Genting Highlands
A hill resort around 1,800 metres up Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, straddling the line between Pahang and Selangor. A long cable car climbs through rainforest and cloud to a cool summit of hotels, theme parks and Malaysia's only casino.
- Where
- Pahang, Malaysia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 3.4237, 101.7934
Get the Genting Highlands stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Genting Highlands. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Pahang volume with your photos and a note.
Near Genting Highlands
Genting SkyWorlds 0.3 km
An 11 hectare theme park at Resorts World Genting, high in the cool mountain air. It was planned as a 20th Century Fox park, and after Disney bought Fox it opened under its own name, keeping some film-themed zones and reworking others.
Chin Swee Caves Temple 1.3 km
A Buddhist temple spread over a forested, rocky slope about 1,400 metres up, a short drive below the Genting summit. It is dedicated to Master Qingshui, a monk revered in Fujian for bringing rain, and its terraces and pagoda look out over the clouds.
Batu Caves 24 km
A limestone hill 13 km north of Kuala Lumpur, its caves holding Hindu shrines, the most important dedicated to Murugan. A 43 metre golden statue of the god stands beside 272 painted steps, and each Thaipusam hundreds of thousands of devotees climb them.
Zoo Negara 24 km
Malaysia's national zoo, opened in 1963 by the country's first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on 45 hectares at Ulu Klang. It holds thousands of animals of hundreds of species, from tigers and tapirs to orangutans.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia 28 km
A tropical rainforest planted by hand on worn-out land on the edge of Kuala Lumpur, now so mature it looks wild. Listed by UNESCO in 2024, its trails, streams and research plots show how a forest can be brought back.
Petronas Twin Towers 31 km
A pair of 88-storey towers rising 451.9 metres over the city centre, the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 and still the tallest twin towers anywhere. A skybridge links the two halfway up, and the park at their feet is where most people stop to look up.
KLCC Park 31 km
The green heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre, laid out to give the Petronas Twin Towers a garden at their feet. Paths, a lake with an evening fountain show and shaded lawns make it the best ground-level spot for taking in the towers.
Aquaria KLCC 31 km
An oceanarium beneath the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, steps from the Petronas Twin Towers. Its long underwater tunnel lets sharks, rays and turtles glide overhead while you walk along a moving path.
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Questions
Where is Genting Highlands?
Genting Highlands is in Pahang, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Genting SkyWorlds (0.3 km), Chin Swee Caves Temple (1.3 km), Batu Caves (24 km).
How do I get the Genting Highlands stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Genting Highlands and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Pahang volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Genting Highlands before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Pahang volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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