Things to do in  Penang

Very knowledgeable and informative on all aspects of Penang. Shared a ton of information with a lot of enthusiasm, very good English and went above and beyond to show us so much around the island. The best guide we have had and would highly recommend and definitely hire again in the future.

Mr Lam was excellent very friendly and very knowledgable. He showed us a few things we wanted to see and left the rest to him. We had a great few hours in Penang.

I was in Penang for work and I had only a day to see the sights. The tour was exactly what I needed to get a flavor of the area. The guide was very accommodating and helpful.

Overall quite pleased. The guide, Tiger, picked us up at the airport with a sign. He took us by car to a Buddhist temple with venomous snakes. Then to the top of Penang hill by Funicular, to have beautiful city views and award winning fried noodles. After that to another temple with the worlds largest bronze goddess statue. He took us around George Town to see the Clan Jetties, an old mosque, street art, antiques Chinese mansions etc. Then dropped us off at our hotel. Tiger was cheerful, pleasant and accommodating. He seemed quite knowledgeable and could name every building and every flower. He gave us great advice for the rest of our trip. Very happy. Overall spent about 50 RM on tickets and lunch per person.

Our tour of Penang has been one of the best tours that we have taken.Lee was our guide ,an excellent one⭐.We were given in depth knowledge of the history and culture of each place we visited.The snake temple,the Penang Hill,botanical gardens and Georgetown's history was well explained in a manner that we wanted to hear more and more on it.I specially liked his knowledge of the spices and flora of the gardens.The view of Georgetown was amazing from the Penang Hill.The six hours tour was too good,we were able to see the temples ,the Anglican church as well as the Kapitan Keling Mosque.We saw a lot based on our time frame.Little India,the Harmony street,Armenian street ,Gurney street and a lot more sights was covered with in depth information which Lee gave tirelessly. It was a wonderful tour of Penang.Thank you for the amazing tour Mr.Lee.

Overall a very good package. When I asked about how to meet the driver, the reply was prompt and gave detailed directions. Our driver cum tour guide was Tiger, and he was very knowledgeable about various topics on Penang. He also shared with us many nuggets of information. For the places to visit, we selected a bunch from the places listed in the package description and also requested to visit some shops where we could buy the tambun (green bean) biscuits and preserved nutmeg. Tiger planned the itinerary for us based on our requests and we managed to get back to our cruise ship on time. He also took us to a hawker centre at Air Itam and we had some delicious local dishes for lunch. It was excellent service overall.

We were a group of 5 above-50 years old ladies so we wanted an easy tour. This tour was perfect for us since the pace was not too fast and we were able to see the major sites in the city in one day. Our tour guide, Muhammad Firdauz, was really fun and very informative. He was very nice and considerate and would always ask us if the activity was ok with us. I highly recommend this tour (and Firdauz) for people who want an express view of Penang.

After docking we met up with Wong and his mini bus and were driven across the new 24km long bridge joining Penang to the mainland then travelled an hour passed fresh water lakes and marsh land then into the mountains to the theme park at Laketown. Here a ferry took us across to Orangutan island where we were met by our guide. To see the Orangs we walked in a cage unfortunately not good for photography. They were separated from the cage by an electric fence about a metre away. Being clever animals they knew not to touch this and retrieved some fruit thrown to them using sticks. We were introduced to them by name and learnt about the hierarchy and personalities. From here it was a 30 minute drive to the zoo. With perspiration dripping off us December we viewed what animals were not taking shelter before going to the museum. Here we viewed many of the Malaysian animals me missed at the zoo - stuffed. That was good - it was cool inside and the animals couldn't run away! There were many species we hadn't seen before. A very full day with a diversity of scenery.

From start to finish the tour was first rate. The driver/guide was on time arriving at our hotel at 8am. He introduced himself and told us any questions we had, to ask and he would try to answer them, which he did. We first went to Taiping Zoo we were there for an hour and a half, which we felt was long enough. Not a big Zoo. Animals looked healthy hopefully well looked after. Following that we went to Perak Museum, which was very interesting out of the two we felt we would have liked more time at the Museum. Following the Museum we set off to see the Orangutan's. All the way our guide was giving us lots of interesting facts about Penang. Before going to the Orangutan Island we had lunch at the Lakeside. Very good food at very cheap price. After lunch we left our guide and crossed to the island on the ferry which was a plesant journey. We were met with a guide from the Island. We were very lucky as we were the only visitors at that time which was great. The guide was very interesting telling us all about the Island and the work they do for the Orangutan's and of course telling us about the Orangutan's. She told us all their names and as we called to them they responded. It was fantastic we were so lucky to see them and so many of them. We saw the youngest and the oldest. It was a day we will remember for a very long time. For anyone who likes the Orangutans, as we do, it is a must do trip. A little tip go during the week it is quieter a tip from our driver/guide.

As our cruise ship was scheduled to dock in Penang for only a limited few hours, we decided to purchase tickets for the funicular here in the UK prior to our departure, as we had read of long queues. The price was the same as those shown on the Penang Hill website so we purchased the 'fast track' option and are so pleased we did as there were, indeed, quite long queues, even to purchase fast track tickets on the day. We did have to swap our Viator voucher for tickets, but we were ushered to a queue-free counter where the swap was done. We were then directed through a separate entrance and were boarded first on the very next train. There is no doubt that this saved us some considerable time which was so limited. Similarly, for the return journey we were directed into a separate entrance and had the benefit of being able to sit in a small, cool, lounge whilst waiting for the next train which, again, we boarded first. The train journey itself is only 5-10 minutes and the views from the top of the hill were amazing. There is a restaurant and café at the top, the latter serving the most ornate ice cream/fruit dishes we have ever seen! As it was very hot we shared a short electric golf buggy ride around the top of the hill with another couple for a total of 10US, which was interesting and saved a long walk. If your time in Penang is limited, I would recommend that you purchase these tickets on-line in advance as you will save a lot of time. We had also purchased hop-on-hop-off bus tickets the bus stops right outside the funicular station and wanted to see as much of Penang as we could in the time we had available.

The local tour company in Penang brought forward the start time to 8.00am for this tour. They emailed us and contacted our hotel to be sure we got the message. Glad they did as it gets very busy at Penang Hill by mid morning. Driver was on time at the hotel and for pick-up at the base of Penang Hill after we has finished our self tour of the top. Temple was great. Our guide was very knowledgeable and patient, allowing us to stop at whatever particularly interested us and gave us heaps of time to see what we wanted to see.

The audio tour of Penang was great, although it was difficult to download the files as the wifi in Penang is very weak, apparently due to copper wires. In the end I managed. It worked well on the iPhone. The descriptions were excellent but you have to listen to the very end of each one as it tells you how to get to the next site. One hint for users: the tour is in a loop and my hotel was in the middle of the loop. I thought I should start at the first site and move through the sites numerically. However in doing so I ended up walking a loop and a half. So I would suggest you listen to the introduction, then start at the site nearest to your hotel, and work from there. I was disappointed there was no audio tour of Kuala Lumpur. The self-guided tour is a great way to visit a city.

Excellent service and guide Jackie Teh was knowledgeable in his work. We appreciate his care and concern in helping senior citizens enjiy the tour Jackie Teh our guide for the day is not inky very knowledgeable in his job but has shown concern to enable senior citizens like my wife and I have a wonderful time on this tour to suit our capabilities - we enjoyed the Penang food like Cha koey Teow, Rojak,lo Bak,and teochew chendol etc in Famous hawkers stalls or shops. Really enjoyed the trip which allows us to pick your attractions too.