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After two long overnight layovers in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur airport, it was nice my final layover was in the day. I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity by visiting the city of Kuala Lumpur during my 12 hour layover. There are many Malaysian Day Trips one can do. Thankfully for me, I planned the perfect one for me that included sights and eats.
Apparently, long day layovers in Kuala Lumpur are common. Many have written on the topic of what do to if you have 10-12 hours here. I referenced Tripzilla and The College Tourist for my 12 hours in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian Day Trips Table Of Contents
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Malaysian Day Trips – Itinerary
This is what my 12 hour Malaysian Day Trips example itinerary to Kuala Lumpur looked like in 9 easy steps:
| Activity | Details |
| Uber | Uber from airport into the city arriving at Malaysian tourism Association center. You can also get on the express train but for a little more I could take an Uber directly to the location where my 1/2 day city tour would pick me up so I opted for that. ($17 USD) |
| Lunch | Grab lunch at a restaurant near the business district and leverage their prefix lunch menu. ($3.50 USD) |
| Coffee Break | To satisfy my sweet tooth I picked up a chocolate coffee layered cake from a food truck in the business district. ($2.32 USD) |
| City Tour | Did a half-day Kuala Lumpur city tour. ($12.50 USD) Here is the link of the tour which shows the stops that I visited during the four hour tour. Book this Kuala Lumpur Tour |
| Souvenirs | Was able to pick up postcards during the city tour and managed to track down stamps at a small office supply shop where the cashier was kind enough to drop my postcards in the mailbox for me so that I could save time and not be looking for a mailbox myself. |
| Malaysia Chinatown | Visited Malaysia’s Chinatown because of course any major city has a Chinatown of some sort. |
| Dinner | Grabbed dinner in the Little India neighborhood. ($2.32 USD) |
| Master Train System | Managed to figure out the train system in less than 5 minutes. Ok, to be fair I did ask the waiter in the Indian restaurant and a staff member in the train station but with limited time you really don’t have a choice. |
| Return To Airport | Made my way through the local train followed by the airport express train in order to catch my connecting flight to Melbourne Australia. (Total for both trains, $13 USD) |
Malaysian Day Trips Final Thoughts
It’s always a plus when you get the chance to actually visit a city and not just its airport. Even if the airport is nice like the airport in Kuala Lumpur. If you’re in a long layover during the day just do a little online research. I’m sure you will find tons of articles of what to do in such little time.
Happy day-trip travels!
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Explore my Travel Guides Section for more city guides to other cities that can easily be seen during a stopover. Such as Madrid in Spain and Doha in Qatar.
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