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Holidays in Penang (Malaysia): tours from Almaty from 1 323 000 ₸

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Tours to Penang: facts for the traveller

Capital of the island George Town
Currency Malaysian ringgit
Languages Malay, English, Chinese
High season December — March
Air temperature around +30 all year round
Water temperature around +29
Flight from Almaty with a transfer
Time difference with Almaty 3 hours all year round

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Tours to Penang: what to know

A holiday on Penang is an island in Malaysia with the city of George Town and the beach areas of Batu Ferringhi. It is better to go from December to February: less rain, calmer sea. There are no direct flights from Almaty, they fly via Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. Tours for 7–10 nights with flights and a hotel are the easiest option for the first time.

How to get to the island from Almaty

There are no direct flights from Almaty to Penang, so the journey is built through one connection. Below are working combinations and what should be decided before buying tickets.

Connections en route and choosing a route

From Almaty to Penang they fly via Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, and these are the two main combinations. The first is more convenient in price, the second in connections. There are regular flights from Almaty to Kuala Lumpur, then to the island it is an hour by air or about four hours by bus. A bridge from the mainland and a ferry lead to Penang, and some tourists choose the overland route for the views. With a connection in Singapore, there is also a direct flight to the island, but it is usually more expensive. Take a connection no shorter than three hours. Then the transfer for tours to Malaysia from Almaty will not turn into a race with suitcases. An evening departure is more convenient: by morning you are already there.

What to decide before buying tickets

First determine the season: both prices and hotel occupancy on Penang depend on it. Then compare two options — a package and an independent trip. The package covers the flight, accommodation and transfer, while an independent trip gives freedom in the route. Take a connection in the transit city with a reserve so as not to run between gates. Accommodation in high season is booked in advance, otherwise the choice narrows to the outskirts. Compare both options on specific dates.

Visa and entry rules change: check the primary source — the Immigration Department of Malaysia, https://malaysiavisa.imi.gov.my/. The information on this page was checked on 10.09.2026.

How much a holiday costs: budget and accommodation options

Prices on Penang depend on the season, area and hotel class. The range is wide, so it is better to calculate the budget according to two scenarios.

OptionAccommodationMealsTransport on site
EconomyGuesthouse in George TownStreet foodBuses
Comfort4 stars hotel by the beachBed and breakfast plus cafesTaxi by app
Premium5 stars resort with a poolHalf boardCar rental

How much tours and an independent trip cost

Prices for tours to Penang are calculated by season: high season is more expensive, low season is cheaper. A tour package covers the flight, hotel and transfer, while an independent trip gives freedom in the route. Independently, you pay separately for tickets, accommodation and food, but you can change cities. In high season, accommodation is booked in advance, otherwise the choice narrows to the outskirts. A holiday on Penang for two costs less than a family trip because of accommodation and meals. Calculate the budget according to two scenarios at once and compare on your dates. The difference between a package and an independent trip is noticeable precisely on long routes.

Hotels in George Town and the beach areas

Hotels on Penang are divided into two large groups: city and beach. In George Town you live among street art, markets and cafes, and you go to the sea by bus. In Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Bungah the beach is under the windows, but in the evening the choice of restaurants is more modest. Family hotels are more often taken in the beach areas, young people in the center. A rooftop pool in George Town is common and saves you in the heat. Quiet boutique hotels stand in restored mansions, and there are few rooms there. Book in advance: in high season, good options are taken months ahead. Look on the map at the distance to the beach and to the stop.

What to see besides swimming?

The island is small but rich: city, hills, temples and jungle next to each other. Below are two directions worth putting in the plan.

George Town: UNESCO heritage and street art

George Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and a whole day goes into seeing it. The old buildings mix colonial facades, Chinese shops and Indian quarters. Street art is scattered through the alleys, and some frescoes are hidden in courtyards. Start from the waterfront, then go deeper along Armenian Street and Lebuh Chulia. Street food is here at every step, and lunch turns into a separate route. Temples, mosques and Chinese clans neighbor on the same block. It is more convenient to walk or ride a cycle rickshaw. In the heat, plan the walk for morning and evening.

The cable car and Kek Lok Si Temple

The cable car to Penang Hill takes you up to the observation deck above the city. The lines are long, so it is better to buy tickets in advance and arrive at opening. At the top it is cooler than below, and the bridge across the strait is visible. Kek Lok Si Temple stands away from the city, at the foot of the hill. It is the largest Buddhist temple in the Malaysian territory, and seeing it takes a couple of hours. You can get there by taxi or bus, the journey takes about half an hour. Combine both points in one day so as not to spend time on the road twice. Take water and a head covering.

Food and everyday details

Food on the island is a separate reason to come, and everyday little things decide how calm the trip will be. Let us go through both points.

Malaysian street food and markets

Malaysian cuisine on the island mixes Malay, Chinese and Indian traditions. Assam laksa, char kway teow, nasi lemak and roti canai are the basic set to start with. Eating street food in central George Town is cheaper than in hotels, and often tastier. Hawker centers work from morning until late evening, and there they order at several stalls at once. At markets they bargain for fruit and spices, prices there are flexible. Take bottled drinking water, ice in drinks on the street is at your discretion. Mark spicy dishes in advance if you are not used to them. Try a little at a time and in different places.

Transport, money and medical insurance

The local currency is the ringgit, and cash is needed at markets and in small cafes. Cards are accepted at hotels and large establishments, but not everywhere. ATMs in George Town are on every corner; it is better to withdraw in shopping malls. Public transport is buses, plus taxi-hailing apps. Scooter rental is popular with independent travelers, but requires skill and a license. Arrange medical insurance in advance; pharmacies and clinics in the city are available. Malaysia is a Muslim country; outside tourist areas, modest clothing is appropriate. Keep cash for small expenses.

How to plan a family trip by season?

The season on the island affects prices and hotel occupancy, and traveling with children requires a different pace. Let's look at both issues.

Weather periods and precipitation

When is the best time to go to Penang? From December to February: less rain, calmer sea. From March to May it is hot and humid, but hotel prices are lower. From June to August there are short downpours, usually in the afternoon. September and October are the rainiest months, and some excursions are rescheduled. The climate is hot year-round, so it is more comfortable to walk in the morning and after four. The sun is strong in any season; sunscreen and a hat are needed. Swimming depends on tides and on jellyfish in certain months. Check the conditions on site with the hotel or lifeguards.

Holidays in Penang with children

It is more convenient to build a trip with children around a hotel with a pool and a beach nearby. The pool helps during high tide and in the heat, when the sea is not suitable. The beach should be within walking distance, not across a road and by bus. Check whether there is a children's area, shade, and sun loungers. The beach areas of Batu Ferringhi are calmer than the center; there are fewer cars there. In George Town the city is more interesting, but you will have to travel to swim. Check whether breakfast is included and whether there is a kitchen in the room. Choose accommodation with an elevator if you are traveling with a stroller.

In short

  • There are no direct flights from Almaty; they fly via Kuala Lumpur or Singapore.
  • You get to the island by plane, bus, across the bridge, or by ferry.
  • The cable car and Kek Lok Si Temple are day trips.
  • Cash in ringgits is needed at markets and in cafes.
  • With children, choose a hotel with a pool near the beach.
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Frequent questions about tours to Penang

Best of all from December to March, when it is dry and sunny. In the other months holidays are possible, but it rains more often.

There are no direct flights, people fly with a transfer. The journey takes more than ten hours.

There are city, beach and boutique options. The choice depends on the district and the budget.

Yes, especially the northern beaches with a gentle entry. Many hotels have children's pools.

Warm and humid, around thirty degrees. Rain is more frequent in autumn.

Walks around George Town, going up Penang Hill, temples and street art.

Malaysian, with Chinese and Indian influences. Lots of street food.

Usually not, there are taxis and public transport. For long trips you can take a car.

Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Bungah on the northern coast.

Prices depend on the season, the hotel and the flight. In low season it is cheaper.

Light clothes, a raincoat, sunscreen and a headwear.

Yes, the water is always warm. In the rainy season the sea is sometimes rough.

After the trip

Reviews of tours to Penang

What travellers write afterwards: the hotel, the dates and what is worth knowing in advance.

Average rating 4,7 / 5 Reviews about trips: 20
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Виктория Ким

april 2026
5,0

Poezdku v Penang zakazala cherez agentstvo v Kazakhstane, potomu chto sama bojalas zaputatsya v peresadkah i vizovyh momentah. Letela s peresadkoy, gde-to poteryala chas na tranzitnoy zone, zato vse dokumenty byli gotovy zaranee. Na ostrove bolshe vsego zapomnilsya vlazhnyy vozduh i zapah zharenoy lapshi vozle old town, eshe ya tri raza prohodila odnu i tu zhe ulitsu i tolko potom ponyala, chto idu po krugu.Hotel popalsya s hrupkimi dveryami, no rabotniki popalis sovsem drugie - vse podskazyvali, gde vzatsya udobnyy avtobus i kak ne pereplatit. Poezdka ostavila ochen teploe vospriyatie, stomt togo stoilo.

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Айгүл С.

february 2026
5,0

bought a tour to Malaysia, to Penang, didn't seem to expect anything special, and came back with a slight sadness that it all ended so fast. Walked around the streets of George Town, touched old walls with peeling paint — was looking for murals, ended up at ones not like on the picture, but that's even more interesting, and one time almost stepped into a puddle after the rain, but nearby they were selling very tasty asam laksa. Five out of five, of course, small flaws are everywhere, but the trip was worth it.

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Виктория Ким

april 2025
5,0

Жолдасыммен демалысқа шығуды жоспарлап, турагенттікке келгенмін, себебі өзім ізденіп әлек болғым келмеді. Малайзияға, Пенанг аралына билет алдық, ұшу ұзақ болды, бірақ оған тұрарлық еді. Жағажайда таңғы ас ішіп отырып, ыстық ылғалды ауаны жұтқанымда, бір түрлі бақытты сезімде болдым, ал кешке Джорджтаундағы көше асханаларында дәмді нан мен сорпа іштім. Қайтып келгенде, әлі күнге дейін сол кокос сусынының дәмі есімде, бес баллдан кем бермеймін.

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Сергей П.

march 2025
5,0

турды осы жолы Алматыдағы агенттіктен алдым, Пенангке ұшып бардық, ұшу ұзақ болды бірақ ұшақта ұйықтап кеттім, жерге түскенде ылғал ауа бетке соғылды. қонақүйге кіргенде бөлме тарлау екен, терезеден теңіз көрінеді, ыстық су бір күні нашар ақты, бірақ мен мұны елемедім, өйткені таңғы асқа шыққанда жаңа піскен роти табаны жедім, бұл дәм әлі есімде. пляжга барып суға түстім, құм аяққа жабысады, кейін Джорджтаундағы көшелерді араладым, стрит-арт қабырғалардың алдында адам көп, мен бір суреттің түбінде ұзақ тұрдым, малайзиялық кофе іштім, тәтті екен, кешке қайтып келгенде шаршадым, бірақ көңілім жақсы болды

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Асхат Т.

february 2025
5,0

Went to Penang — was happy with it. Took a tour at the agency, everything went smoothly, walked around Georgetown on the spot, ate at local hawker centers, even the rains didnt ruin the impression.

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Нурлан Б.

december 2024
5,0

Took the package spontaneously, just wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle, and the agency suggested Penang — I didn't even really know what kind of place it was, but why not, especially since no visa needed and it's convenient to fly. Beach, food, all that — street food is generally top, especially those flatbreads with filling, I can't remember the names anymore, but my fingers still remember that sticky sauce... though the hotel was so-so, the AC hummed like a tractor and I had to sleep under it in a jacket. .came back happy

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Нурлан Б.
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Гульмира А.

november 2024
4,0

kupila tur v penang, ochen ponravilos more i eda, no otec ochen dorogoy i ya ne mogla vzat normalniy taksi iz-za etogo - prishelos hodit peshkom pol dnya. privozu s soboyu takuyu meloch kak magnet s ulitsey tri vezde, oni mne napomnayut o poezdke bolshe chem foto. no vot chto besit - v odin iz poslednih dney ya poteryala svoi lyubimiy sharf, hotel normalniy no bez staraniy, poetomu 4 iz 5

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Жанна К.

november 2024
4,0

Penang is of course beautiful, but the hotel turned out so-so, although the manager said even on the call that everything there was great.. then for a week I kept remembering that stuffiness in the room and the view of some wall, but the street food on Dede street — finger-licking good, roti canai and all that, I tried everything there and never once got food poisoning

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Гульмира А.

may 2024
4,0

we took a tour to Penang because a friend had been calling me for ages and I myself kept doubting.. and then the manager on the phone laid it all out so well that the doubts just disappeared the beach is gorgeous, hotels are fine, only the AC in the room rattled like a tractor and kept me from sleeping, but that's minor stuff came back happy, though I still remember how on the first day I was looking for somewhere to eat and stumbled onto a market with durians

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Сергей П.

january 2024
5,0

We went with my wife in February, for our anniversary. I wanted to surf, she — just to lie around. We got a package at the agency, the girl there turned out to be sharp, picked everything out. The hotel in Batu Ferringhi, rooms are fine, but the AC hummed like a tractor, kept me from sleeping. Breakfasts — rice, chicken, watermelon, fine by me, my wife got tired of it by the third day. On the beach there are waves, the water is warm, I even got up on the board a couple of times, though I thought I wouldn't manage. The lanes in Georgetown are colroful, we looked for the street art for a long time, but we found the one with the kids on a bicycle. Just rested, didn't regret a single minute.

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Ольга В.

december 2023
5,0

Bought a tour to Penang from a local agency, for New Year. We went. The flight is long, with a layover, but that's nothing. Georgetown is a whole separate universe, where you walk down the street and run into graffiti. The smell of fried garlic from the street cafes, I couldn't get rid of it for half a day after. One evening I wandered into an alley (was looking for some spice shop, they all look the same there), and for about ten minutes I just stood and looked at the wall of an old house where the plaster was crumbling... beautiful. The hotel was ordinary, breakfasts skimpy, but for me the main thing is that the AC works, and it worked. My legs were buzzing after a whole day of walking. 5 out of 5 for the ocean and the chaos.

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Айгүл С.

august 2023
5,0

the trip to Penang turned out really great. The manager sorted out the transfer while I was still at the airport drinking coffee. came back and nope.. as if I never had a vacation at all.

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Айгүл С.
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Наталья М.

june 2023
5,0

booked a tour to Penang through the agency, because my husband found his malaysian perch hunt only there — and seems like a chill route, but I don't know the city myself, so I decided to go through a tour operator. The manager sorted everything out in half an hour, no stress and no extra questions, and the hotel turned out to be right above the market where in the mornings it smelled of durian and fried squid — pretty cool, but the AC in the room rattles so much I covered it with a pillow. .came back happy, even if they'd just leave everything as it is

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Наталья М.

Данияр Ж.

january 2023
5,0

At first I was looking for somewhere to go for a week to just reset, and a friend advised me to take a tour to Malaysia, specifically to Penang. The agency turned out to be solid, they got everything done fast, picked a decent hotel, without those surprise on the spot. I arrived, walked out of the airport — heat, humidity, everything as I like it. George Town is a whole separate story, there are so many old buildings and murals on the walls that I just walked around and stared. On the very first day I found a local eatery where they make assam laksa, it's a spicy soup, I almost teared up, but it was impossibly tasty. My wife bought some local sweets at the market, I threw half of them away later because they were too sickly sweet, but she liked them fine. The weather did let us down a couple of times, it poured like crazy, but I still found something to do — took the funicular up to the hills, the view from there is seriously powerful. At Batu Ferringhi beach I swam my fill, the water is warm as fresh milk, only some tiny jellyfish were floating around, screw them. I came home tanned and happy, at work everyone asked why I was so dark, and I just smiled.

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Данияр Ж.

november 2022
4,0

Penang is really something else. Flew through Istanbul, tired as a dog, but when I walked out of the airport and breathed in this air, humid, heavy, I immediately knew - worth it. The manager picked a hotel right by the sea, for which I say spasibo to her, but the breakfasts at this hotel were strange - rice with something spicy at seven in the morning, I'm not used to that. The streets, the food, these hawker centers with plastic chairs... One evening I was walking around Georgetown and came across a street musician, playing something on a violin, nobody around, just him and me. Overall the trip worked out, I'd come back again, only my suitcase arrived after the flight with a cracked wheel

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Нурлан Б.

october 2022
5,0

wanted to polish up my clientele before the season, and then an acquaintance recommended Penang. more precisely not the island itself, but some courses on... well, in general, educational. searched for a long time and in the end a tour through a kazakh agency came up.

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Наталья М.

june 2022
5,0

Bought a tour to Malaysia, to Penang, through an agency in Almaty. At first I thought everything would be as usual - the drag with visas and other paperwork.. but no, they processed it fast, documents came to my email in a couple of days. The hotel turned out right by the sea, the walk to the beach took a minute, no more. Breakfasts were standard, but the coffee was brewed decently, though once they served cold rice - well, it happens. On the island we took a tour around georgetown, street art is a whole separate thing, I walked around with my mouth open. the driver turned out to be talkative and kept trying to tell me about the local cuisine, even though I had already tried everything myself. On the beach the wind kept blowing away my towel, I had to pin it down with stones, a small thing but it drove me crazy. On the way back we flew with a layover in kuala lumpur, the airport is huge, I almost got lost while looking for the gate for boarding. Five stars, would come back again

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Ольга В.

february 2022
4,0

Went because I needed a change of scenery after the hospital, and Penang came up by chance — the manager at the agency suggested it as an alternative to Thailand being closed. The hotel turned out to be old, the air conditioner rattled like a tractor, but Batu Ferringhi beach is nearby — fifteen minutes on foot, and the water is warm even in February. Ate at the little cafes on the promenade — had roti with egg every morning, but the famous assam for 12 ringgit by the road turned out so-so, overrated. Georgetown with its street art I liked, but the streets are narrow and so hot that by noon you're done. Came back happy, a four — for the bus that was late for the flight and made me nervous at the airport.

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Ольга В.
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Асхат Т.

december 2021
5,0

went because friends sent me a last-minute tour to Penang and at that point I was just finishing renovations in my apartment and wanted to just leave wherever my eyes look so I don't have to see these wallpapers. The manager found a hotel by the sea in a couple of days, though I doubted at first but then said screw it and agreed. on the spot everything turned out simpler than I thought - walked around Georgetown, ate at some dive where rice is served on a banana leaf and one time almost spilled this sauce on myself, still remember that smell

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Жанна К.

november 2020
4,0

In Malaysia, to Penang, we flew through Kuala-Lumpur, and there at the airport I almost went gray while looking for my gate, because the signs are kind of murky, but that's small stuff compared to what waited ahead. The island itself is of course beautiful, Georgetown with its street food and old houses sank into my soul, but the hotel they gave us was frankly speaking tired — the air conditioner rattled like a tractor, but the view from the balcony of the sea made up for everything, so I'll give it a four, a solid one.

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