These are some of our favorite things to do in Malaysia. Discuss incorporating some of these ideas into your own itinerary with a travel specialist.

Peninsular Malaysia
In Kuala Lumpur, check out the architecture of the modern Infokraf Center and original Central Market, stroll the open-air markets (in particular the Sunday Market) with its excellent selection of batik sarongs, Kelantan silverware and earthenware pottery…visit the Batu Caves, where pilgrims carry their deity deep within the Cathedral Cave…take an historical tour of Malacca …feel the cool air of the hill stations in the "chocolate hills" of the Cameron Highlands and visit the tea plantations.

Borneo
Glide through the water villages in Sabah…explore Tunku Abdul Rahman National Marine Park to see anteaters and bearded pigs…see rare orchids on the slopes of Mt. Kinabalu…take a dip in the soothing Poring Hotsprings or a breathtaking canopy walk suspended high above the forest floor…see the orangutans orphans at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary…watch the turtles lay their eggs on Selingan Island…ride in a canoe up the Kinabatangas River to see long-nosed proboscis monkeys up close…in Sarawak, visit Kuching's open air markets, the former palace of the White Rajah and the Sarawak Museum…stroll through Bako National Park, a coastal nature sanctuary.

Islands of Malaysia
Snorkel in the coral reefs of Tioman Island… enjoy the luxury resorts of Penang and Langkawi…Tour Penang's colorful capital, Georgetown… ride on the funicular railway or walk up the jungle paths to the peak for stunning views of the northern straits…spend several star-studded nights of pampering at the exclusive Pangkor Laut, home to yellow pied hornbills and crab-eating macaque monkeys.