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🚗Genting Highlands

#4 Day Trips from KL in Malaysia · 2026

Genting Highlands

🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🚗 Day Trips from KL

☪️ Surau🧒

Why go

Cool hill air, cable car and theme parks within 1-1.5h from KL.

⭐ Don't miss: Awana Skyway cable car ride

Entry fee
Awana SkyWay cable car RM11 one-way (standard) / RM32 (glass floor); theme parks extra
Opening hours
Daily; Awana SkyWay 7am–11pm (check before you go)
Best time to go
Weekdays
Time needed
Full day
How to get there
Drive 1h-1h30 from KL via Karak; bus from KL Sentral to Awana Skyway
Address
Genting Highlands, 69000 Pahang
Area
Resorts World, Genting Highlands, Pahang
Facilities
🚻 toilets🅿️ paid parking
Muslim-friendly
🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Pork-free status not confirmed; halal options nearby
Accessibility
Hilly
Kids
Great

☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.

⚠️ Safety & weather
  • Fog and cold
  • Traffic on weekends

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Genting's indoor park is the rainy-day fallback, with coasters, a Ferris wheel and a spooky ride under one roof. Good for evenings when the highland mist rolls in.

Don't miss: The indoor Ferris wheel and the Space Shot ride

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Genting SkyWorlds Theme Park

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An outdoor, movie-themed park in the clouds with 20th Century Studios and Angry Birds zones. The cool highland air makes queueing far more bearable than in the lowlands.

Don't miss: Ice Age and Avatar-style immersive zones with the Virtual Queue app

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Bukit Tinggi and Colmar Tropicale

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A French-style village and a Japanese garden in the hills, 1h from KL. Cool air and photo spots.

Don't miss: Colmar Tropicale clock tower

⚠️ Not yet re-verified for 2026. Check fees, hours and that it is open before you go.

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