9 National Parks Tours in Malaysia to Build a Day Around

1.Taman Negara National Park Trek Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 395 reviews · 15 hours · from $177Our pick

Spend 15 hours traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara for a guided Teresek Hill hike, local lunch, rapid shooting on the Tembeling River, and a visit to a Bateq Orang Asli village. Guides such as Mushroom and Kopi have helped make the jungle walk clear, lively, and memorable.

“It was a good experience overall, great guide and the rainy forest is a must to see in Malesia! honestly the drivers drives too fast..a bit unsafe..”

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2.Full-Day Taman Negara National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 318 reviews · 10 hours · from $173

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 6:00 a.m. for Taman Negara with an English-speaking driver-guide, then join a local nature guide for jungle trekking, a boat ride, rapid shooting, lunch, and an Orang Asli visit. The canopy walkway is currently closed, so expect a challenging forest walk instead. Bring water, a towel, and dry clothes.

“Wonderful experience in amzing Jungle and Natural Park, guides also were great and you can see a lot of animals. But the best part was the trip to go and to come back with N1 driver Jay, super safe driver and super fun, great talker and great laugh togheter. Really No 1.”

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3.Night Froggy Adventure at Kubah National Park

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $75Best value

Join a guide such as Lucian, Fionara, Danny, or Cornelius for a four-hour night walk from Kuching to Kubah National Park. Walk about 3km roundtrip and 100 metres uphill to the frog pond, using headlamps to find frogs, snakes, spiders, lizards, geckos, and insects. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

“Amazing experience, Fionara was so helpful and patient, pointing out some amazing herps for us. She really went the extra distance for us and was so kind.”

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4.Taman Negara National Park Day Tour (SIC – Join In Tour)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 48 reviews · from $131

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 5:30am for Taman Negara, where you will hike toward Teresek Hill, eat lunch at a floating restaurant, ride the river through Rapid Shooting, and visit an Orang Asli village. An English-speaking guide such as Mushroom or Copy may lead the park activities. Expect a long day, steep steps, shared transport, and wet clothes.

“Departure from kuala lumpur, Trekking in the forest (many steps), nice but we thought there were more animals. Then lunch, Buono, and then we went to the village where they showed us the peculiarities of their lives Finally we went back by boat and there you wash totally, initially it is fun, a lot, later it becomes maybe slightly heavy. We had a very good and nice guide, makes you smell typical smells like the rock of batu caves, lemongrass anise. The return lasted forever with traffic, it took us 5 hours so if you have to take other means of transport I recommend staying wide with the times. In…”

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5.Bako National Park from Kuching City

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 35 reviews · from $140

Travel by minivan and boat from Kuching to Bako National Park, then walk forest trails with a guide such as Sally, Richard, Alex, or Phillip. Look for proboscis monkeys, silvered leaf monkeys, macaques, snakes, and carnivorous plants. Lunch, water, transport, and hotel pickup are included.

“This tour was exceptional. Bako National Park is quite remote and our guide Phillip was very knowledgeable about the area. Very comfortable ride there and the boat ride was quite nice. The island was really full of nature and he went out of his way to find things and accommodate wildlife sightings.”

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6.Bako National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 18 reviews · from $158

Leave Kuching at 8:00 am for Bako National Park, riding from the fishing village of Bako to park headquarters by boat. A guide such as Julian, Alex, Elvin, or JayBee leads the rainforest walk and helps spot proboscis monkeys, macaques, silver leaf monkeys, flying lemurs, bearded pigs, and monitor lizards. Expect about five hours, transport, park fees, and boat costs included.

“Well-organised tour. I was contacted by whatsapp by the tour guide (JayBee) the evening before the trip to confirm the pick-up time from our hotel, and we were driven from our hotel to the Bako national park jetty, and then sent by speedbRead more”

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7.Night Frogs Tour at Kubah National Park

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $114

Set out from Kuching at 6 pm for a four-hour guided walk in Kubah National Park. With guides such as Danny, Estee, or Cornellius, you search jungle streams, ponds, and a frog boardwalk for more than 60 species, including tiny frogs and the Asian horned frog. Pickup, park fees, and water are included.

“Great experience. Our guide Estee was fantastic! We were lucky and saw about 15 different species of frogs, our guide was great at spotting them. Highly recommend if you like frogs and want to experience the jungle at night.”

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8.Kinabalu National Park Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · from $135

Spend about eight hours exploring Sabah’s mountain country on a small group tour capped at 15 people. From Kota Kinabalu, you’ll visit Nabalu Market, Desa Dairy Farm, Poring Hot Springs, and Kinabalu Park with an English-speaking guide, set lunch, transport, and hotel pickup.

“The mountain scenery was breathtakingly beautiful. Enjoy the leg soak in the hot spring as well. Weather was a bit hot.”

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9.Taman Negara National Park Day Excursion from Kuala Lumpur PVT

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $190

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 6:00 am for a private, 12-hour trip to Taman Negara with an English-speaking driver and nature guide. Walk above the rainforest canopy, ride through river rapids, eat lunch near Kuala Tahan, and reach an Orang Asli village by boat. The drive takes about six hours in total, so expect a long but full day.

“Very interesting tour, fun and with an experienced guide. Afterwards we had lunch, but it was only leftovers. That's why I didn't give this tour five stars.”

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