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Lying at the North-Western of the Malaysia Peninsular, lies one of the smallest states known as Perlis. Located between the state of Kedah and their neighbour, Thailand, Perlis provides relaxing scenery that brings you away from the busy city life. Although Perlis is known as the smallest state, but what this state has to offer [...]
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The sleepy state of Perlis does not draw much attention except among those who like the quiet and the rustic in their travels. Indeed, this is the charm of the state – no hurly-burly, no hustle and bustle, just serenity and tranquillity amidst rural landscapes and paddy fields. A big portion of Perlis’ 230 000 [...]
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Located majestically in the heart of the royal town of Arau and 10 kilometers south of Kangar lays the Royal Palace of Perlis (aka Istana Arau). Built around 1905-1945 by the late Almarhum Tuanku Raja Syed Alwi Jaalulail this palace served as the official residence of the Perlis royal family until the 1970’s.This palace also [...]
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Albeit that Perlis being the smallest town in Malaysia, but geographically it was bothered by neighbour country-Thailand- at its northern, it surely has many stories to tell to locals as well as visitors. The best way to re-route origin and history of a place is through its state museum or archives. Kota Kayang museum is [...]
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Positioned in the land of Kangar, Perlis sits Tasik Melati, a recreational park well-known for its lake and the variety of recreational activities. Apparently, the Melati Lake is known to have derived its name from the Jasmine flower, and somewhat adapted the name ‘Melati’ from the housing estate nearby with the name ‘Taman Melati’. With [...]
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Being the royal town of Perlis and located south of Kangar, Arau is also listed as one of the tourist attractions for visitors. Surrounded by different types of fruit trees and flowing coconut palm trees among the residential areas, Arau is situated on the Peninsula’s major railway route that heads towards Thailand. Also, it is [...]
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A tour to Perlis will not be fulfilled unless a stopover to Kuala Perlis has taken place! As the largest town in Perlis, Kuala Perlis is acknowledged by travellers for two significant activities, as a pit stop for arrivals as well as departures, and next, as a fishing township. Travellers that go through Kuala Perlis [...]
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Covering 12 hectares of land, the Herb Garden should be a pit stop for tourists when they are in Perlis for vacation. A few kilometres away in distance, the Herb Garden is alongside the Bukit Ayer Recreational Park and the Snake farm. Known as ‘Taman Herba’ or ‘Rimba Herba’ in the Malay language, the Herb [...]
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One of the Perlis’ well-known places for tourists to have a visit would be the Chuping Sugar Cane Plantation. It is presumed that the word ‘Chuping’ may have originated from a limestone hill referred to as Bukit Chuping in Perlis. Known as the first district in Perlis to embark on industrial development, Chuping, a small [...]
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State Park of Perlis is situated nearby to border of Thailand. The park is surrounded by a variety of limestone hills in the state, namely the Nakawan Range which extends to about 36 kilometres long. The Nakawan Range is simply beautified by having lush, greatly forested slopes, steep cliff faces, extensive streams and wide-ranging cave [...]
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