Penang Hill, Penang, Malaysia

4.0 (8.379 reviews) Monday: 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #25 in Penang Trams

Natural Hill top definitely fun for family

Penang Hill is the oldest British hill station in Southeast Asia, dated late 1700’s. The highest peak of Penang Hill stand at 833 metres (2,732ft) above sea level. Penang Hill funicular train service started on October 1923 The current funicular trains is the 4th generation system which started its operation on 24th April 2011. The funicular track stretches a distance of 1,996 metres (1.99KM) from lower to Upper Station which is the longest in Asia. Penang Hill funicular tunnel, at 79 metres (258ft) long and 10feet (3.0m) wide with a steepness of 27.9degree, is the steepest tunnel track in the world. There are a total of 52 hill bungalows located on Penang Hill (42 of them are private-owned and 10 bungalows are state-owned). Most of them are more than 100 years old and Bel Retiro (Governors Bungalows) built in1789 is the oldest. Number of visitor to Penang Hill in 2016 exceed 1.6million.
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Address

Jalan Stesen Bukit Bendera Air Itam, George Town, Penang Island 11500 Malaysia

Mobile

+60 4-828 8880

Website

http://www.penanghill.gov.my

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Thursday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Saturday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday : 6:30 AM - 11:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, April 29, 2024, 16:47

User Ratings

4.0 based on (8.379 reviews)

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33%

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39%

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20%

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Reviews

5Irene T 5:00 PM Dec 22, 2022
Awesome
This is a must-visit for nature lovers. Long queues to the train, buy the fast lane ticket if you do not want to wait, RM40 return. Visit early to avoid crowds. We reached here by 9am, by the time we went back around 1pm, we saw a huge crowd at the ticket counter. For those who do not want to walk to places, for eg, Kopi Hutan, you can take a buggy ride which cost RM30 per way. Compliments to the management of this place, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit here.
3Bev M 5:00 PM Sep 20, 2022
Disappointing Steamy cloudy long wait out of the way
Caught Grab local buses infrequent and take too long. Queue up twice (1 hour each queue) prior to entry to venicular squashed in 36 degrees couldn't see anything on the climb up or going down. At the top hot walk around, cloudy lots of things closed eg nature walk. Huge queue another over 1 hour wait for venicular to go down thank goodness for some strategically located fans for queue. Seniors and discounts only apply to locals, quite expensive. I thought it would be cooler at the top but not a breath of wind uncomfortable.