Tourist Guide to Moving Around in Kuala Lumpur

As tiny as Kuala Lumpur is for a capital city, with a city-proper population of around 1.8 million, moving around it can be quite challenging since many of its favourite attractions are not just centred at one place but also at different locations. Although the attractions are scattered all over Kuala Lumpur to its outskirts, it is great for tourists to move around and see the real view of Kuala Lumpur during their holidays.

Being the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur could not distance itself from being a bustling metropolis. Traffic conditions are at their worst during peak hours just like any other metropolitan cities all over the world. There are a few ways for tourists to use to move around in Kuala Lumpur. You can check the following list of public transportation as your personal guide to enjoy your Kuala Lumpur holiday:

Taxis

One of the best ways to travel around the city is by taking a taxi or a cab. The drivers are highly versed with the roads in Kuala Lumpur and they take it as their pride to show the tourists what Kuala Lumpur is all about. However, visitors have to make sure that the taxi drivers are operating illegally and always insist on having the meter running during their taxi rides as some irresponsible drivers often take advantage of foreigners and charge them a huge rate to go places, near or far.

 

 

Light Rail Transit Network (LRT), KL Monorail and KTM Commuter

There are two main LRTs (STAR and PUTRA LRT) that run around, above and under the city and are managed by a privatized company called RapidKL, the biggest public transportation company in Kuala Lumpur. The LRT networks interchanges in a few stations across the city to enable commuters to go to different places easily. Another public train system is the Monorail that takes commuters along the stretch of the Golden Triangle from Titiwangsa to the KL Central station. Hop on and off any station with very affordable prices.

 

By Public Busses

Although the fares are cheap, public busses is not a favourite among Kuala Lumpur tourists as they are quite slow to reach a preferred destination. However, there are shuttle bus services that you can hire if you came to the city via a travel agent as they can charter a bus or mini vans for you and your entourage to move around in Kuala Lumpur. Another great option is to get on the double decker KL Hop-on-Hop-off bus that will take you to more than 40 tourist’s attractions for sightseeing for less than RM25 for day’s ride.

By Foot

If you prefer a more challenging way to move around Kuala Lumpur, you can always go places on foot as well, take you time to snap pictures at memorable places and really bask the hot sun to improve your tan lines. All you have to do is pack in your city map, put on your best walking shoes, apply a sunblock onto your skin and bring along a bottle of water so you will not get dehydrated from all the walking.

Private Tour Guide

Another popular option for tourists to move around Kuala Lumpur is by hiring a private tour guide to bring them to whereever interesting and attractive places they want to go. The benefit of having a private tourist guide is the visitors can have the guide all to themselves during their trip around the city of Kuala Lumpur who knows all the amazing places like the back of their hands. Shopping, dining, entertainment or mere sightseeing activities are easier to do and enjoy when you have a local tour guide to show you and your family around so you will not get lost.

Moving around Kuala Lumpur is really a piece of cake. With this guide, you are ready to move around and conquer the city and enjoy every inch of your holiday here in Kuala Lumpur.

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