The Best Time To Visit

The climate is equatorial, slightly tempered by the sea entries. The temperature is high all year long, and almost constant humidity. The water is above 25 ° C. The winter monsoon prevails between November and February with heavy rainfall, particularly in eastern regions. The summer monsoon is active from August until November, it brings rain to the west and is accompanied by very strong winds. Consider these differences, avoiding trips to the east between October and February. For the rest of the whole year may be conducive to your trip, if not the month of Ramadan where everything runs in slow motion.

Divided into two pieces of land, Malaysia will surprise you at first by its unusual geography. On the peninsula's capital Kuala Lumpur, still booming and booming economy, offers its lively streets and its Chinese market, its huge mosque and Hindu temple. Also visit Malacca and houses to architecture of Holland, Kota Bahru and its central market protected by a huge glass playing with the light on the stalls, and do not forget to taste the local specialties sublime sold in small shops. From there take a boat to the Perhentian islands, with their dream beaches lapped by clear sea.

Opposite, on the island of Borneo, Sarawak is characterized by its national parks, home to a dense jungle fauna and flora, spectacular and very diverse, and tribes who will welcome you in an unforgettable way. The other state, Sabah, is very poor despite its natural resources but there you can visit the park rehabilitation of orang-utans of Sepilok, you can approach as they are fed, and Mount Kinabalu, which peaks to over 4000m.

Malaysia is a patchwork of contrasting and conflicting impressions where legends and exoticism are constantly faced with a gigantic modern and hectic.

You can easily get to fly to Kuala Lumpur.

If you're French, you do not need a visa, just a valid passport.

The currency in circulation is the Malaysian ringgit.

You eat properly for very modest amounts, about 5 €: the food that you offer is very diverse, being influenced by all cultures nearby, Chinese, Thai, Indian, Indonesian, Malay but also because the latter has its own specialties.

To sleep, you will find no problem for a double room for less than 20 € in guesthouses or hotels classic.

If you want to travel in Malaysia, there are many domestic flights, but also frequent buses, cheap and effective. Boats travel between the peninsula and the states of Sarawak and Sabah. In town, taxis and buses are very popular, and a modern subway operates in Kuala Lumpur.

From a health point of view, do protect you from mosquitoes, which transmit dengue commonly.

You can bring in memories of traditional items such as batiks, sarongs, Pewter, kites, wicker baskets and the famous Malay kris you unearth markets, namely Kota Bharu among others.