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Genting Highland Day Trip & Batu Caves Temple Tour (8Hrs)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
From 7 hours to 8 hours
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What You Will Do

Our experience English-speaking driver will pick you up at Kuala Lumpur city centre hotels / apartments and drive you for roughly about 30minutes to the Batu Caves the biggest Hindu Temple and after spending your time at the Caves temple we will straight away heading to the Genting Highland and you first stop will be the Strawberry Leisure Farm before drive you to the Awana Cabel Car Station. End of the tour send back to your hotels / apartments.

What's Included?

  • Air-conditioned vehicle with English-Speaking Driver
  • Hotel Pick-up & Drop-off

What's Not Included?

  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Entrance Fee: 2-way Cable Car Ride

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Itinerary

Meeting Point

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Batu Caves

1 hour

The limestone forming Batu Caves is said to be around 400 million years old. Some of the cave entrances were used as shelters by the indigenous Temuan people (a tribe of Orang Asli). As early as 1860, Chinese settlers began excavating guano for fertilising their vegetable patches. However, they became famous only after the limestone hills were recorded by colonial authorities including Daly and Syers as well as American Naturalist, William Hornaday in 1878. Batu Caves was promoted as a place of worship by K. Thamboosamy Pillai, an Indian trader. He was inspired by the vel-shaped entrance of the main cave and was inspired to dedicate a temple to Lord Murugan within the caves. In 1890, Pillai, who also founded the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur, installed the murti (consecrated statue) of Sri Murugan Swami in what is today known as the Temple Cave. Since 1892, the Thaipusam festival in the Tamil month of Thai (which falls in late January/early February) has been celebrated there. Wooden steps up to the Temple Cave were built in 1920 and have since been replaced by 272 concrete steps. Of the various cave temples that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its high vaulted ceiling. In August 2018 the 272 steps were painted in an extraordinary colour scheme, with each set of steps painted in a different range of colours. However accusations were almost immediately made by the National Heritage Department for a breach of law requiring authorisation for renovations within 200 metres of a heritage site. The temple's management disputed their failure to receive authorization.

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Additional Information

This tour is independently operated by a third-party provider: MALAYSIAN TOURS RIYAS.

Itineraries, descriptions, promotional content, and historic information are solely the responsibility of the tour operator and do not represent the views or positions of Marriott International, Inc.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Guide Options

  • Printed Guide - English

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