SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2000, ORANG UTAN ISLAND HAS PROGRESSED FROM BEING A SANCTUARY, WHERE VISITORS EXPERIENCED FIRST-HAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON THE ORANGUTAN, TO A RECOGNIZED EX-SITU CONSERVATION FACILITY AND REFERRAL CENTER FOR THE ENDANGERED BORNEAN ORANGUTAN.
IPOH IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE STATE OF PERAK AND IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES IN MALAYSIA WITH OVER 750.000 INHABITANTS. THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS NIGHT MARKETS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT IPOH; BESIDES BROWSING FOR NICE BUYS YOU CAN ALSO BUY SNACKS AND FOOD AT THE MARKETS.
IPOH HAS MANY NICE ATTRACTIONS AND SIGHTS IN AND AROUND THE CITY. ONE POPULAR ATTRACTION IS THE RAILWAY STATION, TOWN HALL AND HIGH COURT. OTHER ATTRACTIONS ARE: IPOH HERITAGE WALK, KELLIE'S CASTLE, KEK LOK TONG CAVE TEMPLE AND ZEN GARDENS WITH ITS NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL BUDDHA STATUES.
HOTEL PICK-UP & DROP-OFF INCLUDED.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ HOTEL PICK-UP & DROP-OFF
✔ ENTRANCE FEE
✔ ENGLISH-SPEAKING PROFESSIONAL DRIVER
✔ AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE
✖ FOOD AND DRINKS, UNLESS SPECIFIED
✖ ENTRANCE FEE: ORANG UTAN ISLAND
Pickup Locations
1. Hotel City Bukit Bintang
2. Golden Crown Suites at Platinum KLCC Kuala Lumpur
3. Sleeping Lion Suites
4. Kingston Hotel
5. D Loft Hotel
6. Anggun Residence KL by F&F
7. Radisson Apartment At Berjaya Times Square
8. OYO 91000 Bintang Holiday
9. Marmaid Suite at Barjaya time square
10. Midaris Hotel by Glex
11. Sunway Sanctuary (Seniors Hotel & Residences)
12. The Quay Hotel Bukit Bintang
13. Crowne Plaza Kuala Lumpur City Centre, an IHG hotel
14. Raissa Boutique Hotel
15. Opus Residence Merdeka
16. Marhaban Service Suite @ Times Square KL
17. OYO 119 GDS Hotel
18. Sky Suites By iHost Global
19. Opus Residence Kuala Lumpur by KL Suite
20. Popular Suites At Times Square
Additional Info: PICK-UP & DROP-OFF AT ANY HOTELS / APARTMENTS & RESIDENCE IN KUALA LUMPUR CITY
Itinerary
1
Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island Foundation
VISIT TO ORANG UTAN ISLAND WILL CONVINCE ANYONE WHY THE ORANGUTAN HAS ENDEARED ITSELF AS A SYMBOL OF MALAYSIA. A 35-ACRE ISLAND NESTLED WITHIN THE IDYLLIC SETTING OF BUKIT MERAH LAKE-TOWN RESORT, AN ECO-FRIENDLY 7000-ACRE FRESHWATER LAKESIDE VACATION GETAWAY IN SEMANGGOL, PERAK.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2000, ORANG UTAN ISLAND HAS PROGRESSED FROM BEING A SANCTUARY, WHERE VISITORS EXPERIENCED FIRST-HAND AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON THE ORANGUTAN, TO A RECOGNIZED EX-SITU CONSERVATION FACILITY AND REFERRAL CENTER FOR THE ENDANGERED BORNEAN ORANGUTAN.
A WALK THROUGH THE SEMI-CIRCLE STEEL-FENCE TUNNEL ENCLOSURE IS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE, WHERE WE HUMANS, SEEMINGLY IN A CAGE, CAN PEER OUT AND BE CAPTIVATED BY THE ORANGUTANS ROAMING FREE BEYOND IN THE TREES, ON THE GRASS, AND BY THE LAKE.
SCIENTISTS HAVE COME TO STUDY HOW ORANG UTAN ISLAND HAS MANAGED TO HAVE A POPULATION OF 24 ORANGUTANS TODAY FROM ONLY THREE IN 2000 AND THEY BELIEVE THE ENDEAVORS AT ORANG UTAN ISLAND WILL GREATLY ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE BORNEAN ORANGUTAN.
Duration: 2.5 hours
2
Concubine Lane
IPOH OLD TOWN WAS SUCH A QUIET TOWN THAT TRAVELLERS WOULD CALL IT A LAID-BACK TOWN WITH CAFES, TRADITIONAL COFFEES AND FOOD AND FLOURISHING STREET ARTS. NOT MUCH WAS HEARD OF THE THREE CONCUBINE LANES. IN JULY 2016, LONELY PLANET LISTED IPOH AS ONE OF THE BEST ASIAN DESTINATIONS TO VISIT. PHOTOS OF THE CONCUBINE LANES STARTED APPEARING IN NEWS ARTICLES.
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Ipoh Railway Station
THE IPOH RAILWAY STATION WAS INITIALLY MEANT TO BE A HOSPITAL AND USED BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY AS SUCH BEFORE BEING TURNED INTO A STATION. THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION YEAR OF 1917 WAS DELAYED FOR THREE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AS WELL AS HIGH COSTS DURING WORLD WAR I.
Duration: 15 minutes
4
Ipoh Town Hall and Old Post Office
IPOH TOWN HALL IS ONE OF THREE COLONIAL ERA BUILDINGS IN IPOH DESIGNED BY WELL KNOWN BRITISH ARCHITECT ARTHUR BENISON HUBBACK. THE OTHER TWO, IPOH HIGH COURT AND IPOH RAILWAY STATION, ARE A SHORT DISTANCE APART. IPOH RAILWAY STATION IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IPOH HIGH COURT IS THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR.
Duration: 15 minutes
5
Birch Memorial Clock Tower
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COLONIAL LEGACIES REMAINS AS A CLOCK TOWER. IPOH’S BIRCH MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER IN FRONT OF IPOH STATE MOSQUE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 1909. THE WHITE-WASHED STRUCTURE ACTS AS A MEMORIAL TO JAMES BIRCH, THE FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT OF PERAK.
Duration: 15 minutes
Additional info
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
