A floral sanctuary at the Penang Botanic Gardens.
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The State Park Forest Coast
The green scenic view of the coast of Penang’s State Park at Teluk Bahang.
Morning Jog at the Penang Botanic Gardens
Penang Isle: Metropolitan Park
The Metropolitan Park in Relau, Penang is a public recreational area and was opened to the public in 2003. The park is built as a recreational area to cater for the public need in the southern part of Penang Island as previously there was none of such facility in the area. Like most other public parks in Penang, the Penang Island Municipal Council is in charge of its management.
Penang Isle: Naturescape from the Botanical Garden
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Penang Isle: The Botanical Garden
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Penang Isle: The Quarry Recreational Park
The Quarry Recreational Park is a recent extension to the Botanic Gardens of Penang. In addition to provide a venue for recreational activities, the park also often serves as a venue to various events organised by the state such as hosting the World Music Festival. Besides that, during the weekends, music performance (usually by school bands or music groups) are also held at the park in the evening.
Penang Isle: The Municipal Park
The Penang Municipal Park or commonly known as Youth Park here, is a huge recreational park which is made of gardens, a large football field, a skateboard ring, an amphitheatre, a foot reflexology path, jogging tracks, outdoor as well as indoor gyms. There’s also a small cafeteria within the park itself. Hiking trails can also be found around at the hilly area of the park.
The park can be accessed via a single one-way route, entering through Persiaran Kuari and is also located nearby the Botanical Garden. A shuttle service that goes to the Botanical Garden is also available at the car park of Youth Park.
Penang Mainland: The Old Mengkuang Dam
A Brief Intro
The Mengkuang Dam is the biggest dam in Penang with a storage capacity of about 23,639 million litres of water. Besides the obvious of providing water to the people, the dam serves as a recreational park with benches decorating along the waters as well as roads for joggers. The area provides an excellent view of waterscape and the surrounding hills. The dam is located at the mainland side of Penang, north-east of Butterworth town.
Penang Isle: The Botanical Garden
The Penang Botanic Gardens, also known as the “Waterfall Gardens” because of the cascading waterfall nearby, is a public park situated on Jalan Air Terjun (Waterfall Road) in George Town on Penang Island, Malaysia. The original gardens were established in 1884 from an old quarry site, under the supervision of Charles Curtis, who was the first superintendent.
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Penang Isle: Ayer Itam Dam
The Ayer Itam Dam is the first dam to be built in Penang and was officially opened in 1962 by the (then) Governor of Penang, TYT Y.M.Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj bin Raja Muhammad. Besides being one of the water sources of the island, the dam is also a popular recreation area with the locals.
