The Ultimate 4D3N Genting Highlands Itinerary – Updated For 2020

November 5th, 2019 by Evan | Tagged in: family, Genting Highlands, itinerary, Malaysia

This is my 4D3N Genting Highlands itinerary! There are plenty of fun things to do at this wonderful hill resort in Malaysia, and I feel that four days will be enough to complete most of the best activities.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Itinerary Summary
Conclusion

Day 1

12pm – Check In

My family chartered a private minibus through Kukup Hub for our ride from Singapore to Genting Highlands. It was a very comfortable six-hour ride, but more importantly we felt very safe throughout the journey. After arriving at Genting Highlands, we checked in at First World Hotel and washed up quickly.

2pm – Palsaik Korean BBQ

We were famished after the six-hour ride and were eagerly looking forward to lunch! After walking around the huge shopping complex SkyAvenue, we decided to eat at Palsaik Korean BBQ. This Korean BBQ restaurant is known for its eight unique flavours of pork meat.

We ordered the Exclusive 8 Color Set (RM168), which serves 2 to 4 people. It comes with eight tantalising pork slices, each marinated with a different sauce. The set also includes a hot Korean stew.

The pork slices were extremely well-marinated and had a pleasant smoky flavour. It felt really good to chew on the tender and savoury meats in my mouth. This was the perfect way to start our Genting Highlands trip!

Palsaik Korean BBQ
Location: Level 4 (T2C-08), SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: | Mon to Fri: 11.30am – 10.30pm | Sat & Sun: 11.30am – 11.30pm |
Phone Number: +603 6101 3933

4pm – Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park

After our very satisfying meal, it was time to have some fun at Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park! Remember to buy your one-day pass for unlimited rides online to save money.

– Rides –

There are plenty of awesome rides in the theme park! If you are a thrill-seeker, I recommend going for “Spin Crazy”, a huge pendulum that takes riders on gut-twisting 360 degrees spins high up in the air. I didn’t have the courage to try this though.

If you are looking for family-friendly rides, check out the “Royal Carousel”, a double-storey carousel beautifully adorned with intricate carved horses and chariots. I took this ride with my niece and she loved it.

Location: Level 1, First World Plaza
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 12am
Website: www.rwgenting.com/themepark/Skytropolis

– The Void –
Waiting to enter The Void

The Void is a virtual reality centre located inside Skytropolis. It offers a variety of themed VR experiences such as Avengers, Star Wars, Wreck-it Ralph, Ghostbusters, and Nicodemus.

I went for the Star Wars VR experience and it was AMAZINGLY FUN. After putting on the VR headset, it felt like I was completely immersed in the Star Wars universe, fighting aliens, Stormtroopers, and even Darth Vader!

Location: Level 1, Skytropolis
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 10pm
Website: www.rwgenting.com/themepark/TheVOID

– Train to Busan –

Train to Busan is another VR experience that whisks you into a zombie apocalypse universe based on the popular Korean movie.

Location: Level 1, Skytropolis (next to The VOID)
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 10pm (Retail Street), 12pm to 10pm (Horror House)
Website: www.rwgenting.com/traintobusanhorrorhouse

– Big Top Video Games Park –

While waiting for our The Void time-slot, my family and I spent some time at Big Top Video Games Park. This awesome circus-themed arcade is home to many old school arcade machines and carnival-style games. We had lots of fun here!

Location: Level 2, Skytropolis
Opening Hours: | Sun to Thurs: 10am – 10pm | Fri & Sat: 10am – 11pm |

– Genting Bowl –

Genting Bowl is a glow-in-the-dark bowling centre located on the third floor of Skytropolis. It has 20 colourful lanes available.

I don’t know about you, but this is a must-visit attraction for my family whenever we are in Genting Highlands. It’s always fun to engage in a little friendly competition and try to see who can top the score charts!

We paid around RM10 for one game. You can check out the latest bowling rates on Genting’s website.

Location: Level 3, Skytropolis
Opening Hours: | Mon to Fri: 12pm to 12am | Weekends, School Holidays, PH, Eve of PH: 10am to 12am | Glow In The Dark Bowling: Daily: 6pm to 12am |

8pm – Dinner at LeNu

After spending four hours at Skytropolis, it was time for dinner. We went to LeNu, a restaurant at SkyAvenue known for its variety of delicious Chinese noodles.

I ate the “Braised Pork Rib with Scallion Noodle (RM36.90)” and it was delicious! The noodles had great bite and the pork ribs were juicy, savoury and tender.

LeNu
Location: Level 1 (T2-03)
Opening Hours: | Mon to Thurs: 10am – 10pm | Fri & Sat: 8am – 11pm | Sun: 8am – 10pm |
Phone Number: +603 6101 1772 / +603 6101 1296

10pm – Studio K

Very serious

Room Rates

The wife and I ended our night at Studio K, a family-friendly KTV joint located on level 3 of First World Plaza. We started feeling sleepy about midway through our singing session, probably because we had woke at 4am this morning for our long ride to Genting Highlands.

Studio K
Location: Level 3, First World Plaza (T2B-03)
Opening Hours: Daily 11am to 3am

Day 2

10am – Breakfast at Malaysian Food Street

The next day, we went for breakfast at Malaysian Food Street, an air-conditioned food court at SkyAvenue. It is home to many stalls selling local delicacies such as Chicken Rice, Fish Head Noodle, Penang Prawn Mee, Char Kuey Teow, Bak Kut Teh, and more.

We had a very satisfying meal here, eating delicious dim sum dishes like Fried Carrot Cake (RM10), Har Gao (RM7), Loh Mai Kai (RM9) and Siew Mai (RM7).

Jom Makan Street Food is just beside Malaysian Food Street and offers halal dishes like Nasi Lemak, North Indian style curries and Nasi Ayam Claypot.

Malaysian Food Street
Location: Level 4 (T2C-MFS)
Opening Hours: | Sun to Thurs: 8am – 10pm | Fri & Sat: 8am – 11pm |

12pm – Chin Swee Caves Temple

Will the real Monkey King please stand up

After breakfast, we took the Awana Skyway Cable Car at SkyAvenue for one stop down the hill to Chin Swee Caves Temple. During the ride, we enjoyed wonderful views of the lush rainforest around us.

My whole family had a very enjoyable time at this tranquil temple complex! It was cool to see the towering pagoda, beautiful temples, large statues, and variety of Chinese mythology sculptures. The surrounding mountain views were fantastic too.

Note that this is a one-way ticket, so remember to book the return journey separately if you plan on returning to SkyAvenue afterwards. The ticket has no destination restrictions so you can alight or board at any of the stations.

We took the standard gondola (RM9 one way). If you are willing to spend more, you can take the glass-floor gondola (RM18 one way) instead.

Chin Swee Caves Temple
Location: Chin Swee Cable Car Station
Opening Hours: Daily 9am to 6pm

2pm – Lunch at Restoran Chuan Kie (全记小菜馆)

After we were done with exploring the temple, we took the cable car for one stop down the hill to Awana Station, which is the third and final stop of the cable car line.

From the cable car station pick up point, we took a eight-minute grab ride to Restoran Chuan Kie (全记小菜馆) in Gohtong Jaya.

This famous Chinese restaurant is known for serving delicious zi char dishes at affordable prices. We had a super satisfying lunch here!

Some of our favourite dishes include the Special Crispy Baked Pork (RM15), the Hot Plate Beancurd (RM13) and Salted Vegetables Beancurd Soup (RM8).

Restoran Chuan Kie
Directions: Eight-minute drive from Awana Cable Car Station
Address: Goh Tong Jaya, 29-30 Jalan Jati 1, 69000 Genting Highlands, Selangor, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Daily 12pm to 11pm
Phone: +603 6100 1151

4pm – Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm

From Restoran Chuan Kie, we walked for around 10 minutes to Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm. This lovely farm is home to many colourful fruit yards and gorgeous flower gardens. It was the perfect place for taking beautiful pictures with my family!

Genting Strawberry Leisure Farm
Address: No. 1, Lot 3707, Jalan Jati 2, Bandar Gohtong Jaya, 69000 Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia
Opening Hours: | Mon to Sat: 9am – 6.30pm | Sun: 9am – 7am |

6pm – Genting Highlands Premium Outlets

Finally, it was time for the wife’s favourite activity: shopping at Genting Highlands Premium Outlets. We took an eight-minute grab ride from Strawberry Farm to reach here.

This open-air outlet mall beside Awana cable car station is home to over 150 designer and brand outlets.

Personally, I feel that this a good place to shop for accessible luxury and mid-market brand products at decent prices.

It is also family-friendly with many empty public spaces, a decent playground, a large toy shop, and spacious restaurants.

Genting Highlands Premium Outlets
Stores Directory and Map: Click here
Directions: 5-minute walk from Awana Cable Car Station
Address: KM13, 69000 Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 10pm

8pm – Dinner at Beauty In The Pot

After the wife was done with shopping, we took the cable car from Awana Station back up to SkyAvenue for dinner at Beauty in the Pot.

Beauty In The Pot is a Singapore Chinese hotpot restaurant located at SkyAvenue. It is known for its signature Beauty Collagen Broth.

If you are a hotpot fan, this restaurant is a must-visit! Make sure you order the “Signature Beauty Collagen Broth (Scallop & Pork Bone Soup)”. A single pot costs RM32, while a quarter pot starts from RM10 each.

This restaurant is extremely popular so make sure you go early to get a queue number, or call in advance to make reservations. Or you can also visit late at night for supper, since the restaurant opens daily till 2am (last order at 1.15am).

Beauty In The Pot
Location: Level 5, SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: Daily 12pm to 2am (last order 1.15am)
Phone Number: +603 6101 1392 / +603 6101 1623

10pm – Redtail by Zouk

Redtail by Zouk is a new social gaming lounge for adults. It offers plenty of fun games and activities like beer pong, pool, air hockey, giant Jenga, retro arcade games, Xbox games, and more. The staff are very friendly and fun.

Redtail by Zouk
Location: Zouk Atrium, SkyAvenue (below Burger & Lobster)
Opening Hours: | Mon to Fri: 6pm to 4am | Weekends & PH: 12pm to 4am |

12am – Zouk Club

If you love to party, make sure you check out this latest club in Genting Highlands! Zouk Club opens on Fridays and Saturdays from 11pm to 3am.

Zouk Club
Location: Zouk Atrium, SkyAvenue (below Burger & Lobster)
Opening Hours: | Fri & Sat: 11pm to 5am |

Day 3

10am – Burger & Lobster

We woke up early today to go Burger & Lobster, a world famous restaurant known for its delicious burgers, lobsters, and lobster rolls.

We had the Original Lobster Roll (RM138), which was delicious! The lobster meat was fresh and juicy, and went perfectly with the mayonnaise sauce and warm buttered bun.

Make sure you go early because this restaurant is really popular at the moment and it does not accept reservations.

12pm – Shop at SkyAvenue

After breakfast, it was time for the wife to do more shopping at SkyAvenue, an awesome lifestyle mall that is home to over 100 retail shops!

I saw plenty of luxury boutiques such as Chanel, Coach, Furla, Dior etc. There are also many mass-market brands like Addidas, Uniqlo, Under Armour, and G2000. Beauty and wellness shops include Sephora, Bath and Bodyworks, The Body Shop, etc.

Compared to Singapore, the prices are generally slightly cheaper.

While walking around the mall, we came across SkySymphony, an impressive free light show that runs daily at the atrium on the first floor of SkyAvenue.

I was spellbound by the beautiful show which makes use of 1,001 winch balls suspended from the four-storey high ceiling.

The show runs once every hour between 10am and 12am.

2pm – Lunch at Marrybrown

Marrybrown is a fried chicken fast food restaurant located at SkyAvenue, beside Ripley’s Adventureland.

Ever since I first tried the fried chicken here a few years ago, I will always have a craving for it whenever I go back to Genting Highlands.

This is because the fried chicken just tastes SO good! I love the crispy fried skin, the moist and tender chicken meat, and the fragrant meaty scent. I always feel super satisfied after this simple fast food meal.

Marrybrown
Location: Level 4 (T2C-B19), SkyAvenue

4pm – Ripley’s Adventureland

Ripley’s Adventureland is a family friendly entertainment centre located on level four of SkyAvenue. It is home to various fun attractions such as Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Jurassic Research Center, 4D Trick Art Museum,and Zombie Outbreak.

The Jungle Gym will help your children exhaust their endless energy with ball pit, slides, crawling tunnels, trampoline, and more.

Eagle Landing Zipline is an exhilarating 200 metres zip-line that starts from level 4 of SkyAvenue and ends in Skytropolis Funland. However, you may want to note that there was a malfunction in April 2019.

Ripley’s Adventureland
Location: Level 4 (T2C-B13), SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: | Sun to Thurs: 10am – 10pm | Fri & Sat: 10am – 11pm |
Phone: +601 7336 8343

6pm – Healing Touch

Healing Touch is a massage centre located at SkyAvenue inside Ripley’s Adventureland. It offers a variety of services such as massage, fish spa, foot reflexology, etc.

The wife and I went for a one hour body massage (RM188) before dinner, and it was an amazing experience!

Everything was on point. First the staff washed our legs with warm water. Then, we had a heavenly body massage in a private room. My masseuse even placed a heated blanket on my body halfway during the massage because I was feeling a little cold. After the massage, we were served with hot ginger tea.

There is another outlet located at First World Hotel lobby, but it is significantly smaller and the ambience is not as serene.

Healing Touch
Location: Level 4 inside Ripley’s Adventureland (T2C-B18), SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 12am
Phone: +601 2233 7525

8pm – Dinner at High Line

High Line is a cool alfresco rooftop bar on level 4 of SkyAvenue. It offers a variety of drinks and comfort food. There are even special DJ performances on various days.

High Line
Location: Level 4 (T2C-18-23), SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: Daily 12pm to 1am

10pm – Movie

After dinner, we decided to catch a late-night movie at Bona Cinemas, a modern movie complex located at level one of SkyAvenue.

We caught the action-packed martial arts film “Master Z: Ip Man Legacy”. The plush seats were really comfortable and could even shift into a reclining position! (As for the movie, it was decent but a little violent.)

Standard seats cost RM16 per person, which is significantly cheaper than Singapore. There are IMAX experience and gold class seats too.

Bona Cinemas
Location: Level 1 (Lot T2-03A), SkyAvenue

12am – SkyCasino

SkyCasino is a huge and modern casino that features a huge selections of games. I was impressed by its beautiful forest-themed design and the glittering LED lights on the high ceilings. The casino is open 24 hours, so you can come here and try your luck whenever you feel like it.

SkyCasino
Location: Level 1, SkyAvenue
Opening Hours: 24 Hours

Day 4

10am – SnowWorld

SnowWorld is a European-themed snow centre, where you can experience a sub-zero environment complete with snowfalls, igloos, and ancient ruins.

The highlight of the centre is the Toboggan slide, which is fun for both adults and children alike.

Remember to take your own photos because SnowWorld charges a premium for their photo taking services.

This is your last chance to enjoy some cold temperatures before returning to the tropical heat of Singapore!

SnowWorld
Location: Level 2, First World Plaza
Opening Hours: Daily 10am to 10pm
Website: www.rwgenting.com/Theme_Parks/SnowWorld

12pm – Return to Singapore!

Our Kukup Hub driver picked us up at our hotel for our long ride back to Singapore! It has definitely been a tiring but very fun holiday in Genting.

Genting Highlands 4D3N Itinerary Summary

Time	DAY 1	DAY 2	DAY 3	DAY 4
10am	Travel to Genting Highlands	Malaysian Food Street	Burger & Lobster	SnowWorld
12pm	Check In	Chin Swee Caves Temple	Shop at SkyAvenue	Return to Singapore
2pm	Palsaik Korean BBQ	Restoran Chuan Kie	Marrybrown
4pm	Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park	Genting Strawberry Farm	Ripley’s Adventureland
6pm	Skytropolis Indoor Theme Park	Genting Premium Outlet	Healing Touch
8pm	LeNu	Beauty In The Pot	High Line
10pm	KTV at Studio K	Redtail by Zouk	Movie
12am		Zouk Club	SkyCasino

Conclusion

I hope you found this 4D3N Genting Highlands itinerary useful! After so many years, I find that Genting is still the perfect place for a short getaway from Singapore, because it has so many fun activities for people of all ages. As usual, please feel free to leave any questions in the comments section below.

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