 30 Models at the Build & Test corner. Next, get on board million LEGO® bricks were used to recreate some of Asia’s the DUPLO® Express for a train ride around DUPLO® best known landmarks in detailed miniature. The whole of Playtown, an interactive playground with farm, hospital, slides MINILAND is animated, and guests – big and small – can and more, before getting on the Observation Tower. Enjoy the bring the models to life at the touch of a button. adventure of fascinating 4D features at the LEGO® Studios 4D and prove your strength to gain a beautiful view over the park at the Kids Power Tower.

22 Discover the high speed rides for the brave and the exciting Shipyard is an adventure paradise for climbers and crawlers. See LEGO® workshops for the young at LEGO® TECHNIC. Build all the sights of the park aboard a life size LEGO® train called educational LEGO® models in the LEGO® Academy. Control the LEGOLAND® Express and lift off together in a LEGO® how crazy your ride will be in Technic Twister and take a wild aeroplane and control exactly how high you go at the LEGO® ride on a steep switchback track at Project X. Next, visit the City Airport. LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, a creative workshop where budding robot builders can bring the future to life, before getting LEGOLAND® Water Park is the first in Asia and the largest yourself splashed at the Aquazone Wave Racers. LEGOLAND® Water Park in the world. With more than 20 unique water-based rides and over 70 LEGO® models in a Transport yourself to the age of myth and legend in LEGO® fully LEGO themed environment, the Water Park is the only KINGDOMS. Explore the multi-level romp through a treetop attraction here which can be enjoyed either on its own as a hideaway at the The Forestmen’s Hideout. Castle Stage Journey stand-alone attraction or in combination with the Theme Park. takes you back to the age of damsels and dragons, while Dragon’s Apprentice has all the thrills of a rollercoaster for the The Water Park’s highlights include Build-A-Raft River and the park’s younger guests. Indulge in a classic medieval contest in Joker Soaker. The Build-A-Raft River is a unique concept where the saddle of a LEGO® horse at the Royal Joust, and meet a children can customise their own raft with LEGO soft bricks fire-breathing dragon through the Middle Ages in The Dragon before floating down a lazy river, while the Joker Soaker is a Ride. fun interactive play structure where children can aim water cannons at one another. Get ready to play an adventure hero in Lost Kingdom, a laser- blasting hunt for lost treasure. Beetle Bounce gives children LEGOLAND® Malaysia the bounce of their lives, nearly 15 feet above the ground. Get 7 Jalan LEGOLAND the thrill of your life at the Pharaoh’s Revenge, before joining a thrilling journey to the peak of a forgotten volcano at Dino’s Bandar Medini, Iskandar Malaysia Island. 79250, Nusajaya, Johor Tel: +607 597 8888 (Mon–Sun, 8.30am–5.30pm) LEGO® CITY is where the children can captain a boat or Fax: +607 597 8804 drive a car. Junior Driving School Single pedal cars give smaller E-mail: [email protected] children the LEGOLAND® Driving School experience, while Website: www.legoland.my Boating School would-be captains can take the wheel of their very own battery powered boat. LEGO® City Stage features an interactive show where staying safe becomes fun, while The

23 Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park Playtime Comes to Life!

Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park is a four-storey indoor theme park located along Puteri Boulevard on the water’s edge in Puteri Harbour. Made up of three theme parks – LAT’s Place, SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN and The Little Big Club – it is designed to give visitors a series of unique experiences, excitement and fun through globally loved characters from LAT, Sanrio and The Hit Entertainment.

SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN Kitty cookie decorating are just some of the interactive SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN, the first Hello Kitty theme activities that visitors will enjoy; and Friendship Land with park outside of Japan, consists of various walk-through its playground, tea cup rides and a studio to capture that attractions, interactive activities and rides which follow the unforgettable photo keepsake with Hello Kitty and friends. Hello Kitty theme.

Key features include Black Wonder, a high-tech interactive SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN at Puteri Harbour Family experience, and Kitty House, an iconic Hello Kitty house. Theme Park is only one of two places in the world that give Also featured are the Purrfect stage where Hello Kitty and children an opportunity to visit and play with Hello Kitty. her friends entertain visitors with live performances; Wishful Studio where costume dress up, jewellery making and Hello

24 THE LITTLE BIG CLUB® Kids will love Pingu®’s highly themed attraction customised Bob the Builder®, Barney & Friends®, Angeline Ballerina®, games such as Whack-a-Fish, Water Blaster and Fish with Pingu. Pingu® and Thomas & Friends® are five immensely popular global Visitors will also enjoy the sensory learning wall, and snowboard characters you’ll meet in one place – The Little Big Club®. It is ride and simulator. the first time in the world that all five characters are housed in a single theme park. Thomas & Friends® offers multiple rides including character themed classic bumper cars, the Berti Crazy Bus Ride, Rocky’s Kids can sing-along with Barney and enjoy performances by the Hopper Ride and Toby’s Favourite Windmill Ride. Visitors can world’s most loved purple dinosaur and his Friends in a play set also visit the Sir Topham Hatts Play Station and Thomas &Friends just like the one on the popular children’s show. Imagination Station. Another highlight is Angelina’s Camembert Academy featuring interactive games and touch play screens for Angelina Ballerina® PUTERI HARBOUR FAMILY THEME PARK fans where they can play games and learn fun dance moves in a Persiaran Puteri Selatan, Puteri Harbour dance class led by computer-generated images (CGI) of Angelina 79000 Nusajaya, Johor Ballerina and her friends. Tel:+1 300 88 FAMILY (326459) +603 2203 9668 (Outside Malaysia) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.latsplace.com.my, www.playtime.com.my

25 Wet World Batu Pahat Johor’s Water Attraction

It’s a colourful world at the only waterpark in Johor, the Wet World Batu Pahat. Built around the town’s famous Merdeka Lake, the waterpark spreads over a 44-acre landscaped park.

Shrieks and laughter from children and adults greet you as After all the excitement of the water rides, it’s time to take it you enter the park. Everyone is having enormous fun playing easy and relax in the swirling waters of the Jacuzzi. For those in the water. The Wave Pool is definitely one of the biggest with lots of leg energy, they may want to try the paddleboats attractions. Both young and old seem to love hanging out on and paddle around in the lake. There is also an area where the Wave Pool beach, waiting for the waves to rush up and ducks, swans and ostriches are kept, which will surely interest splash over them. It’s even more fun to jump into a yellow or the children. With activities for everyone to enjoy, whatever red floatable and ride the waves, as many people are doing. the age group, it’s no wonder the Wet World Batu Pahat is a favourite destination in Johor. For more challenges, do try the Covered Slide and the Giant Slide, and allow yourself to rush through the twists and turns WET WORLD BATU PAHAT VILLAGE RESORT on a jet of water. Small children can also enjoy themselves at Lot MLO 138 & Lot PTD 11383 the Wet World Batu Pahat as there are special water areas Mukim Simpang Kanan V designed for their needs. Daerah Batu Pahat 83000 Batu Pahat, Johor Tel: +607 433 6060 Fax: +607 433 6161 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.owg.com.my/wetworld.html

26 Angry Birds Activity Park First Indoor Angry Birds Activity Park in Asia

Visitors to Johor Bahru can now enjoy another attraction – the exciting Angry Birds Activity Park. Enjoy the experience as this popular online game comes alive. It is the first-of-its-kind in Asia!

Your favourite game comes alive! Kids and adults alike who are ANGRY BIRDS ACTIVITY PARK ardent followers of the Angry Birds game will be delighted to Level 3, KOMTAR JBCC visit the Angry Birds Activity Park, situated in the premises of Johor Bahru City Centre KOMTAR JBCC. Spanning 26,000 square feet, the park offers a 80000 Johor Bahru great variety of games and attractions such as the Danger Zone, Johor Utopia, Classic and South Beach. Don’t forget to drop by at the Tel: +607 221 0260 / 300 5090 Angry Bird shop for souvenirs. Open daily from 10am to 10pm. E-mail: [email protected] Website: angrybirdsactivitypark.my

Bukit Gambang Resort City Fun-Filled Water & Land Adventure

Bukit Gambang Resort City (BGRC) is an integrated resort city built on the concept of ‘natural- preservation, historic theme and local culture’, offering multiple attractions to its visitors. It is just 2 ½ hours’ drive or 218km from Kuala Lumpur, with easy access via the East Coast Expressway and only 35km from Kuantan.

Bukit Gambang Resort Water Park is the first water park in For the more adventurous, the curls and twirls of the Crystal, Malaysia’s East Coast - and probably the largest in Malaysia Galaxy and Canopy slides will undoubtedly provide endless - offering non-stop fun and excitement in an area spanning fun for all. Kids will love Penguin Island. Surrounded by the across 60 acres. Among the unique and fascinating attractions Glacier River, which features the Journey of Ice, a cool tunnel available include a manmade 20-acre lake with breathtaking tube ride, Penguin Island houses the first-of-its-kind Aqua views, suitable for a wide variety of fun water sports, a Play and several children slides – all built to international 25,000sqft wave pool with 8 modes of waves, offering a whale safety standards. The young-at-heart will love the adrenaline of a time, the longest family raft ride, the amazing 6-lane rush from all our water slides at Tree Top Hill. If you’re into Racer Slide with a timing scoreboard and a dedicated island relaxation, just float around in our glacier river and take in for children. the view. What’s best about the attractions in Bukit Gambang Water Park is that that every adult ride here comes with its own kid-sized version.

28 Carrying a pocketful of money while you’re trying to have fun is a real party BUKIT GAMBANG RESORT CITY pooper. Wouldn’t it be great if everything is charged electronically to your 26300 Gambang, Pahang account instead? You’ll be able to do just that at Bukit Gambang Water Park. Tel: +609 548 8000 Utilising what is known as the first-of-its-kind e-value system in Malaysia, all Fax: +609 548 6888 transactions are automatically deducted from a prepaid wristband. Just walk E-mail: [email protected] up to the nearest F & B outlet, pick out your favourite item and pay for it Website: www.bgrc.com.my with your pre-loaded wristband. Now that’s real convenience for you.

29 Berjaya Hills French-Style Village

Fancy going to a quaint French-style village without having to leave Malaysia? Head for Colmar Tropicale at the Berjaya Hills, a new hill destination in Pahang with a variety of unique themed attractions. As the car goes up the mountain road to about 2,600 feet, you can catch the first glimpse of Colmar Tropicale nestling among the green pine trees, looking like a castle from a storybook. Colmar Tropicale is a charming reproduction of a French village dating back to the 16th century in the Alsace region of France.

Visitors walk across a wooden drawbridge to the entrance or soap at the workshop. Visitors can also enjoy various of Colmar Tropicale, just like going into a castle in the olden activities, including karaoke, board games, swimming, treasure days. Look up and you can see a tower designed after the hunt and telematch. Don’t forget to take lots of photos at the Riquewihr Tower in Alsace, with a cuckoo clock at the top. picturesque Colmar Tropicale. The kids just love to see the wooden cuckoo come out as the clock chimes every 15 minutes and on the hour. Another attraction is the Rabbit Park, a firm favourite with kids who just love to cuddle the rabbits. Even adults will Inside Colmar Tropicale is a cobblestone street with colourful be charmed by the sight of dozens of white, brown and Colmar-style buildings on either side housing a hotel and grey rabbits hopping about in the park. Donkey rides and food outlets. Further up the village street, Colmar Square children’s archery are also available here. features a fountain, a wishing well, and a viewing tower. You can walk up to the top of the tower and get a scenic view Higher up Berjaya Hills at about 3,500 feet above sea level of the surrounding hills. Afterwards, relax on a park bench is the authentic wooden Japanese Tea House, the first in a before enjoying a meal in the hotel coffeehouse or at the tropical rainforest. It is a pleasure to take a leisurely stroll sidewalk deli. Later, you can browse around in the shops in the serene landscaped Japanese Garden, where colourful that offer a variety of products such as gift items, handicraft, koi swim around in the fish pond set amongst lush mountain pewter, wines and batik, and watch a candle and soap-making plants. For tea lovers, a Japanese Tea Ceremony can be demonstration at La Lavande, or make your own candles 30 experienced, with kimonos available for rent. The Tatami Spa badminton, squash, snooker, table tennis, a gym, archery and offers a range of Japanese spa treatments. paintball tag.

Nearby is the Botanical Garden, where the colourful temperate Berjaya Hills has something for everyone in the family to flowers and the exotic tropical plants will surely attract much enjoy. Hotel accommodation is available at Colmar Tropicale, interest. Night adventure activity, night walk and jungle trekking the Berjaya Hills Golf & Country Club, Meranti Park Suites, can be experienced at the Botanical Garden. and the upscale Japanese-style Sakura and Ume Tatami Suites in the Japanese Garden, which afford fantastic views of the Besides visiting these attractions, there are plenty of sports surrounding peaks. activities to enjoy such as horse-riding at the Stable. The Berjaya COLMAR TROPICALE, BERJAYA HILLS Hills Golf & Country Club offers an 18-hole international KM48, Persimpangan Bertingkat Lebuhraya Karak standard golf course, a driving range, a bowling alley, tennis, 28750 Bukit Tinggi Bentong, Pahang Tel: +609 221 3666 Fax: +609 221 3828 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.colmartropicale.com.my

31 Genting Highlands Thrills & Non-Stop Enter tainment

The fun never seems to stop at Genting – City of Entertainment, perched on the top of Genting Highlands, and reachable by road or cable car. Its attractions include First World Indoor Theme Park, SnowWorld, Sky Venture, Genting Bowl, Vision City dan Funtasy World Video Games Park. In the evening, catch spectacular performances at the Genting international Showroom or Pavilion, be it a thrilling magic show or an ice-skating extravaganza, or shop at the First World Plaza, play games and feast on a wide range of delicious food.

The sparkling, exciting First World Plaza indoor theme park In Genting’s Venice, you can cruise on a canal in the Venice cum shopping complex features a series of fun rides and Gondola Ride, before hopping over to London to ride on the six themed areas from around the world – France (Champs Ferris Wheel beside the mini Big Ben. Round the corner are Elysee), England (London), Italy (Venice), America (Times Universal Walk, Times Square, and replicas of the Statue of Square and Universal Walk), Switzerland (Swiss Alps) and Liberty and the Oscar. France is represented by a mini Eiffel Malaysia (Genting Walk). Featuring three main thrill rides Tower and a mini Arc de Triomphe. The suspended overhead – Space Odyssey, Disco Bumper and the Motion Master rides such as the Euro Express, Reindeer Cruiser, Rio Float Simulator that manoeuvres around sharp turns and dives and the Monorail provide an excellent bird’s eye view of the into deep gorges – the indoor theme park also offers a rich bustling First World indoor theme park that extends over variety of skill games and video games that can be enjoyed four levels. until late at night.

32 With a Swiss Alps theme, the Snow World features a log cabin, an You and your friends can next have a friendly competition at igloo, toboggan slides and snow play area. It is cold in here, so do the 28-lane Genting Bowl, or at the Q-bowl, where the game is remember to wear warm clothing, but it’ll be fun riding on the similar to pool. More entertainment awaits at the Funtasy World toboggan! Children will surely love the Rainforest Splash Pool video arcade and the Cineplex. With 48 retail and 52 food / drinks even though it is cold outside, as the pool is filled with warm outlets at the First World Plaza, there will never be a dull moment. water.

RESORTS WORLD GENTING For the adventurous, are you ready to fly? The First World Plaza Genting Highlands also boasts the Genting Sky Venture, the only free fall skydiving 69000 Pahang simulator in Asia, and to challenge you further is the Genting Tel: +603 6101 1118 Fax: +603 6101 1888 X-pedition Wall, an international-standard rock-climbing wall E-mail: [email protected] stretching 10–15 metres in height, and with a six-metre overhang. Website: www.rwgenting.com Then get ready to scream on the Haunted Adventure funicular train that goes up a 45-degree slope to the Horror House or be amazed by the unique and bizarre exhibits at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum.

33 Bukit Merah Laketown Resort Discover Orang Utan Island

A must-see at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort is Orang Utan Island, the only Orang Utan sanctuary in Peninsular Malaysia that is home to 11 Borneo Orang Utans of different ages. These Orang Utans live and breed on the island as part of a rehabilitation and preservation programme in the forest on the island. From the resort jetty, visitors take a relaxing 10-minute boat ride on the calm and scenic 7,000-acre lake to Orang Utan Island. Waiting to greet visitors as the boat docks is Atan, a 7-year- old Orang Utan, with his handler. Photos of Atan and the other Orang Utans adorn the walls of the waiting area by the island jetty.

A short walk leads to a tunnel cage at the edge of the are gibbons, macaques and, peeping from among the bushes, rainforest. Enter this cage and there you can see the Orang numerous gentle squirrel monkeys that love peanuts. In the Utans climbing, swinging about and feeding on fresh fruit last enclosure, the iguanas are crawling on the boardwalk in their natural habitat. This is an amazing, unforgettable looking for the best place to sun themselves. There is also a experience! snake house.

From Orang Utan Island, visitors continue by boat to the The entertaining Animal Show, staged Eco Park, where there are three main enclosures to house four times daily, is another must-see birds, primates and reptiles. In the bird enclosure, colourful and it features performances by South American parrots will eat sunflower seeds from your parrots, raptors and hornbills. hand, and you can come real close to the free flying birds, Not to be missed is The including parakeets, yellow canaries and white cockatoos Skycycle, an elevated monorail from Australia. Among the primates in the next enclosure through the tree canopy.

34 The only way to move the bright yellow car is to turn the The fun continues in the Games & Shopping Arcade, where pedals with your hands! Here, you are at the same level as the there are games with prizes to be won, video game challenges treetops and looking down, you can see chickens, goats and and souvenirs to buy. You can also experience guided jungle deer on the ground. It is a fun way to explore the rainforest. trekking by day or by night, go fishing and enjoy water sports and lake cruises. To get to the waterpark, the best way is the Chairlift ride that transports you high over the water park for some breathtaking views of the resort. This is the only such ride in Malaysia, and BUKIT MERAH LAKETOWN RESORT you can see the different water rides waiting for you to enjoy. Jalan Bukit Merah, There are 10 water attractions in Laketown Waterpark, and 34400 Semanggol, Perak the newest ride is the V-shaped `Boomerang’, the only one in Tel: +605 890 8888 Malaysia and Southeast Asia, where riders slide down from a Fax: +605 890 8000 height of 35 feet. The Giant Wet Bubble offers tremendous fun, E-mail: [email protected] as do the Tube and Body Slides, Lazy River and the Giant Wave Website: www.bukitmerahresort.com.my Pool. Small children have their own fun pool.

35 Lost World of Tambun Fun and Adventure Amidst Nature The Lost World of Tambun is an action-packed, exciting adventure with the most thrilling rides and attractions. Whether it’s a weekend of mayhem oozing with family fun or a burst of eco-adventure that you’re looking for, the Lost World of Tambun has it all. The Water Park offers exhilarating water rides for everyone! Beach Garden. Refresh with a musical shower at the Musical At the River & Beach garden, you can find a perfectly Body Wash before heading off to the Sandy Bay for an intense landscaped beach, surrounded by 20 feet twin waterfalls with game of volleyball with friends and family or just a relaxing two rivers flowing into the pool. Hit the waves at the Jungle time soaking in the sun. Wave Pool, Malaysia’s biggest wave pool, at the Waterfall

36 Get ready for a wet world of fun in the kids-only zone, Kid’s Make sure you also try the Adventure Express, where you can sit Explorabay, specially designed for little ones. Fully supervised, back and let this ancient locomotive take you and your family on the Explorabay boasts special smaller slides and a large, wet, a journey past majestic ruins, surging waters and wild tigers. interactive play area with giant tipping buckets, water cannons, spraying elephants, water curtains and fountains. Top this off with Watch the tigers roar, play and feed while learning more about a pirate ship ride and your little pirates will come back looking them at the Tiger Valley! Meet Sultan, Raima, Putra, Jazz and Azian for more! – Lost World of Tambun’s very own Siberian tigers. Catch them and their handlers at play and observe their agility and strength Designed for thrill-seeking adults and teenagers, the Cliff Racer as they jump over rocks and logs to get to their meals during injects a boost of adrenaline when your mine cart flies - Indiana the tiger feeding shows. Learn a little bit about how the tigers Jones style - straight down the speed-coaster at maximum speed! are cared for through the valley’s educational program where Just when you think you will stop and fly through the jungle you will be able to get up close and personal with one of these canopy, the day is saved and your tube rocks gently down to exquisite beasts. earth with the flowing water and strategically rises at the end of the slide. While you’re at the wet park, don’t miss going on the If that’s not enough, take a walk on the wild side at our Petting longest inflatable tube ride in Malaysia. With four different slides Zoo and meet some of the zoo’s favourites – Ruby the Raccoon, to try, the Tube Raiders is a family-favourite as you wind your way Nia the Python and Wira the Green Macaw. Set within a large down from the top of the giant slides. area of 80,000 square feet and framed by the lush rainforest backdrop of the Monkey Valley, the Petting Zoo’s environment If you’re looking for a more relaxing water ride, try soaring on is created as close to nature as possible. Kids are able to feed, the Adventure River. Sit back and relax as you gently float around touch and play with an assortment of tame animals in their in the 600-metre-long river, passing the naturally-beautiful caves natural habitats including rabbits, tortoises, deers and black-eared and out-of-the-world water features. Anticipate a little surprise marmosets. along the way though, as you will be greeted with waves along the way, so make sure you hold on to that tube! LOST WORLD OF TAMBUN After having a whale of a time at the Water Park, dry off and No. 1, Persiaran Lagun Sunway 1 try the dry rides next at the Amusement Park. Take a ‘flight’ and Sunway City Ipoh enjoy the scenery while you dry off on the Dragon Flights ride, as 31150 Ipoh, Perak you get swung in the air in this thrilling swing-chair ride, before Tel: +605 542 8888 Fax: +605 542 8899 you sail over to the Stormrider, a pirate boat which swings you E-mail: [email protected] 180 degrees for some spine-tingling excitement. Website: www.sunwaylostworldoftambun.com After playing explorer at the Water Park, get your little ones to cool down on the Perak Parade carousel, before going on the Giddy Galleon for a perfect family ride away from the water. 37 The Carnivall Water & Land of Excitement

Enjoy the best of both worlds at The Carnivall, the northern region’s latest adventure playground. Located within the Cinta Sayang Golf & Country Resort in Sungai Petani, Kedah, this seven-hectare water and land theme park is packed with thrilling rides and fun attractions.

38 Imagine shooting up a 10-metre wall at a 60 degrees angle And there’s more. Walk down the Street of Happenings, meet and then screaming yourself hoarse while plunging down at the clowns or win yourself some prizes at the Carnivall Games. high speeds – if that’s your idea of fun, then you’ll love the After all that excitement, head for the Carnival Delights and Water Coaster, the park’s top attraction. There’s also the Wild unwind at its tropical gardens. Take in the park’s rustic Balinese River, where you begin at a tower 15 metres high and then designs as you savour the tasty local and international delights race down a 140-metre open water slide, twisting and turning served here. Not-to-be-missed is the famous Carnival Ice before splashing into the pool below. Next, have splashing time, Cream, an assortment of flavours served in freshly made surfing the waves or swimming at the Wave Cove. waffles. Delicious!

Take a breather and float along the 300-metre long River of Stop by and gather for a photo or two at the Fountain of Fun Adventure, relaxing as you soak in the atmosphere. After that, before you call it a day. To help you plan for your next visit, hop on the nearby Discovery Island for hours of enjoyment at swing by the Gallery of Happenings to catch up on the latest the Jungle Playground, Bubble Bay, The Sand Pit, The River Bar promotions plus upcoming events. and Kiddies Cove, a shallow pool specially designed for children with miniature slides and an activity area. THE CARNIVAL For the energetic and sporty, The Carnivall offers the Family Cinta Sayang Golf & Country Resort Bungee, where you can get a taste of bungee jumping with Persiaran Cinta Sayang exciting aerial twists and flips on this unique trampoline or 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah make a beeline for the Sports Park and Group Garden to enjoy Tel: +604 441 4666 (12 lines) Fax: +604 441 5600 exciting activities, good company and great food. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cintasayangresort.com

39 Monsopiad Cultural Village Exotic Kadazan Culture

Some 300 years ago, in a village in Penampang, Sabah, there lived a great Kadazan warrior named Monsopiad. So great was his power that no enemy could defeat him. During his lifetime, in order to protect his village, Monsopiad took the heads of 42 enemies.

40 Today, the 6th and 7th generation descendants of Monsopiad still also famous for their dances, and you can join in the dancing live on their ancestral land by the scenic Moyog River. And in during the performance. memory of the great Monsopiad, they have built the Monsopiad Cultural Village, a fascinating authentic showcase of the rich and In the House of Skulls can be seen the skulls of the 42 enemies ancient culture of the Kadazans that goes back a long time in slain by Monsopiad. Also displayed are items used by the history. Bobohizans, the high priestesses, who occupy an important place in the Kadazan community. The Bobohizans continue to look The Kadazans are part of the Kadazandusun community, the after the skulls according to old customs and traditions. biggest ethnic group in Sabah. The Monsopiad Cultural Village has been built with traditional materials used by the Kadazandusun So vivid are the stories told by the Kadazan guide that one can people for centuries, such as jungle logs, palm leaves and bamboo. feel the presence of Monsopiad. Finally, as a fitting tribute to a After a warm greeting by your Kadazan host at the entrance to great Kadazan warrior, you can follow the guide and trek up the Monsopiad Cultural Village and a welcome drink of ‘tapai’ (rice- hill to view the grave of the mighty Monsopiad. wine), you can see the various daily activities in a Kadazan village. Here, everyone wears the traditional black Kadazan attire. Other attractions are the Kadazan wedding ceremony staged every Saturday in December, and the 40-minute Moyog River A big attraction is the replica of Monsopiad’s house, sitting on the cruise in a ‘lipa lipa’ boat to Sodomon Jetty, during which you original site, and raised off the ground. You climb up a log with can see rice fields, birds and the mystical Mount Kinabalu in the steps cut into it to reach the bamboo landing before entering the distance. spacious house. MONSOPIAD CULTURAL VILLAGE The Kadazans cultivate rice, and it is impressive to see the Kampung Kuai Kandazon rhythmic pounding of rice in a wooden mortar by two young Penampang girls, as the long, carved wooden stick is heavy! You can have P.O. Box 153 a go at pounding rice, if you like. The rice is then stored in a 89458 Tanjung Aru, Sabah big ‘tangkob’ or rice bin. Kadazan villagers also brew rice wine Tel: +6088 774 337 and make sago from the sago palm. The men make bamboo fish Fax: +6088 761 680 traps, machetes, gongs and blowpipes. The women weave cloth E-mail: [email protected] and mats, do embroidery and beadwork, and make ‘sirung’ (the Website: www.monsopiad.com conical hat) and ‘tadang’ (the carrier basket). The Kadazans are

41 Sarawak Cultural Village Step into a Longhouse

Shoot blowpipe darts like a true Penan, walk across the narrow bamboo bridge, gape at real skulls in the Iban House, climb up the Melanau Tall House… all these fun and adventurous activities, and more, await you at the fascinating Sarawak Cultural Village near Kuching.

42 Exotic Sarawak is famous for her many ethnic groups such Built above ground, the Iban Longhouse has a notched log as Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Melanau, Penan, Malay and serving as a staircase to the house. Several individual family Chinese, who traditionally live in different parts of this huge rooms front the common walkway in an Iban Longhouse. In state. To visit their traditional settlements would take many each unit, enemy skulls in a net hang from the rafters, as the days. Fortunately, at the Sarawak Cultural Village situated at Ibans were fierce head-hunters in the olden days. An Iban the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the interesting lady can be seen weaving the traditional ‘pua’ on a back-strap cultures of all these people can be experienced in one place. loom while others make the intricate beaded collar and the tasty ‘kuih jala’. The first stop is the Bidayuh Longhouse. In the Barok – the head-house of the Bidayuhs – traditional gongs, war The Penan Hut is very small and simple, as Penans are drums and bamboo musical instruments are displayed. In nomadic people who live in the dense virgin forests of one of the longhouse dwellings, sitting by the window is Central Borneo. They use the blowpipe for hunting, and a a master carver expertly carving an intricate design on a Penan warrior would be happy to show you how to make a length of bamboo – free hand! Outside, two Bidayuh ladies blowpipe, all by hand, and shoot with it. The Penans are also in traditional black outfits are busy pounding and winnowing very skilful at making decorations from soft wood. rice, while another demonstrates the art of weaving fine bamboo strips into beautiful baskets. You can try your hand The Kayan, the Kenyah, the Kelabit, the Lun Bawang and the at these activities. For some adventure, don’t forget to walk other minor tribes of Sarawak are known as the Orang Ulu. across the narrow bamboo bridge, just wide enough for one On the verandah of the imposing Orang Ulu Longhouse, the person. Feel the bridge bend and sway under your weight, Orang Ulu musician plays a beautiful melody on the ‘sape’, a and imagine rushing water below. stringed musical instrument. The ladies are famous for their intricate beadwork, which is demonstrated in the longhouse.

43 The Melanau people traditionally lived near the sea and The Chinese farmhouse is a simple wooden house built on as a means to protect themselves from the pirates, their the ground with trodden earth for a floor, whitewashed houses are built 40 feet above the ground! At the Melanau plank walls and a thatched ‘attap’ roof. The interior consists Tall House, you need to climb up a long ladder to enter of an open kitchen, dining and living sections, and a storage the wooden house. Outside the house is a Melanau carved area for valuables such as bicycles or agricultural machinery totem pole, traditionally used to bury the village headmen. as well as sectioned-off bedrooms. The household shrine is In a small house, a Melanau lady is demonstrating the art of a focal point in the living area, while the doorpost is often making sago pearls and crispy sago biscuits, from grating the pasted with pieces of red paper bearing auspicious words to sago palm trunk to roasting the finished product. You can also bring luck to or divine protection for the family. Outside the try your hand at grating the sago palm trunk. house is a pepper garden, one of Sarawak’s signature crops.

The traditional Malay house is a wooden house built on After exploring the houses in Sarawak Cultural Village, sit stilts. The windows are cut down to floor level for maximum back and enjoy dance performances of the tribes in the ventilation, allowing cool breeze into the house. High artistic air-conditioned theatre. Among them is the spectacular Iban skills can be witnessed in the beautifully-decorated stairs Ngajat Lesong, where an Iban warrior demonstrates the and window railings, fascia boards under the eaves and the extraordinary strength of his teeth by dancing with a 20kg ventilation grills above or beside doorways. You can join in mortar clamped in this mouth. To complete the Sarawak the many traditional Malay games being demonstrated here, cultural experience, savour some Sarawakian food at the including ‘gasing’ and ‘congkak’. restaurant and pick up some souvenirs at the handicraft shop.

SARAWAK CULTURAL VILLAGE Pantai Damai, Santubong, P.O. Box 2632, 93752 Kuching, Sarawak Tel: +6082 846 411 Fax: +6082 846 988 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.scv.com.my

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TOURISM MALAYSIA OFFICES HEAD OFFICE Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia) 9th Floor, No. 2, Tower 1, Jalan P5/6, Precinct 5, 62200 Putrajaya, Malaysia • Tel: 603 8891 8000 • Tourism Infoline: 1 300 88 5050 (within Malaysia only) • Fax: 603 8891 8999 MALAYSIA AT A GLANCE E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.malaysia.travel

LOCAL REGIONAL OFFICE FRANCE KOREA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CENTRAL REGION Paris Seoul Dubai COUNTRY WORKING DAYS (Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya) 29 rue des Pyramides, 75001 Paris, France (2nd Hansan Bldg., Seosomun-dong) Lot 3, Ground Floor (facing Zabeel Road) The federation of Malaysia comprises Peninsular Malaysia, which is made up Most states observe Monday to Friday as working days while Saturday and Kuala Lumpur Tel: 00 33 1 429 741 71 115, Seosomun-Ro, Chung-Gu Al Safeena Building, Oud Mehta Level 2, MATIC New Building Fax: 00 33 1 429 741 69 Seoul 100-813, Republic of Korea Near Lamcy Plaza of 11 states, three Federal Territories as well as the states of Sabah and Sunday are rest days. In the states of Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and 109, Jalan Ampang E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 82 2779 4422 / 4251 P.O Box 124096, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Sarawak situated in Borneo. Terengganu, working days are from Sunday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday 50450 Kuala Lumpur Fax: 00 82 2779 4254 Tel: 00 971 4337 7578 / 7579 Tel: 603 2161 0166 / 0312 / 0328 / 0348 GERMANY E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 971 4335 3318 are observed as rest days. This applies to government o ces and many Fax: 603 2161 0049 Frankfurt Website: www.mtpb.co.kr E-mail: [email protected] CAPITAL CITY private establishments. E-mail: [email protected] Weissfrauenstrasse 12 - 16 D-60311, Frankfurt am Main, Germany NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM Kuala Lumpur SOUTHERN REGION Tel: 00 49 69 460 923 420 The Hague London BANKING HOURS (Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor) Fax: 00 49 69 460 923 499 c/o Embassy of Malaysia 57 Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DU Johor E-mail: [email protected] Rustenburgweg 2 United Kingdom GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION In most states, banks are open from Monday to Friday from 9.15 am to 4.30 No 50C, 1st & 2nd Floor, Bangunan KPMNJ Website: www.tourismmalaysia.de 2517 KE The Hague, Netherlands Tel: 00 44 2 079 307 932 Lying 2º to 7º north of the Equator, Peninsular Malaysia is separated from pm. In Kelantan and Terengganu, banks are closed on Friday and Saturday. Jalan Segget, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor Tel: 00 31 70 350 6506 Fax: 00 44 2 079 309 015 Tel: 607 222 3590 / 3591 HONG KONG Fax: 00 31 70 350 6536 E-mail: [email protected] Sabah and Sarawak by the South China Sea. The Peninsular shares a Check the websites of the relevant banks for details on operating hours and Fax: 607 223 5502 Ground Floor, Malaysia Building Visiting O ce: common border with Thailand in the north, while its southern neighbour is rest days. Online banking services are available. E-mail: [email protected] 47-50 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Zeestraat 52, 2518 AB The Hague, Netherlands UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel: 00 85 2 2528 5810 / 5811 Tel: 00 31 70 762 2200 Los Angeles Singapore. Sabah and Sarawak share a common border with Indonesia NORTHERN REGION Fax: 00 85 2 2865 4610 E-mail: [email protected] 818 West 7th Street, Suite 970 (Perak, Penang, Kedah, Perlis) E-mail: [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90017 while Sarawak also shares a border with Brunei Darussalam. POST OFFICES Website: www.tourismmalaysia.com.hk United States of America Penang NEW ZEALAND Tel: 00 1 213 689 9702 Post o ces are open from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm daily except on Sunday and No. 11, Lebuh Pantai Auckland INDIA Fax: 00 1 213 689 1530 10300 George Town, Penang Level 10, DLA Piper Tower AREA public holidays. They are open for half–a-day on Saturday (until 1.00 pm). Chennai Tel: 604 261 0058 / 263 4941 205-209, Queen Street E-mail: [email protected] 4th Floor, Vijaya Towers 329,758 sq km Post o ces that are located in shopping malls have extended operating Fax: 604 262 3688 Auckland 1010, New Zealand Website: www.tourismmalaysiausa.com hours. In the states of Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, post o ces E-mail: [email protected] No. 4, Kodambakkam High Road Tel: 00 64 9 309 6290 Chennai 600034, Republic of India Fax: 00 64 9 309 6292 MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Tel: 00 91 44 4506 8080 / 8181 / 8282 POPULATION are closed on Friday and Saturday. EAST COAST REGION BANGLADESH Fax: 00 91 44 4506 8383 28 million (Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan) PHILIPPINES Dhaka E-mail: [email protected] Manila d/a Malaysian High Commission in Bangladesh Pahang Website: www.malaysiajao.com TIME Lot 7 & 9, Tingkat Bawah, ICT Hub, Putra Square Embassy of Malaysia House No. 19, Road No. 6 PEOPLE The standard Malaysian time is eight hours ahead of GMT and 16 hours Jalan Putra Square 4, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang Tourism O ce (Tourism Malaysia) Baridhara, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Mumbai 16th Floor, Picadilly Star Building Tel: 00 880 2882 7759 / 7760 / 2885 8394 Tel: 609 567 7112 / 7115 / 7116 The Capital, A- 410, Bandra Kurla Complex Malays make up about 57% of the population, with Chinese, Indians and ahead of the U.S. Pacic Standard Time. Fax: 609 566 7114 4th Avenue, Corner 27th Street Fax: 00 880 2882 7761 / 3115 Bandra (E), Mumbai 400051 other ethnic groups making up the rest. E-mail: [email protected] Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Republic of India 1634 Taguig City, Philippines CAMBODIA Tel: 00 91 22 6741 1120 / 21 / 22 ELECTRICITY TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Tel: 00 63 2 846 2697 Phnom Penh Fax: 00 91 22 6741 1119 c/o Embassy of Malaysia Sabah Fax: 00 63 2 846 1213 LANGUAGE The voltage used throughout Malaysia is 220 - 240 volts AC, at 50 cycles per E-mail: [email protected] 220-222, Preah Norodom Boulevard Kota Kinabalu International Airport E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.malaysiajao.com Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmorn Bahasa Malaysia (Malay) is the national language but English is widely second. Standard 3-pin square plugs and sockets are used. (Terminal 1) RUSSIA Phnom Penh, Cambodia spoken. Malaysians also speak various languages and dialects. Level 1, Kota Kinabalu International Airport New Delhi 88740 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Moscow Tel: 00 855 2322 1593 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM C 3/13, Vasant Vihar c/o Embassy of Malaysia Fax: 00 855 2322 1594 Tel: 6088 413 359 New Delhi 110057, Republic of India Fax: 6088 413 360 Moslmovskaya Ulitsa 50 E-mail: [email protected] RELIGION Malaysia uses the metric system. Tel: 00 91 11 4601 1677 (DL) / 1674 (GL) Moscow 117192, Russian Federation Fax: 00 91 11 4601 1676 Islam is the o cial religion but all other religions are practised freely. Sarawak Tel: 00 7 495 933 5748 / 5747 CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 7 495 933 5749 1806 – 1111 West Georgia St. TELECOMMUNICATIONS Kuching International Airport Website: www.malaysiajao.com Lot L1A Level 1 E-mail: [email protected] Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6E 4M3 Malaysia is linked nationally and internationally by telephone, facsimile and Website: www.tourismmalaysia.ru Tel: 00 1 604 689 8899 GOVERNMENT Kuching International Airport INDONESIA P.O Box 1070, 93722 Kuching, Sarawak Fax: 00 1 604 689 8804 Malaysia practices parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. via the Internet. Most hotels provide International Direct Dial (IDD) Jakarta Tel: 6082 627 741 / 742 SAUDI ARABIA E-mail: [email protected] / The Head of State is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Head of telephone services and Wi- Internet connection. c/o Consulate General of Malaysia Jeddah [email protected] Jalan H.R Rasuna Said, Kav.x/6 2nd Floor (Upper Parking) Website: www.tourismmalaysia.ca Government is the Prime Minister. The country has a bicameral legislative OVERSEAS OFFICES No. 1-3, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950 AUSTRALIA Mega Business Centre Republic of Indonesia CHINA system. GETTING TO MALAYSIA Sydney Sera Mega Mall, Tahlia Street Tel: 00 62 21 522 0765 / 4947 Chengdu Suite 6.01, Level 6, 151 Castlereagh Street c/o Consulate General of Malaysia The main gateway to Malaysia is through the Kuala Lumpur International Fax: 00 62 21 522 0766 (Tourism Section) Level 18, The O ce Tower Shangri-La Centre Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia E-mail: [email protected] CLIMATE Airport (KLIA) in Sepang. It is located about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 00 61 2 9286 3055 P. O. Box 593, 21421 Jeddah 9 Bingjiang Road (East), Chengdu 610021 Fax: 00 61 2 9283 8311 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia People’s Republic of China Malaysia has a tropical climate and the weather is warm all year round. Over 40 international airlines y into the country while the national carrier, Medan Tel: 00 966 12 286 7333 Tel: 00 8628 6606 5230 E-mail: [email protected] c/o Consulate General of Malaysia Temperatures range from 21ºC to 32ºC and the annual rainfall varies from Malaysia Airlines, has a global network that spans six continents. The airline Website: www.tourismmalaysia.com.au Fax: 00 966 12 286 7444 Fax: 00 8628 6606 5231 43, Jalan Diponegoro, 20152 Medan E-mail: [email protected] Sumatera Utara, Republic of Indonesia 2,000 mm to 2,500 mm. is a full-edged member of oneworld, one of the world’s top three airline BRUNEI IRAN Tel: 00 62 61 452 3192 Unit No 1.14 - 1.15, First Floor SINGAPORE Tehran alliances. The national carrier is complemented by Firey, AirAsia and Fax: 00 62 61 452 3179 The Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong BE3519 #01-01B/C/D, No. 80, Robinson Road Malaysia Embassy in Tehran E-mail: [email protected] ECONOMIC PROFILE Malindo Air. The new KLIA 2, situated about 1.5 km away from the main Negara Brunei Darussalam Singapore 068898 No. 25, The 2nd St., Northern Zarafshan St Tel: 00 673 238 1575 / 1576 Tel: 00 69 6532 6321 / 6351 Eyvanak Blvd, Phase No. 04 Manufacturing constitutes the largest component of Malaysia’s economy terminal of KLIA, is the world’s largest purpose-built terminal dedicated to JAPAN Fax: 00 673 238 1584 Fax: 00 69 6535 6650 Shahrak Gharb,Tehran while tourism and primary commodities such as petroleum, palm oil, natural low-cost carriers. Airlines that operate from KLIA2 include AirAsia and AirAsia E-mail: [email protected] Osaka E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 98 21 8808 4361 / 00 98 21 8807 2444 10th Floor, Cotton Nissay Building rubber and timber are major contributors to its economy. X. Other major international airports that serve as entry points are situated Fax: 00 98 21 8808 4361 CHINA 1-8-2 Otsubo-Honmachi, Nishi-ku TAIWAN in Penang, Johor Bahru, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu and the island of Langkawi. Beijing Osaka 550-0004, Japan Taipei IRELAND Tel: 00 81 66 444 1220 The main entry point to Malaysia by sea is Port Klang, about 50 km away Tourism Section, Embassy of Malaysia Suite C, 8th Floor, Hung Tai Centre Dublin ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Room 506 - 507, Air China Plaza Fax: 00 81 66 444 1380 170 Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan Level 3A Shelbourne House, Shelbourne Road Visitors must be in possession of a valid passport or travel document with a from Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is also accessible by rail and road from No. 36, Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 88 62 2514 9704 / 9734 Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland Beijing 100027, People’s Republic of China Website: www.tourismmalaysia.or.jp Fax: 00 88 62 2514 9973 Tel: 00 353 1 237 6242 / 6243 minimum validity of six months beyond the intended visiting period. Singapore and Thailand. Tel: 00 86 10 8447 5056 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Citizens of most countries do not require visas for social or business visits. Fax: 00 86 10 8447 5798 Tokyo Website: www.promotemalaysia.com.tw E-mail: [email protected] 5F Chiyoda Building, 1-6-4 Yurakucho LAOS For further information, please visit or call the nearest Malaysian diplomatic GETTING AROUND Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan THAILAND Vientiane mission or Tourism Malaysia o ce. Malaysia has excellent domestic air links serviced by Malaysia Airlines as well Tel: 00 81 33 501 8691 Bangkok (c/o Embassy of Malaysia) Guangzhou Fax: 00 81 33 501 8692 Unit 1, 3rd Floor, Zuellig House Nongbone Rd, Phonxai Village as carriers such as AirAsia and Firey. The country has a well-developed and Consulate General of Malaysia (Tourism Section) E-mail: [email protected] 1-7, Silom Road, Bangrak Saisettha Dist, Vientiane, Laos CURRENCY e cient public transportation system served by buses, taxis as well as trains. Unit 3216, 32nd Floor, CITIC Plaza O ce Tower Website: www.tourismmalaysia.or.jp Bangkok 10500, Thailand Tel: 00 856 21 414205-6 No. 233, Tianhe Bei Road, Guangzhou 510610 Tel: 00 662 636 3380 - 3 00 856 21 262373 (DL) The unit of currency is the Malaysian Ringgit, which is denoted as RM. GrabCar and Uber services are available in Malaysia. People’s Republic of China KAZAKHSTAN Fax: 00 662 636 3384 Fax: 00 856 21 414201 / 262339 Foreign currencies can be converted at banks and money changers. Tel: 00 86 20 3877 3691 Almaty E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] / Fax: 00 86 20 3877 3692 Embassy of Malaysia, Tourism Section Website: www.sawasdeemalaysia.com [email protected] ACCOMMODATION E-mail: [email protected] 1st. Floor, Prime Business Park Malaysia has a wide range of accommodation with competitive rates. Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn 100/2 Furmanov Street, Medeuskiy District TURKEY VIETNAM 050000 Almaty, Kazakhstan Istanbul Ho Chi Minh City International star-rated hotels, boutique hotels, beach resorts, chalets, youth Shanghai Tel: 00 7 727 2321 430 / 431 / 439 Harman Sokak Unit 1208, 12th Floor, Me Linh Point Tower Consulate General of Malaysia (Tourism Section) Hamanci Giz Plaza, No.5, Floor:20 No. 2 Ngo Duc Ke Street hostels and timeshare apartments are among the types of accommodation Unit 1109, Level 11, CITIC Square 34394 Esentepe, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1168 Nanjing Road West, Jing An District available. Tel: 00 902 12 284 4436 Tel: 00 84 8 3825 8036 / 3825 8011 Shanghai 200041, People’s Republic of China Fax: 00 902 12 284 4437 Fax: 00 84 8 3825 8037 Tel: 00 86 21 5292 5252 E-mail: [email protected] 46 Fax: 00 86 21 5292 5948 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn TOURISM MALAYSIA OFFICES HEAD OFFICE Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia) 9th Floor, No. 2, Tower 1, Jalan P5/6, Precinct 5, 62200 Putrajaya, Malaysia • Tel: 603 8891 8000 • Tourism Infoline: 1 300 88 5050 (within Malaysia only) • Fax: 603 8891 8999 E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.malaysia.travel

LOCAL REGIONAL OFFICE FRANCE KOREA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CENTRAL REGION Paris Seoul Dubai (Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya) 29 rue des Pyramides, 75001 Paris, France (2nd Hansan Bldg., Seosomun-dong) Lot 3, Ground Floor (facing Zabeel Road) Kuala Lumpur Tel: 00 33 1 429 741 71 115, Seosomun-Ro, Chung-Gu Al Safeena Building, Oud Mehta Level 2, MATIC New Building Fax: 00 33 1 429 741 69 Seoul 100-813, Republic of Korea Near Lamcy Plaza 109, Jalan Ampang E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 82 2779 4422 / 4251 P.O Box 124096, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 50450 Kuala Lumpur Fax: 00 82 2779 4254 Tel: 00 971 4337 7578 / 7579 Tel: 603 2161 0166 / 0312 / 0328 / 0348 GERMANY E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 971 4335 3318 Fax: 603 2161 0049 Frankfurt Website: www.mtpb.co.kr E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Weissfrauenstrasse 12 - 16 D-60311, Frankfurt am Main, Germany NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM SOUTHERN REGION Tel: 00 49 69 460 923 420 The Hague London (Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor) Fax: 00 49 69 460 923 499 c/o Embassy of Malaysia 57 Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DU Johor E-mail: [email protected] Rustenburgweg 2 United Kingdom No 50C, 1st & 2nd Floor, Bangunan KPMNJ Website: www.tourismmalaysia.de 2517 KE The Hague, Netherlands Tel: 00 44 2 079 307 932 Jalan Segget, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor Tel: 00 31 70 350 6506 Fax: 00 44 2 079 309 015 Tel: 607 222 3590 / 3591 HONG KONG Fax: 00 31 70 350 6536 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 607 223 5502 Ground Floor, Malaysia Building Visiting O ce: E-mail: [email protected] 47-50 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Zeestraat 52, 2518 AB The Hague, Netherlands UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Tel: 00 85 2 2528 5810 / 5811 Tel: 00 31 70 762 2200 Los Angeles NORTHERN REGION Fax: 00 85 2 2865 4610 E-mail: [email protected] 818 West 7th Street, Suite 970 (Perak, Penang, Kedah, Perlis) E-mail: [email protected] Los Angeles, CA 90017 Website: www.tourismmalaysia.com.hk United States of America Penang NEW ZEALAND Tel: 00 1 213 689 9702 No. 11, Lebuh Pantai Auckland INDIA Fax: 00 1 213 689 1530 10300 George Town, Penang Level 10, DLA Piper Tower Chennai Tel: 604 261 0058 / 263 4941 205-209, Queen Street E-mail: [email protected] 4th Floor, Vijaya Towers Fax: 604 262 3688 Auckland 1010, New Zealand Website: www.tourismmalaysiausa.com E-mail: [email protected] No. 4, Kodambakkam High Road Tel: 00 64 9 309 6290 Chennai 600034, Republic of India Fax: 00 64 9 309 6292 MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Tel: 00 91 44 4506 8080 / 8181 / 8282 EAST COAST REGION BANGLADESH Fax: 00 91 44 4506 8383 (Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan) PHILIPPINES Dhaka E-mail: [email protected] Manila d/a Malaysian High Commission in Bangladesh Pahang Website: www.malaysiajao.com Lot 7 & 9, Tingkat Bawah, ICT Hub, Putra Square Embassy of Malaysia House No. 19, Road No. 6 Jalan Putra Square 4, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang Tourism O ce (Tourism Malaysia) Baridhara, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Mumbai 16th Floor, Picadilly Star Building Tel: 00 880 2882 7759 / 7760 / 2885 8394 Tel: 609 567 7112 / 7115 / 7116 The Capital, A- 410, Bandra Kurla Complex Fax: 609 566 7114 4th Avenue, Corner 27th Street Fax: 00 880 2882 7761 / 3115 Bandra (E), Mumbai 400051 E-mail: [email protected] Bonifacio Global City (BGC) Republic of India 1634 Taguig City, Philippines CAMBODIA Tel: 00 91 22 6741 1120 / 21 / 22 TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Tel: 00 63 2 846 2697 Phnom Penh Fax: 00 91 22 6741 1119 c/o Embassy of Malaysia Sabah Fax: 00 63 2 846 1213 E-mail: [email protected] 220-222, Preah Norodom Boulevard Kota Kinabalu International Airport E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.malaysiajao.com Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmorn (Terminal 1) RUSSIA Phnom Penh, Cambodia Level 1, Kota Kinabalu International Airport New Delhi 88740 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Moscow Tel: 00 855 2322 1593 C 3/13, Vasant Vihar c/o Embassy of Malaysia Fax: 00 855 2322 1594 Tel: 6088 413 359 New Delhi 110057, Republic of India Fax: 6088 413 360 Moslmovskaya Ulitsa 50 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 91 11 4601 1677 (DL) / 1674 (GL) Moscow 117192, Russian Federation Fax: 00 91 11 4601 1676 Sarawak Tel: 00 7 495 933 5748 / 5747 CANADA E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 7 495 933 5749 1806 – 1111 West Georgia St. Kuching International Airport Website: www.malaysiajao.com Lot L1A Level 1 E-mail: [email protected] Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6E 4M3 Website: www.tourismmalaysia.ru Tel: 00 1 604 689 8899 Kuching International Airport INDONESIA P.O Box 1070, 93722 Kuching, Sarawak Fax: 00 1 604 689 8804 Jakarta Tel: 6082 627 741 / 742 SAUDI ARABIA E-mail: [email protected] / c/o Consulate General of Malaysia Jeddah [email protected] Jalan H.R Rasuna Said, Kav.x/6 2nd Floor (Upper Parking) Website: www.tourismmalaysia.ca OVERSEAS OFFICES No. 1-3, Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan 12950 AUSTRALIA Mega Business Centre Republic of Indonesia CHINA Sydney Sera Mega Mall, Tahlia Street Tel: 00 62 21 522 0765 / 4947 Chengdu Suite 6.01, Level 6, 151 Castlereagh Street c/o Consulate General of Malaysia Fax: 00 62 21 522 0766 (Tourism Section) Level 18, The O ce Tower Shangri-La Centre Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 61 2 9286 3055 P. O. Box 593, 21421 Jeddah 9 Bingjiang Road (East), Chengdu 610021 Fax: 00 61 2 9283 8311 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia People’s Republic of China Medan Tel: 00 966 12 286 7333 Tel: 00 8628 6606 5230 E-mail: [email protected] c/o Consulate General of Malaysia Website: www.tourismmalaysia.com.au Fax: 00 966 12 286 7444 Fax: 00 8628 6606 5231 43, Jalan Diponegoro, 20152 Medan E-mail: [email protected] Sumatera Utara, Republic of Indonesia BRUNEI IRAN Tel: 00 62 61 452 3192 Unit No 1.14 - 1.15, First Floor SINGAPORE Tehran Fax: 00 62 61 452 3179 The Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong BE3519 #01-01B/C/D, No. 80, Robinson Road Malaysia Embassy in Tehran E-mail: [email protected] Negara Brunei Darussalam Singapore 068898 No. 25, The 2nd St., Northern Zarafshan St Tel: 00 673 238 1575 / 1576 Tel: 00 69 6532 6321 / 6351 Eyvanak Blvd, Phase No. 04 JAPAN Fax: 00 673 238 1584 Fax: 00 69 6535 6650 Shahrak Gharb,Tehran E-mail: [email protected] Osaka E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 98 21 8808 4361 / 00 98 21 8807 2444 10th Floor, Cotton Nissay Building Fax: 00 98 21 8808 4361 CHINA 1-8-2 Otsubo-Honmachi, Nishi-ku TAIWAN Beijing Osaka 550-0004, Japan Taipei IRELAND Tourism Section, Embassy of Malaysia Tel: 00 81 66 444 1220 Suite C, 8th Floor, Hung Tai Centre Dublin Room 506 - 507, Air China Plaza Fax: 00 81 66 444 1380 170 Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan Level 3A Shelbourne House, Shelbourne Road No. 36, Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00 88 62 2514 9704 / 9734 Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland Beijing 100027, People’s Republic of China Website: www.tourismmalaysia.or.jp Fax: 00 88 62 2514 9973 Tel: 00 353 1 237 6242 / 6243 Tel: 00 86 10 8447 5056 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 86 10 8447 5798 Tokyo Website: www.promotemalaysia.com.tw E-mail: [email protected] 5F Chiyoda Building, 1-6-4 Yurakucho LAOS Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan THAILAND Vientiane Tel: 00 81 33 501 8691 Bangkok (c/o Embassy of Malaysia) Guangzhou Fax: 00 81 33 501 8692 Unit 1, 3rd Floor, Zuellig House Nongbone Rd, Phonxai Village Consulate General of Malaysia (Tourism Section) E-mail: [email protected] 1-7, Silom Road, Bangrak Saisettha Dist, Vientiane, Laos Unit 3216, 32nd Floor, CITIC Plaza O ce Tower Website: www.tourismmalaysia.or.jp Bangkok 10500, Thailand Tel: 00 856 21 414205-6 No. 233, Tianhe Bei Road, Guangzhou 510610 Tel: 00 662 636 3380 - 3 00 856 21 262373 (DL) People’s Republic of China KAZAKHSTAN Fax: 00 662 636 3384 Fax: 00 856 21 414201 / 262339 Tel: 00 86 20 3877 3691 Almaty E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] / Fax: 00 86 20 3877 3692 Embassy of Malaysia, Tourism Section Website: www.sawasdeemalaysia.com [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1st. Floor, Prime Business Park Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn 100/2 Furmanov Street, Medeuskiy District TURKEY VIETNAM 050000 Almaty, Kazakhstan Istanbul Ho Chi Minh City Shanghai Tel: 00 7 727 2321 430 / 431 / 439 Harman Sokak Unit 1208, 12th Floor, Me Linh Point Tower Consulate General of Malaysia (Tourism Section) Hamanci Giz Plaza, No.5, Floor:20 No. 2 Ngo Duc Ke Street Unit 1109, Level 11, CITIC Square 34394 Esentepe, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 1168 Nanjing Road West, Jing An District Tel: 00 902 12 284 4436 Tel: 00 84 8 3825 8036 / 3825 8011 Shanghai 200041, People’s Republic of China Fax: 00 902 12 284 4437 Fax: 00 84 8 3825 8037 Tel: 00 86 21 5292 5252 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 00 86 21 5292 5948 47 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tourismmalaysia.cn Fun and Fantasy

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