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Send an email to rasamalaysia@gmail.com today to inquire and join our award-winning Penang Private Tour and Culinary Tour.
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Our award-winning tour has been featured on US, Singapore, Philippines, and other regional media and magazines below.
Rasa Malaysia Penang Private Tour and Culinary Tour is catered specifically to foreign tourists and visitors, as well as local tourists from Singapore and Asian countries. Unlike other packaged tours with a van that loads and unloads visitors at various tourist traps, Penang Private Tour is the ONLY tour company that offers customized itinerary with a friendly driver, in a licensed mini van (new and with air-condition) with proper insurance coverage. Send an email to rasamalaysia@gmail.com now to learn more about our tour programs and rates. Our guide speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay/Indonesian, and our award-winning services have been featured on Singapore’s SilkAir magazine, Budget Travel Magazine, USA, Leisure + Adventure Travel, Philippines, Next Magazine, Singapore, and TODAYonline. For the glowing reviews from previous guests, scroll down to the comments section.
TOUR PACKAGES: .
- Penang Private Tour—a 9-hour day tour to the best sights and places of interests in Penang.
- Penang Culinary Tour—a 9-hour culinary tour to local wet markets, spice mill, traditional soy sauce/belacan factory, plus the best local food experience (hawker centers, kopitiam/coffee shops, and private dining). Cooking classes can be arranged.
- Penang Day and Night Tour—a 12-hour tour that covers places of interests plus sunset tour, night market tour, and sampling famous Penang seafood dinner.
- Penang Firefly Tour—Watch ten of thousands of fireflies flickering and lighting up mangrove trees along a serene river bank. A must-visit excursion for nature lovers.
- Penang Peranakan Culture and Nyonya Food Tour—Nyonya and Peranakan tour covers the unique and colorful Penang Baba-Nyonya and Peranakan culture, heritage, living traditions, museums, cuisine, and antiques.
- Penang Durian Tour (May 2015 – August 2015)—durian eating tour at a private durian orchard in Balik Pulau, tropical fruit orchards, and round-the-island tour.
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PENANG PRIVATE TOUR (Sample Itinerary)
Day 1 Georgetown UNESCO World Heritage Tour
9:00 am—Pick up at hotel
9:30 am—Georgetown UNESCO Heritage Walking Tour
12:00 pm—Lunch (sampling local cuisine of Indian “nasi kandar” and “teh tarik“)
1:00 pm—Pinang Peranakan Mansion Tour
2:00 pm—Penang floating village of Chew Jetty (a UNESCO site)
3:00 pm—Cheong Fatt Tze mansion
4:00 pm—Fort Cornwallis and Esplanade
5:00 pm—Tea break at local street food stalls and Penang Road walking tour
6:00 pm—Car transfer back to hotel
Day 2 Nature and Heritage Temples
9:00 am—Pick up at hotel
9:30 am—Wet market tour
10:30 am—Reclining Buddha and Burmese Temple
11:30 am—Botanical Garden and Youth Park (Monkeys!)
12:30 pm—Lunch (sampling Nyonya cuisine or local Chinese food)
1:30 pm—Penang Hill
3:30 pm—Kek Lok Si Temple
5:00 pm—Penang street food (hawker food) experience
6:00 pm—Car transfer back to hotel
Day 3 Round-the-island Tour
9:00 am—Pick up at hotel
9:30 am—Penang Spice Garden
10:30 am—Butterfly Farm
11:30 pm—Tropical fruit farm and waterfall hike
1:00 pm—Sampling famous Balik Pulau Laksa
2:00 pm—Balik Pulau tour and various scenic view points
4:30 pm—Snake temple
5:00 pm—Fishing village plus sampling Malay “ikan bakar” (grilled fish wrapped with banana leaves)
6:00 pm—Car transfer back to hotel
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PENANG CULINARY TOUR
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Our award-winning Rasa Malaysia Penang Culinary Tour (as featured on SilkAir and Budget Travel USA) takes you to sample the best street food, traditional restaurants and hidden gems known only to the locals. You will get to sample the world famous Penang hawker food, visiting spice mill, soy sauce, and “belacan” (shrimp paste) factories, wet market, food culture tour, and more! We also offer Nyonya Food Culinary Tour with the focus on Nyonya and Peranakan food, legacy, and heritage. Click the photo album above to view the delicious Penang food.
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PENANG FIREFLY TOUR
Penang Firefly Tour takes you on an excursion to a serene riverbank with mangrove trees—the natural habitat of firefly. Watch ten of thousands of fireflies flickering and dancing in front of your eyes, lighting up the mangrove trees like Christmas trees while you cruise along the river enjoying the peaceful and serene nature. You’ll be amazed—and mesmerized—by the synchronized flashes of light gently hovering over the mangrove trees. A must-see for nature lovers.
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PENANG DURIAN TOUR
Our Penang Durian Tour will take you on an adventurous journey into private durian orchards in Balik Pulau. The tour is both educational and fun, where you get to sample the freshest and most delicious durians that have just fallen off the trees, try out the different award-winning Penang durians, and learn more about “the KING of fruits.” Penang Durian Tour also covers other exotic tropical fruit orchards such as nutmeg, ampla (ambula), and more. While in Balik Pulau, you will also take in the spectacular and serene nature, vistas, and scenary, with a stop-over to sample the famous Penang Assam Laksa. All in all, you will have a pleasant and enjoyable time with us.
If you wish to tour Penang with a knowledgeable and friendly local guide for sightseeing, food, nature, culture, or need someone to drive you around, please contact us at rasamalaysia@gmail.com for our tour programs and rates. Rates depend on the number of people in your group or the size of vehicle used. To check the glowing reviews and testimonials from our previous customers, scroll down to the comments section.
See you in Penang!
How much the durian tour cost?
With wife and 7 year old daughtet I will be visiting Penang between 9th and 11th January, 2018. Please suggest me a budget package tour that covers almost all the important tourist spots of Penang for us on 10th January. And also the total cost for the same.
Hi Subhendu, please email rasamalaysia@gmail.com for our Penang private tour.
I would like to know the price of your Penang private tour for
02 persons and 04 person respectively. Thank you.
Hi,
I’m interested in your culinary tour and I have drop you a mail. Looking forward for your reply thank you.
Regards
Hello there! We are a group of family members made up of young children and adults. We have 8 adults and 7 children. We will arrive in Penang on 3rd October, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. and depart Penang on 7th October, 2017.I would be most grateful if you can furnish me with a tour iternery around Penang. Thank you.
Hi Do you need a personnel driver for your trip?
Very nice article informative content thanks we liked it.
Hi Bee
We are 6 to 8 seniors who will be in Kual Lumpur for 5 nights. We plan to visit Penang for 2 to 3 days from Oct 25 to 27. Can you please help us with setting up a tour for my family group? Should we add one more day so that we can visit Langkawi as well?
Thank you in advance
Hi Sir,
We church friends of 18 adults and 2 childten are visiting Penang from 19th Nov (arrive 1.30pm) to 21 Nov 2017
We want to hire a 20 to 24 seaters bus with driver for sightseeing tour.
Can you help us, and gives recommendations for places of interest?
Hi Bee
We family of 14 adults and 4 childten are visiting Penang from 25 Dec (arrive 10.30am) to 27 Dec 16 (4pm to reach airport).
We want to hire a 20 seaters bus with driver for sightseeing tour.
Can you help us, and gives recommendations for places of interest?
I would like to ask you about you tours for 2017 – 2018. I am Vietnamese living in Southern Calif.
How does it work. Should I go to Malaysia to meet you there?
Best,
Minh Chau Gallagher
Yes, go to Penang, Malaysia and we can arrange the tour for you.