Kuala Lumpur Tourist Attractions - Things to do in Kuala Lumpur

Please note this page is for things to do & places to see around KualaLumpur. Visit our popular day trip page for Popular Day Trips.

Kuala Lumpur is a fantastic place with a great many thing to do whilst you are in town, so get involved, get busy and have a great time.

Some suggestions would be, the hop on hop off bus the KL HOP-ON HOP-OFF is an easy city tour that has 22 stops which cover more than 40 attractions. All buses are equipped with nine (9) different languages to choose from and a friendly customer service officer will assist you on the bus. Please note the web site states this is a free service. It is not. The charges are RM 38.00 per adult and RM 17.00 per child. There are 22 stops that pass by more than 40 K.L tourist destinations including the K.L bird & butterfly parks at K.L lake gardens, the twin towers, china town, central market and many more popular destinations. The tickets are valid for 24hrs thus you can purchase at 1.00 pm one day and use the ticket up till 1.00 pm the following day.

Sunway lagoon is another popular destination with 5 theme parks and an international standard shopping centre, there is something for everyone, The 5 themed parks are the extreme park, water park, scream park, amusement park and the wild life park. Tickets can be purchased for just one or all parks, the all park ticket represents the best value for money. If paying online at lease 2 days before your visit you receive a discount and the tickets are valid for up to 6 months. P.s there is also an ice skating rink in the shopping centre. Just 11 stations away on the train.

Ice City is an led lighting display in the city of Sha Alam approx 20 minutes from the heart of K.L. It's a magical place to go for some shopping, dinner and for the kids to have a look around at all the light sculptures. The display runs until Dec 31st 2011 entrance fee RM 10.00 per person

K.L lake gardens is a huge site covering over 200 acres, within these grounds you will find the K.L bird park, K.L Butterfly park, K.L deer park + the Hibiscus & Orchid gardens, the national Museum a Planetarium, the National Mosque & the Islamic Art Museum. There are also jogging tracks and a huge children's playground as well.

K.L menara tower offers a few advantages over the twin towers when taking pics of the city, 1st of all you can get the twin towers in your pictures, 2ndly there is no need to queue to get tickets and 3rdly there are other activities on-site with the K.L animal zone, jungle trekking in the forest surrounding the tower, the cultural village, a revolving restaurant, F1 formula racing simulator zone and pony rides for the kids

Central Market in the heart of K.l and the home of arts & crafts. From the maket there is a free Malaysia Heritage Walk tour departing from the main gates at 10.30 am every day.

Selangor Pewter Here you can visit the home of Pewter buy some gifts for family / friends and the kids can have some fun whilst you browse. For RM 68.00 the kids can get involved in the WHACK N SNACK activity of making their own pewter bowel at the School of Hard Knocks. They will learn how to make a pewter bowl using traditional tools, and will keep their creation along with a certificate of authentication. Then, tuck into a scrumptious meal of two croissant sandwiches, and enjoy a cup coffee or tea at The Cafe.

Roller Sports World The largest in-line skating centre in Asia. Two location here in K.L one being at Bangsar Shopping Centre, the other at Sungei Wang Shopping Centre, Both approx a 10 minute taxi ride away.

China Town or Petaling Street as it is known locally. This is the place for a bargain, be it DVD'S, athletic shoes, handbags, belts, electronics, watches, T shirts, lighters, the list goes on and on, easy to get to as well a taxi from our place approx RM 12.00 - 15.00 or the bus for under RM 2.00

Mid Valley Mega Mall. Need to do some serious shopping but cannot go without the kids. No problem MId Valley has a great place for the kids called Mega Kidz. It's an indoor playground with jungle gyms, slides & all sorts of fun things to keep them occupied you can drop them, do the shopping and come back to collect.There is an on-site cafe & kids parties are catered for as well, and best of all mid valley is easy to get to. Just 5 stops away on the train. Also at mid valley there is 10 pin bowling, multi screen cinema, a games centre @ lazer tag

Batu Caves ( just4 stations away on the train ) is a religious site rising almost 100 m above the ground, the Batu Caves temple complex consists of three main caves and a few smaller ones. The biggest, referred to as Cathedral Cave or Temple Cave, has a 100 m-high ceiling and features ornate Hindu shrines. To reach it, visitors must climb a steep flight of 272 steps.

Foot fish spa. There are many places to have a fish spa in K.L, most shopping centres having them at the moment, the fish eat away at the dead skin leaving you feet feeling clean, fresh & soft.

Little India in Brickfileds. While Indian music blasts away on the street, visitors can soak in the colourful sights of Little India – from flower garland arrangements to multihued saris stacked on top of each other in stores. Brickfields is home to a variety of affordable eateries – most importantly the street is popular for its authentic Indian fare especially banana-leaf rice and thosai, Indian pancakes made from fermented rice flour

Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. ( K.L Pac's ) Is located here in the park a short 5 minute walk from the condo. K.L pacs is the home of performing arts in Kuala Lumpur. Be it ballet, drama, music lessonsor live theatre this is where it all happens in K.L. Why not see if there is a show on whilst your in town. ( june has baby siited for many of our guests whilst they have a night at the theatre)

Today is the 25/5/2011 I will be adding more to this page over the next few days