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Amazing Fireflies With Blue Tears Watching & Kuala Selangor Tour

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Amazing Fireflies With Blue Tears Watching and Kuala Selangor Tour

6 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Enjoy an evening tour with a difference as you travel from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Selangor for natural entertainment after dark. Take a boat ride through mangroves along the Selangor River, looking out for the thousands of magnificent fireflies that live in the forest. You’ll also get the chance to see the unusual blue tears phenomenon: marine plankton that emits an eerie blue-green light.

Receive personalized attention on a private tour
Tickets for the firefly and blue tears boat tours are included
Travel from Kuala Lumpur in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
Bottled water will be provided; dinner costs extra

What's Included

Firefly Boat Ride Tickets
Air-conditioned vehicle
Bottled water
Blue Tears Watching Boat Ticket

Personal Expenses
Alcoholic Beverages
Dinner
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

THE FACE Suites
1020, Jln Sultan Ismail, Kampung Baru, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
For pickup please wait in front of the valet counter.

Pickup points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Sri Shakti Temple

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bukit Melawati

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kampung Kuantan Firefly Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
Near public transportation

Stroller accessible
Not wheelchair accessible
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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112 reviews

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Unforgettable Evening!

Kumar_R, Apr 2024

Amazing trip with a wonderful guide. Was able to catch the glowing planktons and the fireflies in addition to stopping at a temple on the way in! Memorable experience.. Be prepared for delays due to heavy traffic though! Visiting an old fort and taking in the distant Malacca strait was an added bonus. Highly recommend this trip and our guide LG from Lava travels

Kuala Lumpur trip

Michele_W, Apr 2024

The fireflies were amazing, we were able to see them close up and our boat operator caught one for us and passed it to us and we were able to have it on our hands which was amazing, also the blue tears was a wonderful experience and I would recommend this trip.

Not like the photos

mdelahaye, Apr 2024

Very disappointed, these photos have been photoshopped big time. Long drive for a hour boat ride. The firefly’s were a few flashing lights in the trees. The blue tears were a few blue bugs in the water if you were lucky to catch them.. driver was friendly and drive comfortable but not worth it.

Great tour worth experiencing at least once

ZhiSheng_F, Mar 2024

LG was a great guide and led us around, giving explanations where relevant and answering questions. The monkeys were my favourite part as they climb on you when you feed them. The main events, the fireflies and Blue Tears were somewhat underwhelming, especially if you're trying to take photos. However, I do think they are worth experiencing once.

A wonderful experience - Thanks LV :)

John_W, Mar 2024

We had booked this as a group tour so were very surprised when the driver of the 16 seater minibus arrived and told us we were the only people who had booked the trip on that day. This meant we effectively had a personal guided tour thanks to the wonderful “LG” who was to take us on a first class tour with a visit to a temple and to a view of the Malacca Straights before we had dinner in the fishing village from where we would then be travelling to the mangroves in a very fast boat to see the fireflies and then out to sea to experience the “blue tears” LG was very informative and gave us lots of information about his country throughout the day. He was very tactful and knew when to step back to give us our own time between stops. The fireflies were an amazing sight to see and the crew even caught some in a net for us to hold in our hands. Then it was out into open waters to experience the “blue tears”. Everyone on board was given a net to stir up the water with to see the bioluminescence. The bioluminescence wasn’t particularly spectacular but I think like all natural phenomenon there is an element of luck on the day. All in all we had a great trip and are so grateful to LG for his care and attentiveness.

Great tour

Vanja_K, Feb 2024

Nice tour, our driver Siva was amazing and informative. And the fireflies were nice, but bioluminescent algae were great!

Its ok

Mina_B, Jan 2024

It was good but dont put your expectations too high, mann the driver was great and very friendly and nice

Fireflies on a river boat tour

Anastas_Z, Jan 2024

River cruise first for the eagle watching and second in the dark to watch the fireflies on the trees, the trip started with a visit to an Indian temple and continued with the visit of a hill with monkeys and a lighthouse.

BEST TOUR EVER! BEST TOUR GUIDE EVER!

Brenda_C, Jan 2024

Amazing!!! Loads of fireflies and the blue algae was awesome. The tour included sites we didn't plan on so that was a huge bonus.

Nice enought activity, good tour operator

Victoria_G, Jan 2024

This was a nice enough activity. It was well organised. We saw fireflies and did the river of tears. It was quite nice. Not as amaazing as i had expected. We had taken our 2 year old and we were allowed the stroller on the boat. My partner ate at the sea food restaurant and loved it. Friendly tour operators.

Pricey but worth it

Lina_K, Jan 2024

This is an amazing experience. It is a bit pricey but we still highly recommend it. The tour includes a stop at a Hindu Tempel, monkey feeding (highlight), fireflies boat tour, blue tears boat tour (highlight) and a stop at the birth place of Kuala Lumpur (river of life). Our knowledgeable tour guide Mr Maran told us a lot about Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur. Thank you Mr Maran!

Went alone, great guide...

Nanna_S, Dec 2023

Went alone, great guide and tour - loved all the monkeys! However thought the boat ride was at little too Wild. Overall would recommend :)

Good trip

Dexter_Z, Dec 2023

We did not have the best of weather, nonetheless we saw what we wanted. Will recommend the cafe beside jetty instead of restaurant if prefer a more chilled experience.

Recommended trip!!!

Preeya_C, Dec 2023

Very nice!!! We had a lovely moment. It was a really nice experience to see the fireflies flickering around us and on the mangroves. And the tour guide was really helpful. Really professional and the guide took care of all our needs, including recommending places where we could get vegetarian menu. Thank you Viator.

Dancing Fireflies

Birgit_P, Dec 2023

Wonderful Temple experience, nice Atmosphere at the river side, fireflies are gorgeous!!! Could be a bit darker when starting the speed boats to the fireflies . Blue tears were not seen due to rain season just a few brilliant perls

Great evening experience

Charlotte_S, Dec 2023

Fantastic boat trip and loved getting out of the city. Very friendly and informa6guide who looked after us. Lightning and storms added to the mix !

Disappointing trip

AkremYusuf_M, Nov 2023

The driver was excellent in explaining the different stops. The disappointing part was the blue tears and fireflies watching. There was barely anything too see. Very little flickers with the fireflies and we were given a net to "catch" blue tears and be able to see scattered dimly lit spots for 2 seconds inside a net. It was nothing as advertised in the pictures. We were in the dark looking out at darkness. No blue tears in the river nor enough fireflies to light up the area. Maybe it was the timing or the season but it was just a waste of time. The company should inform people about this beforehand if it's the wrong season.

Fire flies were good, the...

Luke_L, Nov 2023

Fire flies were good, the blue water had little blue, probably because of the rain. The crew was good

Wonderful trip to Kuala Selangor from KL

JunIchi_S, Oct 2023

First, I want to say thank you to our driver and tour attendant, Mr ViJay. He is super nice attendant and has lots of knowledge regarding Malaysia. Thus, we really enjoyed this tour a lot (see my photos). By the way, It was difficult to take a photo for fire flies and blue tears. So you MUST go to Kuala Selangor with Mr. ViJay!!

Bioluminescent Water

Hamza_A, Sep 2023

Very knowledgeable host! Amazing tour! Bioluminescent water is definitely a sight to see! Took us right to the spot and was very helpful along the way.