Private Half-Day George Town History Tour

Name: Private Half-Day George Town History Tour
Brand: MAM Holidays Malaysia
SKU: 29580P10
Price: 65.00 USD
Rating: 4.5 (41 reviews)

Badge of ExcellencePenang, Malaysia

Half Day History of George Town City Tour

4 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover George Town with an expert guide on a half-day, private tour of the city’s top highlights. You’ll see the bustling Clan Jetties and the Khoo Kongsi clan house, then tour a pair of important Buddhist temples, learning about local history and culture along the way. This 3.5-hour tour offers the flexibility and personal service of a private guide, and includes round-trip hotel transfers in the George Town area. Both morning and afternoon departures are available.

Choice of morning or afternoon departure
Get inside tips from a local
Informative, friendly and professional guide
Family friendly

What's Included

Round trip transportation by private Car
Experienced English speaking tour guide
All taxes and service charges
Pickup and drop-off within George town hotel/ Cruise ship port.

Food and drinks
Any Other things not mentioned

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Chew Jetty

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pinang Peranakan Mansion

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Khoo Kongsi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Reclining Buddha Wat Chaiyamangalaram

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dhammikarama Burmese Temple

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

MAM Holidays Malaysia

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Operated by MAM Holidays Malaysia

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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Reviews

4.5

41 reviews

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Awesome tour!

craig_a, Apr 2024

Md. Firdauz is an excellent tour guide. He provides you insight and history of buildings, roads, and places along your journey. He's very knowledgeable of Penang and it's history! He also brought us to many other places not on our itinerary. Definitely an excellent tour and highly recommend this tour with Md.

An awesome day learning about Georgetown 😁

Low_K, Apr 2024

We had a great half day tour with tour guide Ash. He picked us up from our hotel in a nice clean comfortable air con car. As it was tomb sweeping day - we went to visit the temples first to avoid the crowd. Then we visited the Chew jetty, Khoo khongsi n Peranakan Museum. Ash was knowledgeable and had the balance of history info and trivia. He even took us to a local kopi tiam to have fried kway teow near our hotel which was excellent as we had some spare time. Overall a very good private tour .. thank you !

Unfriendly, not wheel chair friendly, wanted to finish the tour after only 2 hours.

markibentley7, Mar 2024

This trip was miss sold as a wheel chair accessible tour, that the driver was unfriendly and unhelpful and did not want to put my scooter in his car, also that he become hostile when i asked to be taken to other places of interest as the trip had only been for 2 hours at that point. The driver was very rude insisting that he needed to wash the tyres of my scooter after i spent some time in the market area. We didnt wash the soles of our feet?

Extremely helpful and informative trip

JeanMichelW, Feb 2024

After spending a lifetime as a school teacher and 7 years now as a tour guide, Cheam was so informed about Penang’s past and current trends it was like having an interactive Penang for Google. My parents and I asked a flurry of questions about the Malay, Chinese, Baba-Nonya, Peranakan, and Indian communities, she not only answered them intuitively, but with compassion for all sides and with a touch of humour. We spent more than the allotted time and she even took us to her favourite Laksa place, which we later found out was awarded a Michelin bib for two years running. Without a doubt one of the best tour experiences we’ve had. Not to be missed.

Interesting. Covered a lot!

Marianna_T, Jan 2024

Muhammad (the tour guide) was friendly, informative and also did a few extra stops on the tour so I could take photos of street art. It was a great afternoon.

Fabulous History tour

luisadowning, Jan 2024

We were met by Ang, our tour guide, first thing in the morning. Ang is a very polite individual, he explained the history of the island and answered all of our questions. He made it very interesting with his sense of humor and positive attitude. We learned a lot about the history and the mixture of cultures that confluence in Penang. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of the city.

Would not recommend

Johara_A, Jan 2024

Sorry to say that this was the worst tour I have taken in Penang and I have taken many. Whenever I have guests visiting me in KL I take them to Georgetown and hire a guide. Our “guide” was not at all knowledgeable about the history is this wonderful city. We basically had a glorified driver. It was would been cheaper to rent a Grab for the day.

Excellent tour by Ang

Usman_R, Sep 2023

Excellent tour. Our guide, Ang, was brilliant. He arrived at our hotel early and everything proceeded smoothly. Ang has a great sense of humour and is passionate about his tour. The explanations were fascinating too - he was a brilliant tour guide and made our day!

Not what we expected. It was more a driver than a guide

Jorge_D, Jun 2023

The whole experience felt more like a taxi service rather than a personalised guided tour. The guide did not bother to come inside with us to most of the points of interests or provide any explanations. At the Khoo Kongsi for example we had to read all information panels as he was not actually guiding us or providing any information. When asked, he simply pointed us at the information panels. The last stop were two buddhist and Burmese temples. Again he just dropped us and waited in the car. Very sad to discover that people inside the temples were with their guides except us… He also dropped us at two shops to buy shirts and coffee… overall very disappointing as it was not as advertised. We were expecting a guided tour and not a taxi service. I would not recommend it. Much better to buy guided tours at the different points of interests. The guided tour at the blue mansion was miles away from this one.

Great holiday

Elizabeth_O, Apr 2023

We had a great guide Muhamed. He was knowledgeable, friendly and patient. We enjoyed our tour. We will make a return trip

Very enjoyable tour....

Christopher_H, Feb 2023

Very enjoyable tour. Muhammad, our driver and guide, was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. We appreciated all of his help.

Our guide Lim was very knowledgeable.

Lea_G, Feb 2023

The reclining Budha, The Peranakan Mansion both were highlights. Driving through parts of Georgetown- gave us a nice glimpse of the area.

A must do in George town!

marinka_j, Jul 2022

It was really great to see Georgetown and special places on Penang Island with mr Firdauz, Mohammed. He told us many interesting facts. We especially like historic sites and street art and we did see both! Great tour!

We had a great day with George who...

Faten G, Nov 2017

We had a great day with George who tailored the tour to our needs and was very helpful and accommodating. Thank you George

This was a great tour and Max, our...

Michael M, Oct 2017

This was a great tour and Max, our guide, was excellent!

Guide from George town, Chong was...

Edward C, May 2017

Guide from George town, Chong was excellent. He explained to us all the history about the points of interest we visited and took us to a real local restaurant that only offer genuine local food and drink like Laksa, gwai due and jin do drink. Before going back to the ship, he entertained our request taking us to a corner store to try the best fruit in Malaysia, Durian. I have no doubt in recommending this half day city tour to folks browsing for unforgettable memories in George Town

Good tour with very interesting...

EG_M, Apr 2017

Good tour with very interesting historic sites. Guide had excellent English skills. Only odd part was that he said he had to take a picture of me at each site to prove to his company that he had done the tour.

This tour gives a good historical...

Hilda_S, Feb 2017

This tour gives a good historical understanding of Penang. Of the things that could be easily forgotten if it's not mentioned. Knowing it makes Penang even more interesting. The guide Maxwell is very knowledgeable and courteous. He mentioned lots of details of the bygone era- ways of living and cultural elements that can easily be overlooked. Highly recommended for a full Penang immersion.