Animal-loving travelers will enjoy this private day tour to some of the best wildlife attractions around Kuala Lumpur. Start at the Batu Caves, for a dose of culture with great views. Continue to an elephant sanctuary, where you can get close to the gentle giants of the forest as well as other animals, like silverleaf monkeys. End at the Kampung Kuantan Firefly Park, where the insects glow after dark.

This private tour can be customized to suit your needs
Includes hotel transfers in an air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch, dinner, and bottled water will be provided
A family-friendly tour that kids will love

What's Included

Bottled water
Lunch
Driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Dinner

Personal Expenses
Alcoholic Beverages
Soft Drink and Fruit Juices
Driver Tipping

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 AM

Pickup details

For pick up point out of Kuala Lumpur City Center will be extra cost according to distance

What To Expect

Batu Caves

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Kampung Kuantan Firefly Park

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Deerland Park

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Bukit Melawati

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

East Coast Batik Sdn Bhd (Batik CHONG)

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate

Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Deerland Close on Friday
Wear comfortable shoe and dress as this is long hour tour.
For Batu Cave women dress need to be below knee and shoulder covered.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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.

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Bucket list worthy, wonderful guide

Neil_F, Apr 2024

An amazing day out, exactly as described and the experience was simply outstanding. Highlight has to be the elephant conservation centre, wonderful to spend time close to the elephants in a peaceful and happy environment. Excellent food during the day, sustains energy levels during the 13.5 hour trip. Well worth it, and massive thanks to Chandra for his wonderful hosting, expert knowledge and for safely driving us on this epic tour. Don’t hesistate to book if you are going to be in KL.

Beware. Do not take this terrible tour. Do not waste money on such high priced tour

Maria_P, Mar 2024

Do not take this tour. Highly highly over priced for what you get. It started with our guide (who was not even a guide. He was only a driver) picking us up and we had to pay extra on top of the 700usd we paid because of the airport pick up. The guide refused our usd because he claimed the bills were too old. Moreover we had requested a large van as we had suitcases and 5 big people. One senior and one cancer patient among us. The van was small and the driver had to put seats down to accommodate our luggage leaving even less room. And furthermore he refused to let any of us sit in the front passenger seat because he had a his personal stuff on the seat. So we were all cramped into the back. He offered us some warm water bottles after a few hours. He was not a tour guide. He was only a driver that dropped us out at places. It was so hot outside and we could not find our driver for a while and had to wait in the extreme heat for him to appear. With a senior and a cancer patient this was crazy. We cut the tour short as it was awfully cramped and unpleasant vehicle and mean driver. The tour group did not refund us any money as they had promised lunch and dinner. As well we did not use the tickets for any of the paid parks and they did not refund this either. Beware beware. Do not take this tour and waste your money.

Good Value

Emma_E, Mar 2024

My friend and I went on this tour to see sights outside of the city in a safe and efficient manner - and that's exactly what this was! It was a long day (about 12 hours), but we saw elephants, deer, monkeys, fireflies, and many other animals up-close. We were picked up and dropped off from our hotel and there were a few 1-hour driving periods throughout the day which were nice for resting. The tour guide was friendly, informative, and spoke excellent English. Only thing that could have been better is communication: about 2 days before the tour, I was contacted by the tour company via Whatsapp confirming the reservation. I didn't respond because it didn't seem like I needed to. A day later, they texted me again, implying I needed to respond. Then asked if we could switch to a different day because the day we originally planned would be busy with a large school group visiting on of the destinations. It was confusing, but we eventually agreed to switch days and it all worked out fine. I would recommend this tour!

Highly Recommend!

tayahrogers, Feb 2024

Absolutely brilliant day! Our guide Mr Chandran was so knowledgable and really added value to our day. Aside from Deerland, every part of this day was phenomenal.

Family travel

Maria_F, Feb 2024

Our driver was purely a driver and not a guide. It was a very hot day and unfortunately the restaurants were all outside without air conditioning. The bathrooms were not western style and did not have toilet paper. Our kids may some nice memories of the elephants and the monkeys but it seems there would be a better way to do do this.

Horrible Experience

KeziaHazel_P, Feb 2024

I had just 1 day to spend in Kuala Lumpur and so I planned to take this trip with a private chauffeur cum guide. Mr. Mani my chauffeur cum guide was a very decent, interesting and knowledgeable person. I was a solo traveller and so he kept me entertained and also provided me with a lot of insights of the sightseeing places he took me to. The trip however costed me a lot of money which I felt was overly charged and not worth of what I experienced. Most of the time is spent on the road travelling from one state to another and we also reached very late to the Silver Monkey where the entry gate was closed. I would recommend people to not take this trip since it is not worth it at all. My only memory of this trip would be the Batu Cave and Firefly. Rest was a waste of my money and time.

Full day with knowledgeable guide

Cathy_A, Jan 2024

Positives first: the fireflies were the most memorable part of this epic trip because it is a natural and magical phenomenon. So perfectly beautiful to see the lights from these little bugs twinkle like fairies to the sound of the mosque in the distance as we silently floated down the river. Mosquito repellent is a must. The elephants were lovely and we loved feeding them. We were worried about watching an elephant 'show' however it was not elephants doing tricks they demonstrated how they can do thinks like move objects with their trunks as part of their exercise. They did appear to be well looked after. The deer park was a waste of time,we would have preferred to have spent more time with the elephants. Whilst the Batu caves were spectacular,we were completely shocked and appalled by the amount of rubbish piling up and attracting flies.rats and monkeys. There was a huge bazarre/market surrounding them, but sadly we didn't feel it was clean enough for us to try any of the food or drink on offer due to the dirt and smell. What a shame that somewhere so sacred was not cared for by the people visiting it. The monkeys were amusing. We expected to be part of a coach group but we're pleasantly surprised when it was just us collected on a car by our guide Segar, who was excellent, very knowledgeable and professional.thank you Segar

Monkeying around and fireflies

Dan_L, Jan 2024

Segar was a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide. Vehicle was a little small for the 4 of us but OK, would have preferred a larger mini van for $625. Food was just OK... Firefly experience was surreal, silver monkeys and brown monkeys were super fun. Great experience with the Elephant rescue (RM 50 for guide plus tip). Batu caves were busy due to Hindu festival, but had 1.5 hours (since deerland was closed). Over 12 hour day but it was one of the best ezperiemces ever!!

Knowingly, misadvertised for the last three years

Shauna_V, Dec 2023

Chandan was great however the trip was misadvertised. Despite their knowledge for almost 3 years that they no longer offer the opportunity to take a shower with the elephants, it is still advertised as part of the itinerary and why I selected this particular trip. It wasn’t till we were on our way that I discovered this was no longer part of the experience. As a result, I significantly overpaid for this trip. I contacted the tour operator and asked how we could resolve it. However, it is the second day and I have yet to receive a response. Therefore I am leaving this review so others are aware that this is no longer part of the experience and you will overpay for the trip and they will not do anything to make up for overcharging you due to their miss advertising.

Highly recommend

Beverley_H, Nov 2023

5 stars from start to finish. Excellent tour leader, friendly & informative. Great day, highly recommend… thank you so much ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🌟

Eccotourism Adventure

Windy_C, Oct 2023

I can't think of a better way to spend a day exploring the beauty of Malaysia! The elegant preserve and monkey experience were amazing!

Day tour around Kuala Lumpur and outside the city

James_A, Sep 2023

Took a tour with about 11 of us. The tour was great. We went to the caves, elephant sanctuary, deer park, a batik shop, and then finished with a night tour of the firefly’s along the river. Was worth the trip if you’re looking for a one day trip in the city.

Neverending Highlights

Suszanne_k, Sep 2023

Everything about the whole experience was outstanding from beginning to end. Our guide Chandra is a wealth of knowledge was very knowledgeable and friendly. We will have a lifetime of memories. Highly recommend this tour. Our guide was very informative about every aspect of our tour as well as history of Kuala Lumpur we learned a lot. Loved the elephant experience, Batu Caves were a total wonder to behold, Batik shop was interesting, Sri Sakhkti Temple was truly beautiful and amazing and meeting the monkeys was a delight with their babies! Sadly deer farm was closed… fireflies were lovely to see lovely end to a wonderful day. Both lunch and dinner provided were delicious and plentiful. Highly recommend Chandra as a guide he’s a true gentleman and a scholar.

Birthday Trip!

Charlotte_L, Aug 2023

We had a lovely day trip to celebrate a birthday, with a wonderful guild! He was very knowledgeable and a careful driver. Yes, it was a lot of driving but it was a day filled with a range of activities. It was great to see the Batu Cave, and the elephants sanctuary was our favourite. We had a surprise trip to a batik shop, which we loved! The fireflies was a highlight! The only thing that would have made this trip even better was stopping to go in some water somewhere, which got quite hot and it would have been very refreshing.

Amazing.

Shawnasia_J, May 2023

My guide ‘S’ was kind and taught me about the Tamil culture. He was punctual and very knowledgeable. We stopped at a Batik for the silk drawing which was a nice addition. At the sanctuary, we were actually allowed to feed the elephants and the Silverleaf monkeys were a lot less aggressive and climb all over you. Very pleasant and memorable experience.

Only Batu caves and Fireflies are worth seeing. Expensive tour but a nice and friendly guide.

Rui_V, May 2023

This Experience has interesting things but it's overpriced and I would definitely pass on some of the activities as they are based on animal exploitation. That said, the elephant sanctuary is passable, the Deerland is just a small homemade zoo with a couple of animals on super bad conditions. The Batu cave is worth seeing and also the fireflies. The silverleaf monkeys are just random monkeys on a car parking... The tour guide was nice and friendly. The lunch is very small and bad. Dinner, be prepared to pay for any drink you consume. Only food is included and limited. Resuming my review, visit the Batu caves (it's very close to KL city center) and go see the fireflies. The rest is passable.

Good but drop the deer land visit.

Tim_B, May 2023

Excellent guide and overall a very good trip with great food but they should drop the deer land visit. Although the deer are in good condition and have plenty of room there are other birds and animals not kept in good conditions. It said private trip but we shared with 4 others. Also visited a small batik factory which was interesting.

Brilliant Experience

Helen_D, Mar 2023

Brilliantly tour well worth the money, Chandra our guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating at all times, he really made the tour. He arrived on time could answer any questions we had and gave additional information whilst driving from through KL. Don’t be put off by the length it flew by.

Excellent experience

Lev_G, Feb 2023

Excellent experience with Emir as the guide and driver. Very courteous and professional, full of useful information not only on the attractions visited, but also on the city of Kuala Lumpur, as well as the country in general. Made sure we arrived on time, enjoyed the experience to the fullest and pointed out very useful things to do. I would absolutely recommend without reservation. Just be prepared for a long day, we left the hotel at 9 AM and did not get back until 10 PM because of so many places that we visited and the time we spent there.

Don’t get it you will be wasting your money

Feven_T, Dec 2022

This tour is all lies. Please do not pay 180 for a free tour u can do yourself. The monkey feeding is not even a location it’s in a parking lot. The fire flies it’s a joke literally u don’t see nothing and it says private but it’s not you are sharing the car with other people and the tour guide was horrible. I don’t recommend this tour they are just stealing money by making it look extravagant.