Malaysia · Culture

6-Hour George Town Spice Tour with Little India and Nutmeg Factory

6 Hours Round trip from Teluk Bahang Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Explore the award-winning Tropical Spice Garden on an 8-acre hillside site in Teluk Bahang
02 Visit the Nutmeg Factory at Balik Pulau and discover how nutmeg yields two spices in one fruit
03 Walk through Little India in the heart of George Town's Chinatown and experience its cultural richness
04 Stop by a spice shop and spice mill for a closer look at Penang's spice heritage
05 Taste Indian flavours in Little India, including masala tea, lassi, or buttermilk

Visit George Town on a 6-hour tour and discover its remarkable spice-trade history as your local guide shares stories of the British East India Company's attempt to control the route. Explore the award-winning Tropical Spice Garden in Teluk Bahang, continue to the Nutmeg Factory at Balik Pulau, and learn about the unique nutmeg fruit and its mace covering. Experience the cultural richness of Little India in the heart of Chinatown, visit a spice shop and spice mill, and enjoy Indian flavours such as masala tea, lassi, or buttermilk.

Nutmeg is an actual nut hidden in a hard shell, with a blood-red lace known as mace wrapping the shell.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Languages Arabic, English, Malay

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Tropical Spice Garden, Nutmeg Factory, and Little India

8:45 am: Pick up from the hotel lobby.
9:00 am: Visit the famous award-winning Tropical Spice Garden, which sits on an 8-acre site on the hilly terrain of Teluk Bahang.
Visit the Bamboo Garden and sip herbal tea sweetened with Stevia, a natural sweetener.
10:30 am: Depart for the Nutmeg Factory at Balik Pulau to marvel at the gift of nature, the nutmeg fruit - two spices in one package. Nutmeg is an actual nut hidden in a hard shell, with a blood-red lace known as mace wrapping the shell.
Try the sweet nutmeg juice and discover the secret of nutmeg that has been kept from many of us for centuries.
Proceed to Little India, an Indian enclave in the middle of Chinatown in George Town.
Take a walk through Little India, experience the cultural richness and excitement, and visit the spice shop and spice mill.
The tour ends with lunch at a local Indian restaurant called Tiffin, where you can taste excellent Indian cuisine and drink the famous masala tea, or try lassi or buttermilk.