Raise your feet if you don't want the monkey to climb to your shoulder. The Silverleaf monkeys are tame but the brown monkeys are fierce. Be careful with the brown one. They are two stop for the tram. First stop is lighthouse, mini-museum and fort. The second stop is bedrock or Batu Hampar. The monkey's babies usually seen at the second stop.
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Bukit Melawati (Melawati Hill) is a popular weekend destination for local residents of Selangor, and with good reason.
A beautiful area with numerous attractions, the hill is also an important historical site that offers interesting insights into Selangor’s fascinating history.
Melawati Hill is usually visited together with:
*Kuala Selangor Nature Park and Taman Ikan Air Tawar Kuala Selangor (both about 500m away); and
* Kampung Kuantan Firefly Park (±6km away).
Things to do
Tram ride
Private vehicles are not allowed up the hill from 8.00am to 7.00pm on weekends and public holidays. Visitors may choose to get to the hilltop by hiking or taking a short tram ride, where panoramic views await.
Kota Melawati
At the top of the hill, with great views of the coastline as its backdrop, lies Kota Melawati, an ancient fort built by the Malacca Sultanate during the early 16th century.
Kuala Selangor eventually fell to the Dutch in 1784, who reinforced the fort with cannons and renamed it Fort Altingburg after Willem Arnold Alting, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1780 to 1797.
Today, visitors can still see the fort’s ruins with its cannons, legendary 100-step stairway, Royal Mausoleum, Virgin’s Tomb, fabled execution slab and observatory tower (baitulhilal) built for sighting the new moon.
Kuala Selangor lighthouse
Also known as Altingburg Lighthouse, this towering structure was built in 1907 to replace the original one constructed by the Dutch some two centuries earlier, when they conquered the area.
Used extensively during the British colonial period, the lighthouse’s beacon continues to shine and function as a guide for vessels navigating the Straits of Malacca till this day.
Silvered Leaf Monkeys
The endangered Silvered Leaf Monkey (Silvery Lutung) can be found in abundance around the hill. While most are relatively tame and will feed out of your hand, do be mindful of your personal belongings.
Kuala Selangor Historical Museum
The museum is located near the lighthouse and contains displays of weapons, dioramas, specimens of old currencies and other relics and artifacts. Admission to the museum is free, which is open daily from 9.30am – 5.30pm (closed on Mondays).
