Insight Guides - Insight Guides Malaysia (Travel Guide eBook)

How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Malaysia, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Malaysia. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Malaysia are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Malaysia. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Malaysias Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction 1

Kuala Lumpur. The nations capital is a city of architectural contrasts from colonial buildings to the worlds tallest twin towers. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Gunung Mulu National Park. Sarawaks vast cave system boasts amazing formations and millions of bats that spiral over a lush rainforest. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Mount Kinabalu. The hike to the summit of one of the highest mountains in Southeast Asia to watch the sunrise is indescribable and well worth the sore legs on the way down. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

SkyBridge, Langkawi. Walk along this gravity-defying curved bridge that is suspended from a single pylon over a 100-metre (328ft) drop. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Kinabatangan river. Sabahs jewel is one of the best places in Southeast Asia to see wildlife, including Borneo pygmy elephants, orang-utans and crocodiles. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Pulau Sipadan. Sabahs most famous island and Malaysias only oceanic isle, Sipadan is deservedly rated one of the worlds top dive sites. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre. See Borneos adorable young apes feed and learn to live in the rainforests of Sabah. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Melaka and George Town. Two World Heritage Sites and historic Straits of Malacca cities, with distinctive multicultural roots and colonial architecture. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Cameron Highlands. Enjoy mountain hikes, sip tea and eat scones overlooking tea plantations dotted with vegetable farms. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Street food. The nations most loved way to eat is as diverse as it is delicious thanks to the countrys multi-ethnicity. Find street food in coffee shops, five-foot-ways and open-air car parks. For more information, .

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Editors Choice

Langkawis cable car.

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Top Views

Observation Deck at KL Tower, Kuala Lumpur. On a clear day, you will get stunning 360-degree views of the capital city, including the spectacular Petronas Twin Towers. For more information, .

Machinchang Mountain, Langkawi. Take a 15-minute ride on the worlds steepest cable car to the top station for 360-degree views of the island and the Andaman Sea. For more information, .