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Private Half-Day George Town History Tour: English-Speaking Guide to Attractions and Cultural Sites
4.5
53 Ratings
George Town
Join this half-day tour and explore George Town well-known attractions with our professional English speaking guide. Learn about the city cultural and history through visits to Clan Jetties, the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, Khoo Kongsi and Buddhist temples. Round-trip transportation from George Town hotels is included.
Join this half-day tour and explore George Town well-known attractions with our professional English speaking guide. Learn about the city cultural and history through visits to Clan Jetties, the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, Khoo Kongsi and Buddhist temples. Round-trip transportation from George Town hotels is included.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chew Jetty - Our Tour Guide pick you up from your hotel in George Town area to start your George Town half day tour that takes in main attractions and picturesque sights. You will visit to the Clan Jetties located along the waterfront of George Town. Get a first-hand view of house stilt by the coast of the living heritage of the Chew Clan go about…
- Chew Jetty - Our Tour Guide pick you up from your hotel in George Town area to start your George Town half day tour that takes in main attractions and picturesque sights. You will visit to the Clan Jetties located along the waterfront of George Town. Get a first-hand view of house stilt by the coast of the living heritage of the Chew Clan go about their daily life.
- Pinang Peranakan Mansion - Visit the former house of Chinese Captain, the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and marveled their collections not found elsewhere. This elite house featured many recollection memories when the Chinese immigrants inter-marriage with the locals and created a fusion of east meets locals, hence a new tradition was borne.
- Khoo Kongsi - Take a tour to Khoo Kongsi, one of the grandest temple or clan house of the Khoo family and marvel at the grand architecture, one of the best outside China. Learn about the history, rituals, Fengshui and trivia stuffs found in Khoo Kongsi.
- Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram - We round up the tour with a visit to Pulau Tikus and visit Reclining Buddha Temple. Be amazed with the world 3rd longest Reclining Buddha statue and see the differences between Chinese and Siamese’s dragons in Reclining Buddha temple.
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Dharmikarama Burmese Temple - See the standing Buddha and check out the Guardian of
the World (Panca Rupa) and count how many animal’s part that make up of this guardian. Throw a few coins for luck in Fountain of Life and learn about the journey of Buddha in Burmese temple. - MAM Holidays Malaysia - After finish this tour you will be transferred back to your hotel safely.
What's Included
- Pickup and drop-off within George Town hotel/Cruise ship port
- Round trip transportation by private car
- All taxes and service charges included
- Guided by an experienced English-speaking tour guide
- Pickup and drop-off within George Town hotel/Cruise ship port
- Round trip transportation by private car
- All taxes and service charges included
- Guided by an experienced English-speaking tour guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Any Other things not mentioned
- Food and drinks
- Any Other things not mentioned
Location
Chew Jetty
Pengkalan Weld, 59A, Chew Jetty
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(53 Ratings)
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Carolyn_b
Jan 27, 2025
Great trip - Lim was a terrific guide and driver. He is so knowledgeable about Penang and his insights made the trip so fun.
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Morag_p
Jan 24, 2025
Fantastic trip around historic Penang with Muhammad Firdauz - Very interesting trip around various historic sights with plenty of time to explore. Air conditioned vehicle for the journeys between each site. Muhammad is a very knowledgeable guide with a good sense of humour and makes the whole trip a very enjoyable experience
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Mbritbart
Jan 13, 2025
An excellent tour in Penang - This was an outstanding tour. Our guide Ang was so knowledgeable and he told us fascinating stories about the history of Penang from many different aspects. All of the stops were fantastic and eye-opening. We will be thinking about it for a long time. Highly recommended.
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Andre_l
Dec 24, 2024
Guide was very... - Guide was very knowledgeable about Georgetown and took us everywhere we were interested in. Very friendly and helpful.
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Linda_z
Dec 20, 2024
Excellent short tour of Penang - Great experience with Muhammad who tailored the tour to our needs. The museum was very interesting - opulent and beautiful.
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Roger_b
Dec 11, 2024
Wonderful day with Muhammud in Penang! - This was one of the best day tours we've ever done. Muhammad Firdauz was a wonderful guide and we had so much fun. He got us special entry into Chinese temples, shrines, mosques and much more. Also, batiks, coffee and chocolates!! Brilliant 👏
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Kala_s
Nov 19, 2024
Nice itinerary and sufficient. - Very well curated itinerary and organised. We were well looked after and spent enough time at each spot.
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Greatbrownhype
Jun 19, 2024
Highlights of George Town - First off, big thank you to MAM and our guide Muhammad for accepting such a last minute booking!
This was a great tour and Muhammad was an excellent guide! Pick up was prompt, and our private car for the tour was spotless and comfortable.
Muhammad is everything you expect in an excellent guide. He gave us great background information on the region and sites without it turning into a lecture, all mixed in with a little humor. At each stop he let us enjoy things at our own pace. We never felt rushed and he struck the perfect balance of guiding us around and letting us explore on our own.
We got a great overview of the city, excellent photo ops, and a little tourist shopping. 100% would recommend him to anyone looking to book a tour.
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Alimn1557lg
Feb 8, 2025
Georgetown City Tour - We started off from the hotel picked up by our guide Mohammed Firdauz and headed to the Thai Temple with the reclining Buddha after which we were taken to a Coffee outlet to select different types of coffee and teas. Following on we went to a chocolate outlet offering different types of chocolates.
From there we were driven to the Khoo Khong Si but unfortunately it was closed due to the Chinese New Year. We then proceeded to the Peranakan Museum where we spent quite a bit of time viewing the old furniture, jewelry and artifacts of the era which was very interesting as it showed the blending of Chinese tradition and culture into Malay habitat.
From there we were taken to Armenian Street to see a famous street art and circled the neighbouring streets taking in various landmarks.
We finally were taken the Clan Jetties to view the houses on stilts along the waterfront before being driven back to our hotel.
Mohammed was a good guide and spoke fluent English and gave us a run down on the places we visited and also advice on where else we could go on our own during our free time.
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Leaht831
Aug 10, 2024
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.
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