Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens (Taman Tasik Perdana)

Frommer's Review

Built around an artificial lake, the 92-hectare (229-acre) park has plenty of space for jogging and rowing, and has a playground for the kids. It's the most popular park in Kuala Lumpur. Inside the Lake Gardens find the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park [ST] (Jalan Perdana; tel. 03/2273-5423; www.birdpark.com.my; adults RM30/$8.40/£4.20, children RM22/$6.20/£3.10; daily 9am-6pm) nestled in beautifully landscaped gardens, with over 3,000 birds within a huge walk-in aviary. Quite impressive. Kuala Lumpur Orchid Garden (Jalan Perdana; tel. 03/2693-5399; weekend and public holiday admission adults RM1/30¢/15, free for children; free weekday admission for all; daily 9am-6pm) has a collection of over 800 orchid species from Malaysia, and thousands of international varieties. The Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park (Jalan Cenderasari; tel. 03/2693-4799; adults RM15/$4.20/£2.10, children RM8/$2.20/£1.10; daily 9am-6pm) has over 6,000 butterflies belonging to 120 species making their home in this park, which has been landscaped with more than 15,000 plants to simulate the butterflies' natural rainforest environment. There are also other small animals and an insect museum.

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