Travel Informations for Malaysia
Amarici Travel and tour has summarized the most important tips to let become your vacation in Malaysia a successful and unforgettable, great experience.
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Recommendations
The knowledge of the English language is required. We have an English-speaking guide on all tours. You should have at least one English-speaking person of your trust.
Flight prices are often clearly inexpensive with early reservation (less than 1,000 EUR incl. return flight). If you liked to hold the price low, book early. Often it's also cheaper you choose longer flight times or multiple stopover. When required we also help to find inexpensive flights.
Before you check in a hotel, please take care you have always enough cash or you let check the function of your credit card with check in. Otherwise there could be annoyance if you can't pay because the card is not readable.
Take a mobile phone. On site one can close a contract for Internet and Telephone flat, e.g. from the company DiGi. Firm contracts for one month duration are most favorable (approx. 10 EUR). But pay attention to terms and cancellation rules or possible suspension fee (approx. 10 EUR). Nevertheless, some traders allow only prepaid contracts to foreigners.
Do not pay too much Internet Access Point fees. In many hotels and restaurants you can use the access free of charge.
Money
We advise to entrain foreign currencies in EUR, because other currencies are mostly less favorable. To minimize the loss risk, use travel cheques in EUR.
The use of a credit card (mostly accepted is VISA) is helpful and effective in the currency exchange (note loss risk and locking contact). Do not exchange too much money at your bank, the offered course often are only half as favorably than on site in Malaysia! Now and then even your EC-card (edc) is accepted. Nevertheless, do not only count on it! Because of the loss risk we recommend this only if you don't own any credit card.
In many big shopping centres there are a huge number of official foreign currency traders. The courses are slightly different. Here you get mostly the best barter courses. In every bank you can change money or get credit card cash. However, you will need time here.
To distribute smaller sums of money on several places (e.g., breast bag, leg pockets, socks with monetary depot etc.) reduces the loss risk. What is not required remains in the room safe deposit. According to type, this safe can open after 24 hours automatically. For longer absence the hotel safe deposit should be used. Actually there is no reports of loss known to us
Assurances
The free insurance covers of many credit card suppliers counts only to certain airlines, combinations or expensive extra. Find out on time about what counts to you really, so that you can post steer with a private assurance. We help you with pleasure with the mediation of inexpensive alternatives.
With contract resignation cancelation fee or compensations become due. To minimise this risk you should conclude a travel resignation assurance.
Conditions
A visa is not necessary. A passport is a duty and must be valid at 3 more years after the crossing the border. Because of the high standard of living Malaysia fights against unlawful immigration from all over the world (also from Germany!). Hence, the proof of sufficient finances and the return flight ticket is demanded now and then. Without valid credit card 1,000 EUR the adult person and month (incl. trip should be proved to cheques) or the invitation of a private person / family.
Health
We recommend sufficient vaccination protection for tropical areas. You find consultation in your health centre. We recommend tetanus, malaria prophylaxis, if necessary hepatitis A in contact with monkeys. The danger of polio, Japanese encephalitis, yellow fever and typhoid is not higher in Malaysia than in Germany. Take, nevertheless, mosquitoes and ticks protection means. A foreign health insurance should be natural. Follow always the topical tips of the health centres and the tropical institute.
Your first-aid kit should contain all drugs you must take regularly. In addition, we recommend drugs for diarrhoea-prophylaxes, headache / migraine, fever means, sticking plaster and if necessary federation stuff, joint-bandage, thrombosis socks. Follow council of your family doctor. Nevertheless, they can buy the known drugs in all cities very reasonably.
Go only with overcast body to the Jungle, because naked skin is an attack point for many bloodsuckers (insects and Leaches). Take seriously the tips of the tour guides always very much. The drinking water in Malaysia is enough for German claims. Nevertheless, it is not to be boiled wrong, nevertheless, the water to peel fruit or to clean thoroughly and to eat no raw vegetables.
Climate
In the tropics rules the rainy season and the drying time. In the rainy season they must count daily on a lot of partly violent rain. But also in the drying time the afternoons are often got cloudy. This is very pleasant because it prevents a temperature rise. In case of from occasional rain, this is not disagreeable like in Germany, because he is very warm and lowers the temperature. The cloudiness breaks up in the evening again and you can observe wonderful sundown.
Tropical climate loads the heart circulatory system, in addition. If you well in form are not stood or sauna not, hence, you should speak with your doctor whether you need drugs. Drink enough and take always additional water bottles. Supply the body enough with the minerals which you lose by the strong sweating.
If the cloudiness is absent, prepare for a very hot day. Take absolutely enough to drink. Reduce your physically strenuous activities. In the cities you should use the air-conditioned buildings. Do shopping stroll you go to restaurants or museums or remain at the hotel. Dress en you warmly - yes what works against the cold, is also good against the heat – never show more naked skin, functioned there not!
Clothes
Take weatherproof clothes and steady run shoes and spare shoes. In the mountains it can get cold and it can be raining now and then strongly. Think of enough solar protection cream, possibly with protective factor 50 at least, however, 30 and, above all, water resistant.
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Wheel chair or walking impediment are no exclusion criterion. But you should take either escorts, or to organize from us for help in the tours.
Indeed, additional costs thereby come for these service providers to be negotiated before from us for you.
Behavior
We expect from you religious tolerance, decency and adequate behavior how it is an etiquette also in our culture. We dissociate ourselves from prostitution and promote no sex travelling. We warn you, in your own interest, especially not to follow such activities.
It is reckoned the rules of Sharia-Law, linked with Islamic consequence also and the high Islamic sentence.
(you avoid absolutely religiously insulting behavior, e.g., ask in Islamic restaurants for pork – you can get it in many Chinese or western Food for restaurants, too liberal clothes in a mosque, kisses in the general public, sex oblige you to the marriage!, to swim in the nude cause up to get 3 years of prison, much less prostitution …)
Safety and Security
We offer to you exclusiv tours to official and guarded places. Malaysia is safe, in Europe tourists are more attacked or kidnapped than in Malaysia! Nevertheless, the poverty of unlawful immigrants also causes crime. Hence, there are the same rules like at home and everywhere!
Avoid contacts with unlawful prostitutes or unlawful street vendors. Stay at night not alone in dark corners. Never go only to unguarded, lonesome islands, there may be stateless pirates!
From the Malays you have to fear nothing. These are open friendly and helpful people. Keep, hence, to locals and use our save tour offers. Read also the topical information of the Foreign Office and embassy in your country.