Penang to Singapore or Singapore to Penang

Hello,

I'm going to be visiting Singapore and Malaysia just after Easter for
two weeks. My flights to the region are to and from Singapore, but I
would like to see some of Malyasia while I'm there. I've decided that
I won't have time to visit Sarawak or Sabah, and will be mostly
sticking to the west side of peninsular Malaysia. I'm currently
planning on getting a flight from Singapore to Penang, and then
travelling overland back to Singapore. But one of the places I'm very
keen to visit (staying a night or two) is Taman Negara national park,
and I'm not sure that it is easy to get transport from places in the
north west, whereas it seems very straightforward from KL. I'd also be
interested in visiting the Cameron Highlands, and again it seems very
easy to do from the south, but not the north-west.

Can anybody comment on this? Am I mistaken, and is it really just
about as easy to visit those places starting at Penang and heading
south, as it would be starting from Singapore and heading north,
overland.

Thanks,
Neil

Hello,

A better subject line for my post would probably have been "Penang to
Taman Negara", as if it is difficult to get to Taman Negara from the
NW, I would probably instead travel from Singapore to Melaka to KL to
Taman Negara and back to KL again, before heading along the west coast
to Penang and then flying back to Singapore.

Neil

Hi,

Thanks for the responses - looks like I'll be heading to Taman Negara
from KL. The 4WD trip sounds more off-the-beaten-track then I'd want
to go on this trip.

Thanks,
Neil

neilsf1975m.au wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm going to be visiting Singapore and Malaysia just after Easter for
> two weeks. My flights to the region are to and from Singapore, but I
> would like to see some of Malyasia while I'm there. I've decided
that
> I won't have time to visit Sarawak or Sabah, and will be mostly
> sticking to the west side of peninsular Malaysia. I'm currently
> planning on getting a flight from Singapore to Penang, and then
> travelling overland back to Singapore. But one of the places I'm
very
> keen to visit (staying a night or two) is Taman Negara national park,
> and I'm not sure that it is easy to get transport from places in the
> north west, whereas it seems very straightforward from KL. I'd also
be
> interested in visiting the Cameron Highlands, and again it seems very
> easy to do from the south, but not the north-west.
>
> Can anybody comment on this? Am I mistaken, and is it really just
> about as easy to visit those places starting at Penang and heading
> south, as it would be starting from Singapore and heading north,
> overland.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil

Hello,

Well, as it happened I cut back my itinerary a bit and decided to only
visit Singapore, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Taman Negara, and even that
seemed rushed.

If I wanted to, it wouldn't have been so difficult to get to the
Cameron Highlands from Taman Negara. As I was running out of time,
while in KL I paid a travel company (NKS) to organise my trip to Taman
Negara. They organised the transport there and back (from KL, to
Singapore), a guide, accomodation and meals. All easy to do
independantly, but I didn't want to risk missing a transport
connection, or ending up stuck in Jerantut or Taman Negara one day
longer for whatever reason. They have an office in one of the floating
restaurants (the LBK restaurant?) at Taman Negara, and could also have
organised a ride out to Cameron Highlands from there, if I wanted.

Thanks,
Neil


neilsf1975m.au wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the responses - looks like I'll be heading to Taman Negara
> from KL. The 4WD trip sounds more off-the-beaten-track then I'd want
> to go on this trip.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
> neilsf1975m.au wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm going to be visiting Singapore and Malaysia just after Easter
for
> > two weeks. My flights to the region are to and from Singapore, but
I
> > would like to see some of Malyasia while I'm there. I've decided
> that
> > I won't have time to visit Sarawak or Sabah, and will be mostly
> > sticking to the west side of peninsular Malaysia. I'm currently
> > planning on getting a flight from Singapore to Penang, and then
> > travelling overland back to Singapore. But one of the places I'm
> very
> > keen to visit (staying a night or two) is Taman Negara national
park,
> > and I'm not sure that it is easy to get transport from places in
the
> > north west, whereas it seems very straightforward from KL. I'd
also
> be
> > interested in visiting the Cameron Highlands, and again it seems
very
> > easy to do from the south, but not the north-west.
> >
> > Can anybody comment on this? Am I mistaken, and is it really just
> > about as easy to visit those places starting at Penang and heading
> > south, as it would be starting from Singapore and heading north,
> > overland.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neil