Meet your driver at your hotel lobby and proceed with the tour. First stop will be at Kek Lok Tong Cave Temple and Zen Gardens. THE KEK LOK TONG CAVE TEMPLE IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION. THE CAVE TEMPLE SITS ON A 12 ACRE SITE AND WAS USED AS EARLY AS 1920 AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP. IN 1960, THE CAVE BECAME PART OF AN IRON MINING SITE, THIS TEMPLE IS SET IN A HUGE CAVE IN THE LIMESTONE OUTCROPS BEHIND GUNUNG RAPAT. THE KEK LOK TONG COMPLEX COMPRISES A CENTRAL ALTAR FEATURING A NUMBER OF BUDDHIST FIGURES AS WELL AS VARIOUS DEITIES OF THE CHINESE PANTHEON. THE MOST UNIQUE ABOUT THE CAVES IS THERE ARE ANOTHER GREAT GARDEN VIEW ONCE YOU GET INSIDE THE CAVES. THE LIMESTONE HILL IS MADE UP OF LIGHT GREY TO WHITE CRYSTALLINE KINTA LIMESTONE INTER BEDDED WITH ABOUT 5 MM TO 1 CM THINK ARGILLACEOUS MATERIAL BANDS. PRIMARY IRON CAN STILL BE SEEN WITHIN THE LIMESTONE. THE AWARD WINNING LANDSCAPE GARDEN FEATURES A JOGGING PATH CIRCLING TWO LAKES AND ONE OF THE LONGEST REFLEXOLOGY FOOTPATHS IN IPOH.

Le château de Kellie, situé à Batu Gajah, dans l'État de Perak, près d'Ipoh, allie romance, tragédie et mystère. Le jeune Écossais William Kellie Smith s'installa en Malaisie britannique, aujourd'hui la Malaisie, fit fortune puis la perdit, laissant derrière lui un manoir inachevé, reconquis par la jungle.

La vieille ville d'Ipoh était si paisible que les voyageurs la qualifiaient de paisible, avec ses cafés, ses restaurants traditionnels et son art de rue florissant. On entendait peu parler des trois Concubine Lanes. En juillet 2016, Lonely Planet a classé Ipoh parmi les meilleures destinations asiatiques à visiter. Des photos des Concubine Lanes ont commencé à apparaître dans la presse.

THE IPOH RAILWAY STATION WAS INITIALLY MEANT TO BE A HOSPITAL AND USED BEFORE THE 20TH CENTURY AS SUCH BEFORE BEING TURNED INTO A STATION. THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION YEAR OF 1917 WAS DELAYED FOR THREE YEARS DUE TO LACK OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AS WELL AS HIGH COSTS DURING WORLD WAR I

L'hôtel de ville d'Ipoh est l'un des trois bâtiments de l'époque coloniale d'Ipoh, conçus par le célèbre architecte britannique Arthur Benison Hubback. Les deux autres, la Haute Cour et la gare d'Ipoh, sont à proximité. La gare d'Ipoh se trouve de l'autre côté de la route et la Haute Cour est le bâtiment voisin.

La mosquée d'État d'Ipoh, ou mosquée Sultan Idris Shah II de son nom officiel, a ouvert ses portes en 1968. Nommée en l'honneur du sultan de l'époque, ce monument religieux situé face à la gare est devenu un symbole de la ville. Cette mosquée blanchie à la chaux, à deux étages et à l'architecture islamique moderne, possède 44 dômes et un minaret de 38 mètres de haut. De minuscules mosaïques ornent ce site incontournable d'Ipoh, scintillant sous le soleil.

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL COLONIAL LEGACIES REMAINS AS A CLOCK TOWER. IPOH’S BIRCH MEMORIAL CLOCK TOWER IN FRONT OF IPOH STATE MOSQUE OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 1909. THE WHITE-WASHED STRUCTURE ACTS AS A MEMORIAL TO JAMES BIRCH, THE FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT OF PERAK

C'est l'un des plus beaux temples d'Ipoh. En dehors des heures de prière, le lieu devient calme et désert, offrant un havre de paix propice à la méditation et à la contemplation. Bien que peu distinctif, ce temple est particulièrement remarquable par son emplacement face aux falaises. Juste à côté, se trouve le temple troglodyte bouddhiste Guan Yin Dan Ba ​​Xian Tong, niché dans une grotte. Ces temples ne sont peut-être pas considérés comme des incontournables d'Ipoh, mais les passionnés de photographie apprécieront la vue.

POH IS NAMED AFTER THE IPOH TREE, FAMOUS AS THE SOURCE OF BLOWPIPE POISON. WHEN THE PORTUGUESE ATTACKED MALACCA IN 1511, THE NATIVE WEAPON THEY MOST FEARED WAS THE BLOWPIPE WITH ITS POISONED DARTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT EVERY PORTUGUESE SOLDIER HIT BY DARTS DIED EXCEPT ONE

ONE OF THE "OLDEST" CLUB IN MALAYSIA. WITH ITS HISTORY DATING BACK EARLIER THAN 1895, THE ROYAL IPOH CLUB IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN IPOH AMIDST THE LUSCIOUS GREEN PLAYING FIELDS OF THE IPOH PADANG. FROM ITS HUMBLE BEGINNING AS A LAUNDRY HOUSE BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY FOR THE OFFICERS LIVING AT THE NEARBY ST. MICHAEL’S INSTITUTION, THE ROYAL IPOH CLUB HAS EVOLVED THROUGH THE YEARS TO BECOME ONE OF THE OLDEST ELITE CLUB IN IPOH

THE KINTA RIVER DIVIDES THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF IPOH INTO TWO PARTS: OLD TOWN AND NEW TOWN. THE HISTORY OF IPOH BEGINS WITH THE OLD TOWN DURING THE TIN RUSH. “DURING THE ERA OF THE MALAY RAJAS, IPOH WAS ONLY A SMALL VILLAGE. WHEN THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT RULED PERAK THAT IS AROUND 1877, IPOH WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A TOWN AND CAME IN DROVES, ESPECIALLY THE CHINESE WHO CAME TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE SO MANY CHINESE SUBJECTS CAME HERE FROM PENANG End Tour