A few minutes’ away from the Top Station of Penang Hill Funicular Railway marks the starting point of the 1.6km long The Habitat nature trail. A trail that meanders below three of the hill’s oldest historic bungalows, and through the entire stretch of The Habitat themed park. Framed lookouts have been carefully created to bring back “The Forgotten Views” of the rolling hills and The Andaman Sea beyond. These framed views conjure the romance and magnificent spectacle of Penang Hill.
This enchanting realm allows visitors to experience Penang Hill’s rainforest at its very best. Several themed gardens charmingly line the way and include the Fern Garden, Butterfly Bank, Fragrant Garden and Ginger and Palm Grove. Planted with a view to delight your senses, visitors are invited to touch, smell, see and hear the wonders of jungle completely undisturbed.
Educational signs are positioned unobtrusively along the way in such a way to educate you on the flora, fauna, and history of the pathway, but not in such a way as to spoil your experience.
Kancil walks are nature guided tours are provided. The tours are conducted by award-winning naturalists and visitors will be in awe of a large amount of knowledge they can acquire at The Habitat.
Last guided walk at 5.00 p.m.
The Habitat Penang Hill, Jalan Bukit Bendera, Bukit Bendera, Penang, Malaysia
How to get thereThe Habitat Penang Hill is on a hill accessible via the Funicular train from Air Itam, Penang or Botanical Gardens, Penang.
Lisa
The walk itself was nice. Unfortunately, there were some downsides. First one is that they did not really know you could book the tour through lokalocal, so they had to check that and for a moment I thought it would not work out. Another downside was that it started pouring just about 15 or 20 minutes into the walk. Which was no ones fault but might be worth considering if you are planning to do this walk during the rainy season. Except that, there were some misunderstandings on my side. It turned out that the tour actually starts at the top station of the train - which I was somehow not aware of even though that info is provided - and that it does not start before 7 pm. However, this was my fault as I misunderstood or didn't see the information.