After two weeks from my second Indochina tour, I visited three more countries – Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia’s Bintan. If you want to visit six countries for two weeks to a month, I suggest the following route – Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia – so take time to read my Indochina travel guide and look for a good flight or land trip to Malaysia from Thailand. Ooops, you may also want to read my South Korea travel guide!
As expected, I prepared a video of each country and uploaded it on YouTube. Watch them by clicking the links below:
Here’s a detailed travel guide for tourists visiting the following countries:
So now, here’s my suggested itinerary and budget:
Note: I used Oanda Currency Converter
Time | Place | Remarks | PHP | MYR | SGD |
8:50 p.m. | Manila International Airport | Flight to Malaysia, inclusive of
travel tax of PHP1,620, and Singapore back to the Philippines Expected to arrive at KL at 1 a.m. | 13,280 | ||
DAY 1 – Kuala Lumpur City Day Tour | |||||
2:00 a.m. | Breakfast | 100 | |||
5:30 a.m. | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | KLIA Ekspres of MYR55 and budget taxi to hotel | 80 | ||
7:00 a.m. | Hotel | Check in, including tourism tax | 76 | ||
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | The Royal Palace Batu Caves Royal Selangor National Monument Sultan Abdul Samad Building Kuala Lumpur City Gallery National Mosque Harriston Botique Chinatown Central Market Petronas Twin Towers (also include a photo shoot at night) | Booked via Klook, with tour guide | 2,061 | ||
6:00 p.m. | Dinner | 100 | |||
DAY 2 – Cameron Highlands Tour | |||||
11:00 p.m. | TBS | To Ipoh Booked bus ticket via 12GOAsia | 21 | ||
6:00 a.m. | Ipoh | To Tanah Rata Booked bus ticket via 12GOAsia | 22 | ||
10:30 a.m. | Boh Tea Plantation Cameron Lavender Garden Rose Garden Honey Bee Farm | Taxi rent, plus entrance fees at Cameron Lavender Garden and Rose Garden | 420 | ||
2:00 p.m. | Lunch | 100 | |||
5:30 p.m. | Tanah Rata | To KL Sentral Booked via Busonlineticket | 32 | ||
10:30 p.m. | TBS | To Beach Road, Singapore | 30 | ||
DAY 3 – Singapore City Tour | |||||
8:00 a.m. | Breakfast Buy a transportation card of SGD10 and top it up for SGD10 | 25 | |||
10:00 a.m. | National Museum of Singapore | Take a bus Booked NMS ticket via Klook | 140 | ||
12:00 nn | Bugis Street | Lunch Take a bus | 10 | ||
2:00 p.m. | Little India | Entrance C of MRT Bugis Station, take Downtown Line 11. Exit E of Little India MRT Station | |||
4:00 p.m. | Chinatown | Entrance E of Little India MRT Station, take North East Line 6. Exit A of Chinatown MRT Station | |||
5:30 p.m. | Merlion Park | Take a bus | |||
6:30 p.m. | The Esplanade and Marina Bay Sands | Walking distance | |||
7:00 p.m. | Gardens by the Bay | Walking distance | |||
DAY 4 – Away from the City Tour | |||||
6:00 a.m. | Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal | Take Bus 45M from Bedok | |||
9:00 a.m. | Bintan Lagoon Resorts | Booked two-way ferry ticket via Direct Ferries | 69 | ||
10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Treasure Bay Bintan | Booked Chill Cove Combo Package via Klook | 2,666 | ||
5:00 p.m. | Bintan Lagoon Resorts | To Tanah Merah | |||
DAY 5 – Adventure Day | |||||
9:00 a.m. | Travel time to Cable Car VivoCity
Station From Kallang MRT Station, take East West Line 2. Transfer from Outram Park MRT Station to North East Line 6, then Exit C of HarbourFront. Walk through Cable Car VivoCity Station | ||||
9:30 a.m. | Cable Car VivoCity Station | To Imbiah Station | 684 | ||
10:00 a.m. | iFly | Check in for 11:00 a.m. skydive | 3,389 | ||
12:00 nn | Lunch | 10 | |||
2:00 p.m. | Skyline Luge and Skyride | 628 | |||
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Tour Universal Studios, Resorts World, Sentosa | ||||
7:45 p.m. | Wings of Time | 495 | |||
Sub-total | 23,343 | 951 | 144 | ||
Total (in PHP) | 70,678 |
TRANSPORTATION
Cebu Pacific (MNL-MYS, SGP-MNL)
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
12Go Asia (Bus Booking)
Website
BusOnlineTicket.com (Bus Booking)
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Direct Ferries
Website
Mozaic Ferry Lines (SG-Bintan)
Website
Transnasional (Malaysia)
Website | Instagram
C.S Travel and Tours (Cameron Highlands)
Website
PeraKTransit (Malaysia)
Website
ACCOMMODATION
Amigo Hotel (Malaysia)
Facebook
Orchard Hotel Singapore
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
RECREATION AND ADVENTURE
iFly Singapore
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Skyline
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Wings of Time
Website
Singapore Cable Car
Website
Royal Selangor Visitor Centre
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Marina Bay Sands
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Gardens by the Bay
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
National Museum of Singapore
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Treasure Bay Bintan
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Klook (Booking)
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
Boh Tea Plantation
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Toast Box
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Texas Chicken
Website | Facebook | Instagram
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