After breakfast at hotel, today you are setting off on a tour of enlightenment of Penang’s past and its existing multi-culture, highlighting on its colonial history, British & Chinese settlement.
Originally known as Prince of Wales Island, Penang was where Francis Light, under the auspices of the East India Co in 1786, claimed it as the first British possession of the Malay States & SE Asia.
The early settlement was established around the harbour with Fort Cornwallis forming the island’s defence.
Walk along Little India to see how they had survived in their trades of yester-years and thrive today in the modern world. The Peranakan Museum unfolds the lifestyle of the Baba/ Nyonya found only on the Straits Settlements that comprised of Penang, Malacca & Singapore around 1832.
Visit the Khoo Kongsi, one of the most distinctive Chinese clan associations in Malaysia and the reclining Buddha before returning to the hotel.
Accomodation: Park Royal Penang, Deluxe, Penang, incl. breakfast