Excellent day tour! - I looked around for a day Ipoh tour and didn't find a comprehensive one and do opted for the private full day tour, even though it was expensive for a single person. y tour guide was John. He was so knowledgeable! He was a walking talking encyclopedia! He also customised the tour in that I opted to see the Mosque along the way and he stopped for awhile. Overall, I am super happy with the tour. Jut wish it had been a little lighter on the pocket.

A fabulous day - Fabulous tour. It wasn't rushed but we saw many more things than listed on itinery. Great information..great food..very comfortable vehicle. Such a good day.

A great day out - The whole day was terrific. There was no rush but we visited more sites than our itinery promised. Great food and the information we were given was so interesting. Very comfortable vehicle. More than we had anticipated

Great tour of Ipoh and surroundings - We visited Ipoh for 3 days travelling up from KL on the train. Having done a bit of initial exploring on our own we were pleased to sign up for the Ipoh Secrets day tour. Our guide was John who met us at our hotel to get underway at 8am. We had opted to go to Gua Tempurung cave so went off there first with breakfast on the way in a small local cafe. The tour included visits to museums, temples, historic sites and a city walking tour. John acted as the driver and was an excellent guide at each stop. He helped particularly with the history of tin mining in the Ipoh area and many historical details of Ipoh's development and provided useful insights into the lives of the 19th & early 20th century inhabitants of Ipoh. If you want to see Ipoh in more detail I would recommend the Ipoh Secrets tour and would like to thank John for making it such a great trip.

A Day in Ipoh with John from Ipoh Secrets - A friend and I have just spent 4 days in Ipoh, one day was with John an a tour of Ipoh and its surrounds. We had come up to Ipoh by bus from Singapore the day before (10 hours!) so were quite tired the next day, However John tailored the tour to suits our needs beginning with a later breakfast than planned at a very good local restaurant. He is a fund of information about Ipoh which is close to his heart! As well he assisted me with the bookings for our hotel and bus which was very helpful so far away in NZ. Ipoh Secrets is obviously well known in Ipoh and has a very good reputation; the mere mention of Ipoh Secrets opened doors! Arlene House is worth a visit for the beautifully restored rooms and their content as was the shopping Made in Ipoh. Papan's forgotten shophouses were interesting, a ghost town now. There is so much to discover in Ipoh....there is so much more than we expected. Do contact Ipoh Secrets for a personlised tour with John! Kind regards Lyn

Fun Secrets Day! - Informative tour and very enjoyable. We love the tin mining history John shared with us, including how the old opera house and nearby ‘entertainment’ outlets in the old town were patronized by the coolies. Instead of Kellie Castle, we explored the cave at Gua Tempurung and John was our expert tour guide, pointing out the various highlights, and recommending the appropriate tour for us. He even took us to the last remaining bakery that bakes charcoal fire Heong Beh (unfortunately, you need to Pre order before they bake these special biscuits), as well as another bakery where we purchased yummy kaya puffs, salted egg buns and specialty moon cakes. He also gave us recommendations of food courts for our dinner that day. I think we achieved a lot in our 1-day tour. Just tell John what you want to see and do, and he would try to manage the itinerary. Highly recommended!

Very knowledgeable and pleasant tour guide. - John was a book of knowledge! It was great having him as our tour guide. Great restaurants and tour!

Great tour to see everything in a short span of time - The tour was very informative and we are grateful to our guide John, who had to rearrange the trip at short notice. We were scheduled for the archeological tour but the weather did not permit it John was very well informed and explained everything in detail

Ipoh heritage tour, good but different from expected - Our guide, John CJ Lee, was very flexible during the tour, improvising some unexpected stops like a soya source facility we had never seen before. He also was very explicative during the visit to the Gua Tempurung Cave in Gopeng and the temples visited. And he took us to a very authentic local breakfast and a convenient local place for lunch. Our only concern is that the tour was quite different of the described tour in their web page. So we expected to visit the Perak Tong temple or the Kellie Castle that were theoretically included, but we did not. The city tour was also shorter than expected but we did it at the end of the tour and we were already tired of a log day touring. In summary, good job of John but the company should be more clear about what is included in the tour. Anyway we

Very good tour - We booked a full-day private tour and John was our guide. We appreciate how he customized the tour for us (there were several tourist attractions we did not wish to visit) and enlivened the tour with his in-depth knowledge of Ipoh's history and how it impacted the city and surrounding region. It was a really interesting day. Thanks! :)