Half-Day Penang Countryside Cycling Tour: Experience Local Life in Balik Pulau
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276 Ratings
Balik Pulau
Immerse yourself in the local life of Penang's countryside with a half-day cycling tour in Balik Pulau. Explore the colorful villages, witness the fascinating lives of locals, and enjoy the bountiful green environment. Book now!
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Explore Balik Pulau - Join this small-group cycling tour to explore the countryside of Penang, Balik Pulau. The tour will start at 7am from your hotel where we will transfer you to Balik Pulau.
Exploring the town by bicycle has all the advantages of going by foot, combined with a much greater action radius and cooling breeze. If you want to experience Balik Pulau hideaways and countryside, touched by the charm of Malaysian way of country life at personal level, bicycle is a great way to do it. This tour will bring you to see local life in the Penang countryside.
Away from Balik Pulau town there is a labyrinth of minor roads, pathways and alleys. Cyclists are treated as pedestrians, so you can use bicycle to explore fruit orchard, plantation, mangrove, fishing village and dozens of traditional Kampung in Penang.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Bottled water
- All fees and taxes included
- Hotel pickup in Georgetown
- Bike tour with all equipment provided
What's Not Included
- Travel Insurance
Additional Information
Away from the busy Georgetown, the colorful sights and smells of the local villages, the fascinating life of locals and bountiful green environment, Penang countryside is another essence makes this small islands one of Asia’s most captivating cities.
Join a half-day cycling tour for locals and tourists who want to experience a different side of Penang, Balik Pulau is the place for you.
- All participants need to be able to ride 26’wheel size bike.
Location
Explore Balik Pulau
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(276 Ratings)
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Zakaria_m
Apr 18, 2024
T.c was a great guide and... - T.c was a great guide and always had something interesting to tell us about the history and culture of the island.
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G5477fxjaneto
Apr 12, 2024
A really interesting riding tour - Eddie is a very engaging guide. He has great local knowledge, a great sense of humour, and the tour is very interesting. It includes a palm oil plantation, fishing villages, and a working dairy goat farm. We learnt about the production and use of palm oil, the fish farms and the reduction in the number of people fishing, village life, fruit tree planting on the hills, and lots of other interesting facts about Penang. Eddie really knows his stuff. The bikes are functional but not geared. The ride is easy and would suit most fitness levels. It does get hot so the tour starts early. Small groups make it better as well.
Overall, this was a really interesting and worthwhile riding tour.
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Holly_t
Apr 2, 2024
Fun day at Penang - Everything… love to explore small village on bike… our guide was great.. very knowledgeable about his village… he took us to have a local lunch… that is out of this way… very delicious..
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Francisca_m
Apr 2, 2024
Fun cycle around Penang - Had a great time cycling around rural Penang! The views were beautiful and the path was flat so quite easy even on a hot day :) TC was really friendly and knowledgeable. He went the extra mile to make it a great experience.
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Eva
Mar 20, 2024
Great bike ride - It was a great tour to get to know the Penang countryside better and escape the hustle and bustle of Georgetown for a few hours! If in Penang, we can definitely recommend this tour!
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Jill
Mar 20, 2024
An informative and fun bike tour. - We thoroughly enjoyed the tour with Eddy. He arrived to pick us up on time and he was informative on a range of topics. We loved his dry sense of humour!
The ride was easy and the places visited and sites along the way were very interesting. The goats milk ice creams were a treat! Highly recommend this tour.
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Sherwall
Mar 17, 2024
Penang bicycle tour with Eddie - This was the best activity we participated in. Our host Eddie was funny, inciteful and really gave us a genuine look at Penang.
Well worth it, would consider this a must do.
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Jiho_a
Mar 30, 2024
Cool - Effective way of seeing the country and cooling the body. Shuttle puck is a kind of bus tour it deserve the price
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June
Mar 21, 2024
Another side of Penang - It's good to get away from the city side of Penang and go see the country on a bike. It's relaxing to bike on the twisted unpaved country roads between the orchards, fishing villages, goat farms, padi fields, Chinese villages, and Malay kampong. One may get to learn a little more about the life and culture in Penang. TS our guide knows a lot about the country life and Penang history. You just need to ask the right questions to get him talking. Well organized tour
Just wish the bikes are better. My family did not really trust the breaks on the bike😅
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Ian_m
Apr 20, 2024
Good cycling tour. - Good tour long journey to start point
Enjoyed the cycling experience around the little settlements and seeing how the locals live on that side of Penang.
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