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Singapore Zoo
Award-winning tropical zoo using open-concept enclosures set within a lush rainforest environment.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Perling
Johor, Malaysia · Asia
About Perling
Perling works well as a base: 10 minutes from Horizon Hills, 15km from Singapore Zoo.
Perling is in Johor, Malaysia, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Horizon Hills, about 5 km away.
Perling (Jawi: ڤرليڠ; Chinese: 柏伶; Tamil: பெர்லிங்; officially called Taman Perling) is a neighbourhood and an upcoming state constituency in Pulai, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. A development project of the company Pelangi Berhad in 1981, it covers 922 acres (3.73 km2) and contains close toRead more
10,000 housing units. The main landmark of the housing area is Perling Mall, which has 2 floors of almost 100 shops. It is located twenty minutes from Johor Bahru. The iconic building at Taman Perling is Pangsapuri MIDAS with its black and white colours at the peak hill of Taman Perling.
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What is there to see near Perling?
Within an hour or so of Perling: Singapore Zoo (15 km), Singapore Botanic Gardens (24 km), Haw Par Villa (25 km), Little India (27 km).
Where is Perling?
Perling is in Johor, Malaysia, about 5 km from Horizon Hills.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 101,263
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Malaysia
- Region
- Johor
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Coordinates
- 1.4806, 103.6838
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Worth the detour from Perling
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Singapore Botanic Gardens
A UNESCO World Heritage tropical garden featuring the National Orchid Garden with over 1,000 species and hybrids of orchids.
24 km · about 25 min drive
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Haw Par Villa
A 1937 theme park built by the Tiger Balm brothers, best known for the Ten Courts of Hell: lurid dioramas of Buddhist punishments in painted concrete. Entry is free and it remains defiantly strange.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Little India
Singapore's most colorful and aromatic neighborhood with Hindu temples, spice shops, flower garlands, and authentic South Indian cuisine.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Tiong Bahru Market
A two-storey hawker centre in Singapore's oldest housing estate, where stalls such as Jian Bo Shui Kueh and Hong Heng prawn noodles have traded for decades. Wet market below, food centre above.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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National Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asia's largest visual arts institution, housed in two beautifully restored national monuments.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Singapore Chinatown
A vibrant district blending traditional Chinese temples, heritage shophouses, bustling hawker centers, and modern bars along Pagoda Street.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Clarke Quay
A colorful riverside quay in Singapore transformed into a vibrant nightlife and dining hub with restored warehouses along the Singapore River.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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