Kuala Lumpur - A diverse city surrounded by spectacular islands and World Heritage sites

Kuala Lumpur is an amazing city in the Far East, with so much on offer. Here you could spend your days exploring the city’s exotic architecture and colourful neighbourhoods, before heading out to Malaysia’s World heritage cities, mesmerising forests and tropical islands. Brightsun Travel has some exclusive holidays to Kuala Lumpur to help you make the most of everything that this incredible city has to offer, including stays at some of the city’s most impressive hotels, like the Dorsett Kuala Lumpur, and the Corus Hotel, just 5 minutes from the Petrona Twin Towers. If it’s culinary experiences that interest you, you will feel right at home in this food obsessed capital of Malaysia, where you can sip cocktails from rooftop bars, join locals in traditional coffee houses and eat some of the best street food of your life in the city’s bustling hawker centres. And for those of you that are interested in history, from Kuala Lumpur you could take a day trip to Malaysia’s oldest city, the World Heritage city of Malacca.

Malaysia, one of the most diverse countries on the planet, also boasts forests harbouring a huge diversity in plant and animal species. Just 16 kilometres off Kuala Lumpur is the serene Forest Research Institute, set up to protect Malaysia’s natural landscapes, where you can experience beautiful jungle trails winding through the park, just moments from the hub of the city. Kuala Lumpur is also a gateway to some of the most impressive National Parks in the Far East, like Gunung Mulu National Park, with mountains and karst formations, and the Kinabalu National Park in Sabah in Borneo, with World Heritage status. From Kuala Lumpur you could also access incredible islands and archipelagos, like the Semporna Archipelago, the world famous Sipadan Island, and Langkawi, with ancient mountain ranges and some of the most incredible beaches in the region. Brightsun Travel has put together a range of cheap holidays to Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding jungle and island landscapes, so that you can go on a holiday of a lifetime this year in the Far East.