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Malaysia is one of the most vibrant destinations in modern Southeast Asia, offering experiences as contrasting as its multi-ethnic population is diverse. Pristine beaches, jungle-draped hills and mountains, cities holding a wealth of exotic architecture, craft traditions and wonderfully eclectic cuisines – all can be sampled in even a relatively short tour.
Created in 1963 from a patchwork of erstwhile colonial kingdoms, Malaysia is divided into two distinct regions separated by the South China Sea: the Malay Peninsula in the west; and the states of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo to the east. Between the Peninsula and neighbouring Sumatra stretch one of the world’s busiest seaways, the Straits of Malacca.
From the early 15th century onwards, European powers jostled for control over the lucrative trade in spices and other valuables from the Far East which passed through the Straits. The Portuguese, Dutch and British all established colonies here at one time, adding their influence to the rich mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian which had already taken root.
Today, it’s precisely this same blend that makes this such a fascinating part of the world to explore. On a tailor-made holiday to Malaysia, wander through the atmospheric back streets of Georgetown, with its wood-shuttered shop fronts, Chinese temples, evocative colonial-era buildings and stalls selling flavour-packed Tamil street food; or soak up the headlong modernity of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s great melting pot, whose skyscrapers and shopping malls remind you that you’re at the heart of a booming Asian-tiger economy.
At the other extreme lie the remote, interior jungles of Borneo, which you can experience on tailor-made holidays from the comfort of a luxury river cruise, or the great mountain of Kinabalu overlooking the coast of Sabah, whose pale-grey granite summit soars above a tract of rainforest where orangutans still roam free.
Suggested Malaysia Holidays & Group Tours

A Two Week Honeymoon in Borneo
15 days from £4000 per person
Sabah, in the far north of Borneo, ticks all the boxes when it comes to romantic and adventurous holidays:

Belmond Eastern and Oriental - Wild Malaysia
7 days from £4495 per person
This journey takes you from Singapore into Taman Negara National Park and onwards to Penang, offering the perfect blend of relaxation on board and inspiring exploration off the train.

Belmond Eastern and Oriental Express - Essence of Malaysia
7 days from £4495 per person
This journey takes you from Singapore through Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi and Penang, offering the perfect blend of relaxation on board and inspiring exploration off the train, including snorkelling, island exploration and fascinating cultural tours.

Borneo Family Adventure
15 days from £4245 per person
Share unforgettable wildlife encounters, sleepovers in a tribal longhouse and a blissful stay on a tropical beach in the course of this 15-day family-oriented tour.

Colonial Malaysia
14 days from £4455 per person
This two-week tour focuses on the numerous legacies of Malaysia, and the influences its colonisers have left behind over the centuries from the Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese and British.

Discover Borneo
17 days from £6495 per person
Explore Sarawak and Sabah’s world-renowned wildlife parks, staying in comfortable hotels, eco-lodges, camps and retreats in the heart of the rainforest.

East Coast Explorer of Malaysia
14 days from £3495 per person
More rustic and rural than the western flank of the peninsula, the east coast retains a more traditionally Malaysian feel.

Mystical Borneo
16 days from £4680 per person
Explores the remote and deep interior of Sarawak & Sabah

Peninsula Nature & Wildlife
17 days from £3060 per person
Leave behind Malaysia's main sites and explore the highlands, rainforests and jungles

Wild Malaysia
17 days from £3100 per person
Malaysia is often mistakenly regarded as an urban nation, but as this 17-day trip across the peninsula vividly demonstrates, that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Wonders of Borneo
12 days from £4125 per person
The world's oldest rainforests, exotic flora & fauna including the Orangutan and Pigmy Elephants
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Malaysia Regions

Borneo – Sarawak
Comprising the states/federal territories of: Sarawak (Borneo)
Travel highlights for Malaysia

Turtle Islands National Park
A cluster of three tiny, sand-fringed islands off the northeast coast of Sabah serve as nesting sites for endangered green and hawksbill marine turtles.

Kinabatangan
Olive green or chocolate brown depending on the season, the Kinabatangan is Sabah’s longest river, rising in the mountains of the interior and flowing into the Sulawesi Sea on Borneo’s northeast coast.

Gunung Mulu National Park
Encompassing a spectacular tract of pristine rainforest and high mountains in Sarawak’s northern interior, this is the state’s top national park, and one of the few in the country designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mount Kinabalu Trek
Mt Kinabalu is not merely Borneo’s loftiest summit, but – at an imposing 4,095m / 13,435ft – is also the highest ground between the Himalayas and Papua New Guinea. Thousands of trekkers travel to the island each year to complete the ascent – a trek which, although requiring no technical expertise, demands a good degree of physical fitness and stamina.

Perhentian Islands
Located 20km off Malaysia’s north east cost and just 64km from the border with Thailand in the South China Sea, the Perhentian Islands, only accessible by boat, are home to turquoise seas

Georgetown, Penang Island
Georgetown, capital of Penang state on the northwestern side of the Malay Peninsula, was the East India Company’s first outpost in the region, and preserves behind its high-rise blocks and modern intersections a wealth

Georgetown
Georgetown, capital of Penang state on the north-western side of the Malay Peninsula, was the East India Company’s first outpost in the region, and preserves behind its high-rise blocks and modern intersections,

Cameron Highlands
Connected to the coast by road only in the 1930s, Cameron Highlands, 46 miles (75km) north-east of KL, was one of very last hill stations to be established by the British, and the area still evokes the twilight of the empire.

Melaka
Wander around Melaka’s old quarter, Bandar Hilir, for a glimpse of a ruined Portuguese fort, salmon-coloured Dutch Square and Chinese clan houses and temples – just part of the rich heritage of a town whose role in the early maritime spice trade with Europe kick-started the formation of the Malaysian state. Before the arrival of an invading Portuguese fleet in 1511, this was the capital of the powerful Malacca Sultanate, and it remains a thriving regional capital.
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