Twinkling Kuala Selangor Firefly Boat Tour from Kuala Lumpur
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From $60.72
16 reviews (4.25)
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Duration: 8 hours
Departs: malaysia, malaysia
TicketType: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Free cancellation
Overview
See millions of fireflies light up the night sky on this 8-hour tour of Kuala Selangor, the only place in the region close to Kuala Lumpur where you can watch fireflies twinkling synchronously in the night air. Marvel at a wonder of nature on a boat trip, and enjoy a delicious seafood dinner at a local fishing village.
Highlights:
• 8-hours tour of Kuala Selangor from Kuala Lumpur
• Visit a colonial-era fort
• Enjoy fresh buffet seafood dinner
• Explore the mangroves in a traditional boat
• See thousands of fireflies in their natural environment
• Free hotel pickup and drop-off included
• Family friendly
What's Included
Air-conditioned vehicle
Boat ride
Firefly Admission Ticket
Hotel pick-up & drop-off (within KLCC areas)
Seafood Dinner Set
What's Not Included
Alcoholic Beverages
Gratuities
Personal Expanses & Insurance
Traveler Information
- INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
- CHILD: Age: 2 - 11
- ADULT: Age: 12 - 99
Additional Info
- Make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and bring insect repellant
- Make sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and bring insect repellant
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
What To Expect
Kuala Lumpur
• Admission Ticket Free
Sungai Buloh
Make your way towards the Sungai Buloh exit from to North-South Expressway and arrive to Kuala Selangor.
• Admission Ticket Free
Bukit Melawati
The fort was built in the late 1700s by Sultan Ibrahim of Selangor to protect against Dutch invaders but the Dutch captured it a renamed it Fort Altingburg. Sultan Ibrahim recaptured the fort in 1785 but it was eventually destroyed during the Selangor Civil War.
To go up to Bukit Malawati, tourist can take tram or they call it the tourist train. Tourist train is only operational on weekends and public holidays from 9.00am to 6.00pm. If we visited on weekdays, we will drive our car up to visit Bukit Malawati. The tram ticket for adult is RM 5 and for children is RM 3.
The cannons at Bukit Malawati,This build because in the late 18th and early 19th century, Bukit Malawati is a stronghold of the Selangor Sultanate. In order to fight against the Dutch, Sultan Ibrahim built this heavily fortified fort.
Poisoned Well Bukit Melawati
The well contains water poisoned from a maxture of latex itchy bamboo shoots. Poisoned Well was used to torture traitors where they were placed inside the well with the water level reaching their chin.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
• Admission Ticket Free
Kuala Selangor District Historical Museum
Photography is not allowed inside the museum
• Admission Ticket Free
Altingsburg Lighthouse
Beautiful lighthouse on the top of bukit melawati, kuala selangor. It's a good place to take photo. However, tourists are not allow to enter in the lighthouse.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Sri Shakti Temple
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Kuala Selangor
• Admission Ticket Free
Kuala Selangor Firefly Park
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Kampung Kuantan Firefly Park
• Admission Ticket Free
Reviews
On the way back we saw a number of large lizards and on our return we had our included dinner at a Thai restaurant with chicken, calamari, prawns, fish, vegetables and fried rice, all of which was very good. Suitably watered and fed we went back out on the water again at dusk to see the fireflies. This was fascinating but almost impossible to photograph, an experience for your mind's eye rather than your camera. All told a very interesting and varied trip which I would thoroughly recommend.
Sri Shakti temple was a cool temple to visit, different from Sri Mariamman and Batu Caves that you'll see in other tours. Uniquely, it is not brightly painted like other Hindu temples. Very interesting to see.
Feeding/petting monkeys was a lot of fun; they are adorable and friendly. Costs maybe 1 or 2$ to buy food for them.
The restaurant was a Thai restaurant on the waterfront. We had sweet and sour fish, some kind of pork and vegetables, and fried rice (I'm guessing with Jasmine). Very, very good. It also allowed a fantastic view of the sunset.
We did not visit the lighthouse on Bukit Melawati. I'm not sure if it was from time constraints or some other factor. However, it hardly mattered as from the description of the tour, you can't go inside anyway.
The highlight of the tour was (of course) seeing the fireflies and the glowing water at night. I've never seen so many fireflies, nor have I seen water that glows as it goes into motion. I still don't know (and havene't researched) why it glows like that, but it's sure cool to see.
Finally, our tour guide Hery/Harry (not sure how to spell it, since we received emails from someone spelling it Hery) was a fantastic tour guide. Very funny and always joking. Excellent guide.
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