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Genting Highland Day Trip & Batu Caves Temple Tour (8Hrs)
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Batu Caves
Embark on an exciting day trip to Genting Highland and Batu Caves Temple. Explore the largest Hindu temple, enjoy the scenic beauty of Genting Highland, and visit the Strawberry Leisure Farm. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Batu Caves - The limestone forming Batu Caves is said to be around 400 million years old. Some of the cave entrances were used as shelters by the indigenous Temuan people (a tribe of Orang Asli). As early as 1860, Chinese settlers began excavating guano for fertilising their vegetable patches. However, they became famous only after the limestone hills were recorded by colonial authorities including Daly and Syers as well as American Naturalist, William Hornaday in 1878. Batu Caves was promoted as a place of worship by K. Thamboosamy Pillai, an Indian trader. He was inspired by the vel-shaped entrance of the main cave and was inspired to dedicate a temple to Lord Murugan within the caves. In 1890, Pillai, who also founded the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur, installed the murti (consecrated statue) of Sri Murugan Swami in what is today known as the Temple Cave. Since 1892, the Thaipusam festival in the Tamil month of Thai (which falls in late January/early February) has been celebrated there. Wooden steps up to the Temple Cave were built in 1920 and have since been replaced by 272 concrete steps. Of the various cave temples that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its high vaulted ceiling. In August 2018 the 272 steps were painted in an extraordinary colour scheme, with each set of steps painted in a different range of colours. However accusations were almost immediately made by the National Heritage Department for a breach of law requiring authorisation for renovations within 200 metres of a heritage site. The temple’s management disputed their failure to receive authorization.
What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicle with English-Speaking Driver
- Hotel Pick-up & Drop-off
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Entrance Fee: 2-way Cable Car Ride
Additional Information
Our experience English-speaking driver will pick you up at Kuala Lumpur city centre hotels / apartments and drive you for roughly about 30minutes to the Batu Caves the biggest Hindu Temple and after spending your time at the Caves temple we will straight away heading to the Genting Highland and you first stop will be the Strawberry Leisure Farm before drive you to the Awana Cabel Car Station. End of the tour send back to your hotels / apartments.
Location
Batu Caves
Gombak
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Feb 11, 2020
Genting Highlands - Was told at the outset that there was not time to visit the Batu Caves so were taken just to Genting Highlands which was quite disappointing as it was what we wanted to see and were not offered any refund or satisfactory explanation
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