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Ticket and booking rules for Penang: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Penang
Bookings and opening rules
Follow the official link before you buy. Full walking days: Penang itinerary.
Penang Hill
- The Penang Hill funicular runs Monday to Sunday from 6:30 to 23:00, with the last ascent at 22:00 and the last descent at 23:00, and the ticket counters open 6:15–21:45. Standard (non-Malaysian) two-way tickets are RM 40 for adults aged 13–59 (RM 80 in the express lane), RM 20 for children aged 4–12 (RM 40 express) and RM 30 for seniors over 60 (RM 60 express); Malaysian ID holders pay RM 16, RM 8 and RM 8. The one-way trip takes about 4.5 minutes, and the service shuts for scheduled maintenance twice a year.Source: Penang Hill Corporation, tickets and FAQ · checked Sep 2026
On the day
What to watch at each stop
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, the Blue Mansion
- Guided heritage tours at fixed times, usually late morning and early afternoon, about 45 minutes, around RM 25; book ahead on the mansion's site
Penang Hill and The Habitat
- Funicular daily 6:30–23:00, ticket counters 6:15–21:45; RM 40 return for foreign adults (RM 80 express lane), RM 20 children 4–12; The Habitat about RM 60
Questions
Quick answers
How much do the tickets cost?
The Penang Hill funicular is RM 40 return for foreign adults, RM 80 for the express lane, and RM 20 for children. The Habitat's canopy walkway is around RM 60, Fort Cornwallis RM 20 with a café voucher, the Peranakan Mansion about RM 25, Khoo Kongsi about RM 15 and the Blue Mansion's tour around RM 25. Kek Lok Si's grounds are free with small charges for the pagoda and the lift; the murals, the jetties, the national park's trails and the beaches are free. Prices are in Malaysian ringgit, roughly 4.5 to the US dollar.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Penang
George Town's World Heritage core is a flat grid of a few hundred metres, so day one is entirely on foot, with the free CAT shuttle bus for tired legs. Day two takes a Rapid Penang bus or a Grab to Air Itam for the funicular and the temple, 7 km out, and ends at the hawker centres of Gurney Drive. Day three follows the coast road 25 km northwest to the national park and the beaches, and comes back for the fort at dusk. The funicular runs from 6:30 to 23:00, the mansions run guided tours at fixed times, and the heat is the real constraint: the plan puts the outdoor walking before 11:00 and after 16:00, with air-conditioned museums and long lunches in between.
