Penang Insights
Full-day seat-in-coach excursion with lunch
Penang, one of the oldest trading centres in the region, has attracted travellers for centuries. Apart from the pleasure of lazing on the magnificent beaches, visitors will find much to explore and our tour is the perfect introduction to the highlights of this fascinating island.
Start with a visit to Teluk Bahang, with its rustic fishing kampung (village), before stopping by at a batik factory to see how skilled craftsmen print the colourful patterns onto silk. From here it’s the tropical countryside with paddy fields and Malay villages that makes up the scene as we journey through hilly landscapes pausing a while at local stalls to inspect the many fruits grown on the island until we reach the Snake Temple, where venomous pit vipers slumber on the altars.
For a bird’s eye view of George Town, we take the funicular tram to the 830-metre high summit of Penang Hill. We then visit the Buddhist Kek Lok Si Temple. Your journey of discovery then takes you to George Town, with its narrow streets and busy harbour, where on the waterfront Chinese clan villages constructed on stilts protrude out to sea. George Town’s colonial past is still much in evidence – the most visible being the City Clock Tower.