Malaysian Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)3 places
- Borneo: Kinabalu & SabahThe Malaysian slice of Borneo, where one of Southeast Asia's highest peaks rises straight from the jungle, orphaned…
- Sepilok & the KinabatanganThe best place on earth to meet an orangutan that isn't in a cage: a rehabilitation centre in Sabah where orphaned apes…
- Gunung MuluA rainforest park in Sarawak with no road to it, holding the largest known cave chamber on Earth — and every dry…
The West Coast (Kuala Lumpur & Penang)3 places
- George Town, PenangA former British trading port on an island where Malay, Chinese, Indian, and colonial worlds fused into a distinct…
- Kuala LumpurThree cuisines and three cultures sharing one city, and the food is the reason to come: Malay, Chinese and Indian…
- Taiping & the Perak Small TownsThe town Malaysians name when you ask which one they actually like — a rain-soaked old tin town under the hills, built…
The East Coast & the Interior2 places
- Kota Bharu & KelantanThe most culturally distinct corner of peninsular Malaysia — a state with its own dialect, its own food, Thai temples…
- Taman NegaraOne of the oldest tropical rainforests on earth, said to have grown undisturbed for well over a hundred million years…