Malacca experience at Kampung Cantik

Highlights

- Immersion in the Malacca way of life and culture
- The different activities offered during this excursion

Description:

To start with, you will be met by your guide at your hotel lobby.

This tour provides an excellent opportunity, to experience the lifestyle and hospitality of the traditional Malacca Malay Village.

Upon arrival at Kampung Cantik, you will be shown the tapping of a rubber tree.
Next we see the oil palm and learn about the different uses of the versatile oil derived from this palm.

On the village walk, we will be passing quaint Malacca kampong houses, built on stilts. Discover the exotic nutmeg fruits, aromatic curry leaves, lemon grass, breadfruit trees and the various seasonal fruits such as the durian, mangosteen and others. Also, within the village, stands a patch of paddy field, where the cultivation of rice is carried out on a seasonal basis.

See and take part in some of the favourite pastimes of the village people, like top spinning, the making of ketupat casings with coconut leaves, congkak playing and silat - a Malay art of self defence. On the return journey, you will have the opportunity to enter a traditional kampong house where an explanation of their customs and tradition will be given and sarong wearing demonstration.

By the end of the trip, we promise, you will learn a thing or two about the simple lifestyle of the Malay kampong folks.

Trip back to your hotel at the end of the excursion.

Included:

- Transportation in air-conditioned car / minibus / coach
- Transportation from/to your accommodation
- All entrance fees to visits
- Guide

Not included:

- Meal
- Personal expenses
- Gratuity

Useful information:

- Unless otherwise specified, all our excursions are private: you, and only you, accompanied by your own guide
- Departure 9am (approximately), trip back 12pm (approximately)
- 3 people minimum are necessary to confirm the excursion
- This excursion is recommended for people staying in Malacca
- Rate based on departure/trip back from accommodation located in Malacca center