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Private Tour: Full Day Center Penang Island Tour
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Private Tour: Full Day Center Penang Island Tour

By MAM Holidays Malaysia
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Benefit from a private full-day highlights tour of Penang that starts from George Town. Visit important religious destinations including Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram, Kek Lok Si Temple, and Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple; stroll through Penang Botanical Gardens; and soak in panoramic city views after riding Penang Hill Railway to the summit. Your guide shares insightful commentary about Malaysia's history and culture, and provides hotel pickup and drop-off.
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Ages 0-99
Duration: 8h
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Live guide: Chinese, English
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Highlights
  • Ideal overview for first-time visitors
  • Travel in comfort by private air-conditioned vehicle
  • Peruse the artifacts at the Pinang Peranakan Mansion
  • Includes hotel pickup and drop-off from George Town

  • Private Air conditioned transportation by Car/Minivan
  • English speaking experienced tour guide
  • Entrance fees as per itinerary
  • Hotel pickup & drop-off (George Town centrally located)/ Cruise Ship Port
  • All Taxes & service charge
  • Entry/Admission - Penang Botanical Gardens
  • Entry/Admission - Penang Hill
  • Entry/Admission - Pinang Peranakan Mansion
What's not included
  • Food, lunch and beverages
  • Any other things not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Gratuities
  • Personal expenses


Start:Traveler pickup offered.
    Pickup details
    • We do offer Pickup & drop off all hotels around George town area, Cruise Ship port, Airport. Outside of George town pickup required extra payment.
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 29580P13

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
      • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 29580P13

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      About the operator
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      • MAM Holidays Malaysia
        348
        Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
        Joined in February 2016
      • 171ChristopherM
        0 contributions
        3.0 of 5 bubbles
        Curate’s egg
        OK early on, but (I) we had to press the guide to visit all the listed venues (he appeared keen to get home!), and (ii) we were taken to 2 (unwanted) commercial outlet stores.
        Written October 30, 2024
      • emmacE9145YI
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        The best thing to do from Kota Kinabalu
        We totally loved our afternoon here. Our guide was super friendly and explained everything very well. The tour is well thought through and we were not expecting to have food and drink little tasters throughout. We didnt really know what to expect and were impressed.
        Written October 9, 2024
      • J6691RPpeterl
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Nonexistent Excursion
        I would love to write a review of this excursion, however we didn’t get to go on it. Everything appeared fine until the morning of the trip when the freelance travel operator contacted me to say the the travel agent MAM Holidays Malaysia had reduced their previously agreed price by 17%. This made it economically unviable for him, which I had great sympathy for. There was no contact made by MAM Holidays Malaysia to inform us of the situation or any attempt to arrange for another guide. We waited for 30mins to no avail. We are still waiting for the situation to be resolved i.e. full refund from Viator.
        Written October 6, 2024
      • susanaO7661JC
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Brilliant!
        Our guide Siti (not sure of spelling) was brilliant, kind and particularly knowledgeable. My husband is a very picky eater, but she had plenty of suggestions come lunchtime. Our driver was very good too. I cannot fault anything about our tour, we were amazed.
        Written September 26, 2024
      • X Z
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Wonderful experience of cruise fireflies and crocodiles
        Wonderful experience that we can explore the fireflies, and crocodiles. we cruise in the night to find the beautiful fireflies and also we have found a 1.5meters crocodiles. Also the island area that we take a rest has also a good view. Dinner is delicious and staff is patient, introducing us information about animals, plants. Our guide Azrien is kind and responsible, Nice experience !
        Written September 18, 2024
      • B8627ARjoeb
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sandakan Sep24
        We did not do an organised tour, we just had a taxi driver take us around and paid our own entrance fees, he was fantastic, you can definitely do all 3 in a day, If you go to the morning session at the Orangutan Park, and miss seeing the Larger ones in the wild, you can return for the afternoon session using the same ticket and give it another try, You will almost certainly see a sun bear, but the Rainforest Discovery park can really use up time if you are interested as there is a lot of walking options. You can always go back the next day. Joe - Sydney Aust
        Written September 16, 2024
      • chenth12
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Elephants, crocodile and proboscis monkeys
        We saw 5 elephants crossing the river, so lucky. And another 15 more on land, walking by the river. Plus a crocodile by the river, which dashed in into the river after a while. There was a group of proboscis monkey, and an even larger group of macaques. The boatmen were very accommodating. Our driver Abdul drove us here. He's reliable and super friendly, reasonable prices. His WhatsApp is +601116695114
        Written September 3, 2024
      • leleb75
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Cancelled by the travel company
        Travel agent cancelled the tour the day before with no explanation. They refunded the money but they still advertised the tour for the day I was supposed to go. I ended up going by myself with was a fraction of the cost.
        Written August 26, 2024
      • 786eleanorj
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Do not book!
        The tour guide did not show up! Viator have refunded us so no issue with them, but do not book this tour. If you want to do it, all of the grab drivers seem to know people who do a similar tour and you can pay in person when they show up. We sadly couldn’t do this because we waited for too long for the guide to show up and then all the other tours had already departed. A real shame!
        Written August 25, 2024
      • paulwH7804FE
        0 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Excellent fun cultural experience
        Excellent tour (and we have been to a number of similar ones in other countries). In house guide spoke fluent English. Group sizes reasonable (13 in ours). Visited 5 tribal reconstructed longhouses, all fully explained. Lots of food and drink to sample. Interactive throughout, fun, entertaining and informative. Short dance and music show. Excellent buffet food at the end. Difficult if mobility issues as some steps up and down into houses, but may be alternatives. Thoroughly recommended, including for children.
        Written August 12, 2024
      • Maps51262278719
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Do not book here.
        Tripadvisor should take down the advertisements of this company. Also our trip was cancelled the day before in the afternoon and the telephone number provided is a dead end. Better off taking a Grab and paying only a quarter of the price...
        Written August 10, 2024
      • leaht831
        0 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Georgetown by private car
        We had a great half day tour with Mohammad. It was the perfect way to see GeorgeTown (in the heat!) traveling with elderly parents and a young child as we were picked up / dropped off at our hotel and driven around to key sites without too much walking. Mohammad provided the right level of commentary for us too. The car was clean and Mohammmad very cheerful which made for a nice morning out.
        Written August 10, 2024
      • Karla T
        0 contributions
        1.0 of 5 bubbles
        Cancelled with no explanation the day before!
        Very disappointed. Our tour was cancelled at 3pm the day before, the morning of our trip. There was no explanation as to why! They said a refund would be sent, I am still waiting for it. We ended up paying a Grab driver for the day, (to take us, and bring us back to hotel) and we paid our individual entrance fees to the 3 places- Sepilok orangutan rehab centre, Borneo Sunbears and Rainforest discovery centre, and all together cost us a quarter (in Aus dollar) of what this company was going to cost. So it ended up better for us!
        Written August 5, 2024
      • Creative-Malak
        0 contributions
        3.0 of 5 bubbles
        Mari Mari cultural village
        Very slow people are divided into groups and there is not enough time between groups resulting in long queue and overcrowding , no published time for the show we had to wait for more than 45 mins to wait for the show to start , No places in between the walks to get water , No access to anyone who has a disability and also knee problems . It takes longer than it should due to lack of Organization. We were also told it included lunch and it was not part of it
        Written August 4, 2024
      • 94lynner
        0 contributions
        3.0 of 5 bubbles
        Fireflies cruise.
        Enjoyed the experience. Fireflies were interesting. Didn't see any other wildlife. Food was good. Guide was entertaining.
        Written July 27, 2024
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      Trip828859
      2 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jan 2024 • Family
      The tour was great. So many nice things to see. Our guide Mr Lim was fabulous. He was very interesting and arranged the tour so we did not get the crowds. He was very kind and thoughtful and gave us a good insight into Penang life.
      Written January 2, 2024
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      dynalong
      West Covina, CA1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Mar 2023
      Peter is our guide and he picked us up on time. What I like is that we were able to dictate what we want to see and he was very patient with us. He was able to answer most of our questions and if he does not know it, he looked it up and get back to us.
      We recommend this tour if you are new to Penang Island.
      Written March 9, 2023
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      Aneth A
      Muscat, Oman30 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2019 • Family
      Great opportunity to explore the main sites in Penang Island. Muhammad Firdauz is highly knowledgeable of the history and past of the city. Recommended!
      Written August 14, 2019
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      Helen R
      Warrington, UK43 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2019 • Couples
      If you want to see all the sights in a limited time then this trip is for you. Mohammed was lovely and very knowledgeable about the history of Penang. He drove well and we enjoyed ourselves immensely. The tour loses a star because we had to pay extra to upgrade to a fast pass at Penang hill. The problems with queues are well known and for the price of the tour that really should be included and because we were made to go to chocolate and pewter shops that we weren’t interested in.
      Written August 19, 2019
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      Elsa R
      South Mimms, UK14 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      My husband and I made this tour with George on Dec 28. George was an incredible guide, very attentive, always providing information and trying to make the most of the tour for us. The only thing we didn’t like was that it took us 2,5 hours to actually go on the funicular for Penang Hill. George told us that there was a fast lane but not included in the tour, we had today extra. Since we had paid around 160£ for a 2 people tour (which is a very expensive price for Malaysia) we think that this price should already include the fast lane access (it’s around 10£). It May spoil an experience of a 8 hours’ tour to spend 2,5 hours waiting in line... We almost regretted the waiting... But the view is astonishing.
      Other than that , George was really great and I would recommend the tour but make sure that includes a faster way to Penang Hill. At least for the price paid, I would definitely urge MAM Holidays Malaysia to make sure that is the case for future use...
      Written December 29, 2018
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      Lola P
      15 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sep 2019 • Family
      Thanks Mohammed for a fantastic day! Mohammed was the perfect tour guide for the day. He was ver concerned about what we liked and did not like specially because of the kids. He even suggested the upside down museum that was a perfect stop for the boys.
      As he drove us around Penang he kept telling about the history and the situation nowadays in Penang. Always happy to answer our questions.
      Highly recommended.
      Written September 10, 2019
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      andrewkQ9196WW
      Boulder, CO10 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Sep 2018 • Couples
      If your pressed for time or simply want to learn more about George Town and what it has to offer, this is the tour you need. Maxwell is an excellent guide with an immense amount of knowledge about all we saw. From the botanical gardens, Buddhist temples through to Penang hill and the clan jetties.
      We were thoroughly entertained and came away with great respect for everything that Penang has to offer thanks to Maxwell.
      Written September 19, 2018
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      Thank you very much for taking time to share your experience. Glad to know that you have enjoyed our Private Full Day Center Penang Island Tour. Hope to see you again soon in Malaysia.
      Written November 1, 2018
      This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

      BonnyScottishlass
      Geraldton, Australia24 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Jul 2018 • Family
      Great tour, worth the money for a private tour to make the most of your time as you can spend a lot of time picking up dropping off other hotel guests. Our guide mark was fantastic, he had so much knowledge about the area. Easy stop was breathtaking. Highly recommend
      Written July 14, 2018
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      Much thanks for visiting Penang with us! We are glad to know that you have enjoyed our full day center Penang island tour. Hope to see you again here.
      Written September 2, 2018
      This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

      Greg L
      1 contribution
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Aug 2023
      Muhummed Firdauz was an excellent guide- knowledgeable , friendly, accommodating with a great sense of humour.
      We really enjoyed our day with him exploring the sights of Penang
      Written August 11, 2023
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      ThomasBo
      Hanoi, Vietnam199 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      We had a fantastic day in Penang on this tour with Max, our very knowledgeable guide through the magnificent buddhist temples and the stunning Kek Lok Si monastery. During the visit to Penang Hill, Max also proved to be very well informed about the flora and fauna of Malaysia. Great experience, indeed.
      Written February 14, 2018
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      Thank you so much for visiting Penang with MAM Holidays Malaysia! We are glad that you've liked our Full Day Center Penang Island tour. Looking forward to see you again soon in Malaysia!
      Written February 15, 2018
      This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

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