Southeast Asia - Malaysia (Chapter)

This is the Malaysia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Southeast Asia on a Shoestring guidebook.

Malaysia is two countries in one: the multicultural peninsula with its Malay, Chinese and Indian influences and Malaysian Borneo, host to a wild jungle of orang-utans, granite peaks and remote tribes. The beauty of Malaysia lies in the fusion of it all.

• waking up, swimming, lying on the beach, napping, snorkelling, eating, wandering and snoozing on Pulau Perhentian
• maps
• hoofing it over pitcher plants and moonscapes for the sunrise atop the looming granite spire of Mt Kinabalu
• transport
• hopping from one perfect beach village to the next, diving reefs and wrecks, and spotting monkeys in the jungle on Pulau Tioman
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Understand Malaysia, History, Culture, Religion, Arts, Environment, Food & Drink, Directory A-Z, Getting There & Away, Getting Around, Kuala Lumpur, Peninsular Malaysia, Melaka, Cameron Highlands, Ipoh, Lumut, Pulau Pangkor, Butterworth, Penang, Alor Setar, Kuala Perlis, Pulau Langkawi, Johor Bahru, Mersing, Pulau Tioman, Kuantan, Cherating, Marang, Pulau Kapas, Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Besut, Pulau Perhentian, Kota Bharu, Jerantut, Taman Negara, Malaysian Borneo, Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Mt Kinabalu & Kinabalu National Park, Sandakan, Sepilok, Sungai Kinabatangan, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Semporna, Semporna Archipelago, Beaufort District and Pulau Labuan.