Batu Caves and Temple Tour from Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Visit the spectacular Batu Caves on this afternoon tour from Kuala Lumpur. Escorted by a professional guide, you'll view the Batu Cave Indian temple, a massive limestone outcrop and its cavernous interior, visit the spectacular Thean Hou Chinese Temple and witness the art of batik designing.

You'll be picked up from selected Kuala Lumpur hotel. See Malaysia's multi-racial and multi-religion influence as you visit several places of worship featuring elements of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Visit the Thean Hou Chinese Temple, a striking 6-tier temple before coming to the highlight of the tour, the spectacular Batu Caves. This massive limestone outcrop and its cavernous interior is home to Hindu deities. Friendly monkeys like hanging around the stairs and temple of Batu Caves. Make the journey up the 272 steps to fully appreciate this Hindu temple.

Continue to Gombak and see the art of handmade Batik silk designing. The Batu Caves and Temple Tour concludes with a demonstration of fine jewerelly making by OE Design.

USD $24.00

Review by: kevin m	March 2012
very intresting tour, guide very helpful and friendly. watch out for the monkeys!!!!

Review by: Bruce	March 2012
Very much a to-do place. Our guide was informed and willing to share information. It was something I am glad I did and would recommend it to anyone. You do need a bit of fitness to negotiate those stairs!

Review by: foxy	March 2012
The guide, Julie was great and gave a very good commentry

Review by: Michael T	March 2012
very nice and friendly tour guide; at the end of the tour we were able to choose if we want to stay at Batu Caves longer or if we want to go back to our hotels with the minibus

Review by: Rebekah D	March 2012
This was a good tour overall, however I don't think the batik factory visit is necessary. The batu caves are very impressive.

Review by: Ann C	March 2012
Brilliant tour ....really enjoyed it, tour guide very informative.

Review by: Michelle C	March 2012
Awesome experience! Our tour guide was very informative and informed us well about this trip as well as other ideas for KL sight seeing as well. The Batu Caves is special and well worth a visit.

Review by: Stephanie K	March 2012
This tour was interesting, the Batu Caves were as promised and the Chinese Temple was interesting.

Review by: Maree T	January 2012
very interesting but watch our for the monkeys

Review by: Peter K	January 2012
Superb guide, good bus, great overiview. Thank you!

Review by: Ramya K	January 2012
Was worth visiting the Chinese temple and the Batu Caves, but "clothing factory" was unnecessary - it is just a shop where tourists are expected to buy clothes (and prices are not even cheap).

Review by: NINA D S	January 2012
Thoroughly Enjoyed This Tour. Nice Weather and Excellent Company. Our Guide Suggested We Do The Climb In Our Own Time and Not Try to Keep Up With Everyone Else In The Group._br/_ This Is What I Did and I Completed The Steps In 50 Minutes. Beautiful Views Looking Down Into Kuala Lumpur From The Steps.Be Warned Fellow Travellers Do Not Take Shoulder Bags, Drink Containers, Any Food Such As Packet Chips Etc As The Monkeys Absolutely Love These Items and Will Steal Them Out Of Your Hands. They Leave Things Like Cameras and Glasses Alone. The Monkey's Don't Hurt You and The Ones Carring Babies On Their Backs Actually Pose For The Tourists To Take Their Photos. Definitely Recommend This Tour To Anyone Staying In Kuala Lumpur For A Few Days. Also Visited Batik Factory and Saw How Batik Cloth Is Hand Patterned-Very Interesting.

Review by: niallsmum	January 2012
The ChineseTemple tour was first and then on to Batu Caves. The temple is fabulous, not as big as the one on Penang, but equally as ornate. Batu Caves is amazing - lot of steps though, those with vertigo beware they are quite steep. The view from the top is great. Unfortunatley the Batik factory was closed (it was New Years Day) but we'd already seen a batik factory in Penang. So the driver offered to take us to anywhere else we had not seen, which was very accommadating of him.

Review by: Allan	January 2012
Excellent. The guide was very well spoken and interesting. I would recommend anyone to do this tour.

Review by: Michael H	December 2011
Plusses - Batu Caves, a really neat cave system and the temple inside; monkeys not a problem the day I was there; pretty good value for the cost of the tour._br/_ Minuses - the all-too-brief batik demonstration was just way to sell dreadfully overpriced silk scarves; the Chinese temple is only 21 years old, so while interesting there is nothing historic about it; the tour guide was cheesy and his jokes missed.

Review by: Holly F	December 2011
I was a little late for my pick up time but the driver was there waiting for me. The aircon in the van was very comfortable as it was quite a hot day, and the driver was very friendly. He told us some brief info about the Batu caves and temples, but was happy to answer questions when I pestered him. Climbing all the steps is well worth the effort, as I was lucky enough to be blessed by the swarmy!

Review by: Leanne W	December 2011
Well worth the visit and the 272 steps into the Batu Caves, the monkeys were a challenge.

Review by: Yvonne L	December 2011
Batu caves and temple tour is ok.

Review by: Prashant R	November 2011
Nice tour. Enjoyable!

Review by: Alan B	November 2011
A well trodden (climbed) path that is definitely worth the effort. Their are cold drinks for sale at the top, the monkeys are fun to watch and photograph but be cautious, have a cold fresh coconut milk drink at the bottom as it is refreshing and cooling. Had a really good time!

Review by: william b	November 2011
excellent tour from start to finish. its a must to do when in k.l. service from viator on my three tours with them was excellent and will be booking with them again on my next trip.

Review by: Ashley S	November 2011
Fantastic tour, knowledgeable guide, great value for money, all we wanted from a private tour of this type

Review by: Jane L	November 2011
Brilliant--my trip ended up being a private tour and my guide was entertaining,helpful and courteous to a single lady traveller.I would thoroughly recommend this visit and excellent value for money.

Review by: Helen D	November 2011
Considering the price, it wasn't bad value but a bit ordinary. The Buddhist temple was ho hum but my reaction may be the result of an over-exposure to temples. If you haven't seen one before, this is interesting. The Batu Caves are interesting (no monkeys when I went), the batik demonstration was a rush job. It could have been fascinating but it was really about selling the product. The tour guide went out of his way to look after everyone and answer questions.

Review by: Johnny v	October 2011
Unfortunately I can't say this was a good Tour. The only reason I rate this 2 stars is because the site was nice. It started off that I would be picked up at 13.30, waited till 14.00 and called the tour arranger where my pick up was and if i still would be picked up. After that the drama begun, the tour guide was (so it seemed to me) uninterested and wanted this done as quick as possible. after picking me up we went to pick others up who after that. Whenever I was asking a question about what the tour guide told us on the way the answers were short and mostly replied like "I told you that" not even listening to the question. Royal Selangor was ok to visit, after that we went to an batik "factory" which took about 5 minutes of explanation what they did tbh uninteresting. Then the Batu caves and the tour guide gave us 45 minutes to get up the stairs inside and get back. No time to make pictures of all the nice things next to the cave entrance etc. All in all I have to rate the tour guide and the driver for a 1 star and would never think about booking a tour in Malaysia via Viator, hope Viator will work on this so that other people may enjoy the tour. Ofcourse I couldve been unlucky and got the unmotivated tour guide.

Review by: Jodie S	October 2011
Tour guide great, sufficient time to enjoy batu caves

Review by: migsantos	October 2011
Good, but there was a stop in a batic factory which was not necessary at all.

Review by: Catherine R	October 2011
Fantastic day with a fantastic and thoughtful guide named Lo. Thoughtful because he suggested we reverse the itinerary and do the Batu caves first as he thought it would rain that afternoon - and down it poured when we should have been at the caves. I never thought I would make it to the top but I did and was greeted by a wonderful view of both the caves and KL.. The Batik stop was lovely but clothing was very very expensive so neither the others or myself bought anything as I had wanted to do. The Thean Hou Chinese Temple was marvellous and mystic. A great trip which I would recommend with a great deal of enthusiasm

Review by: Richard B	October 2011
I took the morning city tour and was dropped at a posh hotel for pickup. there was no time or facilities to have a quick lunch between tours so we ended having lunch under the Buddhist temple instead of touring it. But the tour guide was really nice.

Review by: MOHANNAD L	September 2011
nice to see

Review by: Pauli	September 2011
Temple visit and caves both very good. Batik factory visit not worth the effort. Our guide was excellent!

Review by: Robert v	September 2011
Local agent was very helpful and friendly. Lots of useful facts along the way. Both the temple tour and Batu caves were interesting. The wild monkeys at Batus Caves made for great photo opportunities. Only wanring: be prepared to walk a lot and steep stairs at Batu Caves so not for those with walking disabilities. Great tour.

Review by: Andrea	August 2011
A unique experience worth living.

Review by: Oana V	August 2011
The Batu Caves are a must see if one is in Kuala Lumpur, but only as a private tour. With a group tour, you feel rushed, scared that the bus will leave you behind and guilty if you decide to take a couple of extra pictures. The Chinese Temple and the Batik factory are two other locations included in the tour - definitely worth seeing. Again, I would only recommend this as a private tour - there's quite a bit to take in.

Review by: Kerrie L	August 2011
Driver was delayed due to bad traffic but still made sure that every part of the tour was still completed even though over the due time. I thought enough time was given at each part of the tour and enjoyed it very much.

Review by: Billy G	August 2011
Very professional, friendly, and knowledgeable tour guide and driver.

Review by: Trevor H	August 2011
Although easily access via the local metro/train service, I opted to be collected from my hotel and shown the sights. 1) To have someone give me all the info and 2) Air conditioned ride around town. It's pretty hot out and a very hot climb to the top. The temple tour was good, although not overly exciting. The multitude of turtles was the most interesting part! Was also taken to a Batik Factory. Didn't appreciate (after the show and tell) the staff hovering over us trying to sell us goods we weren't interested in.

Review by: RENATA K	August 2011
Nice and friendly guide. However, he arrived one hour later than he was supposed to. Bad traffic, he said. Everything else was perfect. very interesting tour.

Review by: Melissa B	August 2011
enjoyed this tour

Review by: Stephen P, United Kingdom	May 2010
Once we resolved the problem of our booking, no one turned up on our first date we had to re-arrange date, this visit to Batu Caves is amazing...we took fruit for the monkeys, and they do come and take it from your hand and peeped in my bag for more!The statue at the entrance is unbelievably high, plenty of opportunities for photographs. We also fitted in a tour of a batik factory, which is really a store that you are encouraged to buy from, not sure if original batiks are made there, but an enjoyable end to our day.

Review by: Nathalie P, Mauritius	May 2010
Nice caves once you've managed to go up the 242 stairs among the monkeys! Very nice tour.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	May 2010
It was very interesting and very beatiful.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	May 2010
Our guide was very informative and fun to be around. We didn't waste time on insignificant details and he was very approachable.

Review by: Jennifer C, United Kingdom	May 2010
Excellent guide, good information given throughout the tour and very helpful. The temple was just as described and we had a valuable experience. The Batu Caves were a little disappointing as we were expecting more of a cave like environment and entering further into the cave. Maybe this need to be clearer on the trip details!

Review by: Kathleen T, Australia	May 2010
Very good tour if you are fit enough or willing to climb the steps up to the cave.

Review by: Jessie L, United States of America	January 2010
I had a wonderful time!

Review by: Vivek P, United Kingdom	January 2010
Amazing and a must do if in Kuala Lumpur. Tour guide was great and totally fluent in English.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	December 2009
First class trip ... enjoyed the one-on-one attention ... tour guide enthusiastic, and very knowledgable.

Review by: Rania L, Australia	August 2009
I think it is easier to do a tour with this one! As it is at least a 30 minute trip from town. I enjoyed the caves, we also bought bananas and fed the monkeys that live there. Our local guide was great!

Review by: Paul M, United Kingdom	May 2009
This was a good value afternoon out and well worth doing. There were only 6 of us on the tour, and it was nice to have a smaller group. The pewter factory was interesting to see how they still do everything by hand and to see the F1 trophies they've made. We decided along with the other people in the group we weren't that interested in the Batik stop so we gave that a miss. The caves themselves are an interesting visit and the monkeys don't bother you unless you've food or drink on display, so keep those out of sight if you want to avoid monkeys harassing you! The local company was providing the tour for people who'd booked through someone other than Viator which had an additional stop in their itinerary, meaning we'd the added bonus of a visit to a Chinese Temple at the end of the afternoon also, which was worth the visit too. Guide was good providing a huge amount of info throughout the afternoon, but he shouted everything! i definitely recommended this if you have a spare afternoon in Kuala Lumpur.