Kuala Selangor: Magical Firefly River Glow Cruise

Our guide was excellent. The temple was well worth a visit. It is beautiful. Dinner on the waterfront was very good. The view was amazing as we watched the setting sun. The fireflies were wonderful. I paid extra for the blue plankton, which was underwhelming.

I joint the solo, calls join tour with 2 other solos. Guna it's very friendly and experienced your guide. The most amazing part is that he stays with us all the time, not just drop off. Feel much better and safer especially the monkey place. I'm afraid of animals. Thanks a lot Guna!

It was fun, monkeys and temple and fireflies were cool. We paid extra for the glowing plankton, and this was not worth the money and was disappointing. Our tour guy was excellent.

Very satisfying tour. You must do it when you are in Phnom Penh. The food however was not the best. Operator charges USD 6 excluding drinks.

Honestly wasn’t really impressed by the stuff. We were also brought to a temple and saw some monkeys but I wasn’t too thrilled about it. Seemed kind of randomly put together.

A very well-organised, fantastic tour. Though the journey to Kuala Selangor is long, it was broken up very well by a bathroom break (take your own toilet tissue!), a trip to a stunning Hindu temple in a rural area, and Bukit Melawati, filled with adorable silver leaf monkeys. Each section of the tour gave us enough time to enjoy ourselves, and our guide, LG, made sure everything ran smoothly, gave us information about the places we were visiting, and all the necessary etiquette and safety information too. The temple was well-worth a visit, an incredible feat of artistry, and we even got to see a prayer session. The monkeys were fantastic, really sweet and gentle and they looked clean (got no flea bites so I'd say that's a win!!) Just make sure to stand a bit away if you don't want them to climb on you, as my boyfriend was up close filming me with a monkey and he got an unexpected friend on his shoulder! The Malacca Strait is also visible from Bukit Melawati and is a stunning view of one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. Finally, though we didn't go to a restaurant in the fishing village, there are plenty to choose from. It's primarily inhabited by Chinese people and thus Chinese cuisine, and there is one Thai restaurant too. They have seafood and chicken in the village. The fireflies are included in the price but it's RM 50 per person extra for the blue tears. We didn't go for the blue tears but the fireflies were stunning. I recommend going on a still, calm night or the boat ride might get a bit exciting. You travel up the river 3km in a motorboat (life jackets are given) and then drift right next to the mangrove bushes to see hundreds of blinking lights amongst them. We went on a moonless night which is why we saw so many, also be aware that they have mating seasons so go at a time of year when this will be happening. Otherwise you may not get to see that much. The boat driver catches some in a net and lets them fly around in the boat, and even puts them on people's hands. He more... Wiped one on my hand, and it died as a result. I wish he didn't take them from the bushes like this and just left them alone, there's no need for us to interfere with their lives. This was kind of a one-off bit of luck, but we also got to see a fantastic Chinese parade go through the village celebrating their temple turning 100 years old, thank you LG for letting us stay a bit longer to see it! Lastly, it's worth being aware that whilst the minivan has seatbelts, they were jammed and not usable. Hopefully these will be unjammed promptly for the safety of future tourists.

This was a great time! We got to see monkeys up close and the fireflies were very visible. Although the dinner is not included in the price, we still stopped at the seafood village near the water and had about an hour to buy dinner at our own expense (definitely recommend the Chinese seafood place!). I Wouldn’t recommend the blue plankton as they weren’t visible at all and definitely wouldn’t recommend if you have back problems as the boat ride can be very bumpy. But overall great tour! 10/10

This was such a good activity in Kuala Lumpur. It was nice to get out of the city and see some nature. The highlight was seeing all of the monkeys, by the fireflies and boat ride were of course wonderful, as well. The fishing village was also really neat. Highly recommend while in Kuala Lumpur

The first step of the route, the Hindu temple, was very interesting. It certainly looks different from the usual and our guide provided us with good insights to customs and details. The seaside area gives time for lunch in one of the many restaurants. We ate at a thai restaurant close to the jetties with very good view of the river. Later on, the glow worms tour on the river was very pretty. We also decided to buy the extra tickets for the blue tears cause one in our group had those already included. The blue tears were rather uninteresting which was due to unfortunate circumstances. I also feel like the trip could be more private as you have to go in a group of ~20 in a boat and then barely have room to move. Overall, it was still a good experience and I definitely recommend to go for everyone visiting Kuala Lumpur.

Life jackets issued before we set off on a lovely boat, we sailed about 15mins before seeing the fireflies which reminded me of fairy lights at Christmas - nice to see. The blue tears - to see illuminated plankton, we were given fish nets to wave in the water - nice to see. At the fishing village, there's lots of restaurants to eat and drink, good toilet facilities too The drive from central KL is approx 1.5-2hrs depending on traffic, we stopped off for a 5min toilet break and 20mins at the Hindu Temple.