Attraction - Central Market Kuala Lumpur Review

A 'higher end' Petaling Street

4*

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Central Market is basically a fixed price, ‘better quality product’ version of the neighbouring Petaling Street [see my other reviews]. Even though haggling was rarer and the products were of higher quality, the pricing was still fantastic. They had a dynamic range of shops and ‘areas’ as well (like a Little India & Chinese section) which meant there was a lot of different products on offer, not just the generic t-shirts and bags. There was a small food court at the top, however this did not look very appealing and appeared quite dirty. Other than that, I would suggest visiting Central Market, especially if you are also planning on visiting Petaling Street.

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Attraction - National Planetarium Review

Interesting

4*

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The Planetarium was a great educational, free attraction. We went on a weekend during the day and it was almost deserted! They had enough exhibitions to keep you entertained for a couple of hours, and there were several paid for exhibitions available, however we did not visit these. We walked to the Planetarium following a visit to the Botanical Gardens and Butterfly Park as they are all in the same area. It was very informative whilst also being interesting for kids so that both adults and children can enjoy it. If you don't have something to do in KL then I definitely suggest visiting the Planetarium.

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Attraction - Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park Review

Beautiful Butterflies

4*

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The park cost 20 MYR each for adult entry (make sure you bring cash as I don't recall being able to pay with card), and the park has an outdoor area full of tropical plants and mini waterfalls for the butterflies to enjoy and fly around freely. It also has fish tanks which are cool. The outdoor area does get very hot and humid, so make sure you have lots of water/buy some there.

The route around the outdoor area then leads to an indoor exhibition (with great aircon) which is full of preserved insects from all over the world. They also have some small enclosures so you can see what live scorpions, beetles and spiders are up too! I liked that they had lots of information about the different insects.

At the exit there is a gift shop and some tables and chairs to buy drinks/ice creams which are much needed in the heat.

I would recommend staying around 1-2 hours. The butterfly park is close to other attractions such as the Islamic art museum, planetarium, bird park, botanical garden and the national Mosque, so you can visit those very easily from the butterfly park.

Overall, it's a nice place to go to see butterflies flying around and some land on you too! It's reasonably priced and suitable for all ages to enjoy. I would recommend visiting!

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