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More Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur With Kids, The Colonial District

Updated 29/10/2018 By Alyson Long. Any post on this site may contain affiliate links. If you use them, they cost you nothing extra. We make a small commission.

We’ve had no problem finding things to do in Kuala Lumpur with kids , almost three weeks here now, something new every day. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you’ll see my kids’ top 5 things, chosen by them. We’ve checked out China Town and its temples, seen the roller coaster in a shopping mall and tried our hands at indoor archery, we’ve taken the obligatory photos at the Petronas Towers and Batu Caves before having a science fest at Petrosains ( click the links for pictures and information).We’ve played in the pools in front of the iconic towers, dismissed the playground next door, seen the evening light show and had a brilliant time at the aquarium.

At the risk of starting to sound like the Lonely Planet, here are a few more places, a few more photos.

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Kuala Lumpur’s Colonial District

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This is where you find the Kuala Lumpur City Gallery with the famous I love KL sign. This place is a little gem, there is a great display on the history of KL, just enough reading to not switch off an under enthusiastic nine-year old, a beautiful model of the city and a craft gallery where you can watch intricate wooden buildings and decorations being made.

It’s small, but totally free, the miniature houses and monuments fascinated the children and it’s a nice break in the air con as you walk around this hot, sticky city.

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The biggest surprise in Kuala Lumpur’s Colonial District was this. A cricket pitch that wouldn’t be out-of-place in a British village, it’s right in front of the Kuala Lumpur City Gallery in Merdeka Square.

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On the other side of the road is the most photographed building in Kuala Lumpur, the Sultan Abdul Samad building, built by the British, surprisingly.

 

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If you carry on walking out of town along the main road, you can have a totally different experience, Malaysia’s National Mosque, Masjid Negara is about five minutes away. I’ll save the photos of me in a hijab for another post.

We really like Kuala Lumpur, it’s efficient and well organised, the public transport is fantastic, the supermarkets and shops would give any Western capital a run for its money, plus you’ve got the old and traditional for a change of pace. It’s been easy to find things to do in Kuala Lumpur with kids, everything has been new and different for them. Sometimes they’ve been fed up with walking or catching yet another bus, but if you break the day up a bit with things they enjoy they’ve been fine.

We can easily walk from our hostel to the Colonial District, the Central Market and China Town, they are side by side, but it’s hot, the air pollution is terrible and dodging the traffic is a bit of an experience if you’re not used to it. Kuala Lumpur has its flaws, the same as any other city, but we’ve had a great time here, we love it.

Time to move on now, down to Melacca for a new set of experiences.

Things to do in Kuala Lumpur with Kids. Our Top 5.

1.The Petronas Towers. My boys loved seeing them, they like big things.

2. Playing in the water of the pool and fountain just in front of the Petronas Towers. They didn’t like the huge playground complex there so much, it was more for little kids and it was too hot.

3. Indoor Archery in the mall ( link above) they thought it was fantastic.

4. The Aquarium. Particularly the touch pool. You can hold horseshoe crabs and stroke a shark.

5. Petrosains. They’re itching to go back, it was too much to see in one half day visit.

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About Alyson Long

Alyson Long is the creator of World Travel Family travel blog and is a full-time blogger and travel writer. A lifetime of wanderlust and now over 5 years on the road, has made her a travel expert. She is lover of mountains, cultures and ancient civilisations. Fanatical mum obsessed with her kids' education and happiness. Family travel, travel with kids, adventure travel, homeschooling and worldschooling enthusiast. Former medical scientist, now published writer, SEO ninja and webmaster. Like many travel bloggers, a happy nomad so long as there is coffee.

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  1. Vivienne Murdoch says

    05/01/2018 at

    Hey there! We are a Scottish travelling family (one year to start with, maybe more!) and we’ve been loving and using your posts. We’re in KL now and then SE Asia for 2/3 months. We’ve already been in S America and Oz/NZ for a while. We have 2 girls aged 7 and 10. You mentioned a network of currently travelling families. We’d be keen to tap into that if possible? I am blogging, but not publicly. I’d be happy to share my link with you privately so you can see what we’re up to. Look forward to hearing from you. Viv x

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    • Alyson Long for World Travel Family says

      06/01/2018 at

      Hop along and join our Facebook group, Living Differently Vivienne. We were in KL just a week or so ago. I always enjoy KL, these posts are really old, I must update them with 2017 – 2018 information.

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  2. Renee — RambleCrunch says

    20/06/2013 at

    Haha, re the Lonely Planet-type travel blogs. You’re sharing good info though. Carry on!

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  3. Suzi Hansborough says

    19/06/2013 at

    I am loving these pictures & info. Already looking forward to seeing Melacca through your eyes.

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  4. Vicki says

    19/06/2013 at

    Hey there,
    I hope you enjoy Melacca, we loved the architecture of it and the great little streets. You can get ice cream in plastic egg cups there. We haven’t seen that anywhere else.
    We can’t recommend the A’fomosa water park unfortunately. We were greatly disappointed by it and I couldn’t even bring myself to get in the disgusting water.
    Everything else about Melacca was wonderful though.
    Have a great trip.
    Cheers
    Vicki

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