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Kuala Selangor Firefly Tours: The 15 Best Trips

23 tours  ·  from $7

The fireflies only perform after dark and only on a quiet river, so the departure time decides the trip. These 15 compare the seafood-dinner versions, the blue-tears add-on and the private cars, with prices and how long the drive back really takes.

Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour - Kota Melawati, a hilltop beginning
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Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour

1.Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 664 reviews · 8 hours · from $79Our pick

Leave Kuala Lumpur for an evening in Kuala Selangor with an English-speaking guide such as Sasi, Chandran, Darwin, or Charlie. Visit Kota Melawati, feed monkeys, eat seafood by the river, then cruise for fireflies and search for bioluminescent Blue Tears. The natural sightings depend on weather and water conditions.

“Sasi was a great guide and we learned a lot more historical and cultural aspects during the trip. He answered all our questions and made sure that everyone was well taken care of. Would totally recommend it for others :)”

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Kuala Lumpur: Fireflies & Blue Tears Tour with Seafood Meal - Melawati Hill and its friendly silver leaf monkeys
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Kuala Lumpur: Fireflies & Blue Tears Tour with Seafood Meal

2.Fireflies & Blue Tears Tour with Seafood Meal

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 632 reviews · 6 hours · from $54

Travel from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Selangor with an English-speaking guide such as Dinesh, Abdul, or Wan. Meet wild silver leaf monkeys, visit Melawati Hill, eat a Chinese seafood dinner, then take an electric-boat ride for fireflies and blue bioluminescent plankton.

“We had a fab time, the monkeys were amazing and friendly ! The transport was comfy to the locations. The food was amazing and authentic with an amazing view of the river. Fireflies were very cool & the blue tears. Our host was so friendly and helpful with great knowledge of the area Thank you”

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Bongawan River Cruise: Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Mangrove - Cocoa Kingdom and Sabah’s chocolate flavors
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Bongawan River Cruise: Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Mangrove

3.Bongawan River Cruise: Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Mangrove

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 437 reviews · 8 hours · from $58

Spend eight hours with guides such as Timmy and Eddie exploring Kota Kinabalu’s Floating Mosque, Cocoa Kingdom, and Bongawan’s mangroves. Look for proboscis monkeys and macaques, watch the Sky Mirror sunset, then cruise after dark among fireflies. Tea, dinner, and round-trip transport are included.

“The sun didn't cooperate, but everything else was good.”

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Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour with Dinner (SIC) - A relaxed seafood dinner by the river
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Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour with Dinner (SIC)

4.Kuala Selangor Fireflies and Blue Tears Tour with Dinner (SIC)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 199 reviews · from $62Top rated

Spend about 7.5 hours outside Kuala Lumpur visiting Fort Altingsburg, meeting silver leaf monkeys, eating a local seafood dinner, and taking a night boat for fireflies and blue tears. Shared transport, an English-speaking guide, and hotel pickup in selected areas are included.

“It was an amazing experience. Our tour guide was awesome. She give us a lot of information about everything in Malaysia and related to our tour. I forgot her name but she is a wonderful grandma and if I want to repeat this trip I will dRead more”

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Amazing Fireflies With Blue Tears Watching & Kuala Selangor Tour - Bukit Melawati for views, monkeys, and a little care
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Amazing Fireflies With Blue Tears Watching & Kuala Selangor Tour

5.Amazing Fireflies With Blue Tears Watching & Kuala Selangor Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 197 reviews · from $55

Travel from Kuala Lumpur with a guide such as LG to Sri Shakti Temple, Bukit Melawati, and Kampung Kuantan. Your shared tour includes both boat rides, bottled water, and air-conditioned transport. Dinner is extra, and the blue tears depend on natural conditions.

“good service. Tour captain was really good. Timely all went well. Speed boat travel excellent. Overall nice experience.”

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Glowing Kuala Selangor Firefly Tour - Sri Shakti Temple, an ornate first stop
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Glowing Kuala Selangor Firefly Tour

6.Glowing Kuala Selangor Firefly Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 154 reviews · from $44

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 4 pm for a six-hour evening outing to Kuala Selangor. With guide LG or Loga Nathan, you’ll visit Sri Shakti Temple, see monkeys at Bukit Melawati, and cruise the Selangor River past glowing mangrove trees. Firefly tickets, transport, and bottled water are included.

“1st step till the end I did enjoy with the whole trip. Drive name LG was very friendly and humble person. I liked stopped at temple, monkey stop and finally at the firefly boat.. Wonder experience 👍👍💞”

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Kuala Selangor Fireflies Evening River Cruise from Kuala Lumpur - Sri Shakti Temple: A Short, Beautiful Stop
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Kuala Selangor Fireflies Evening River Cruise from Kuala Lumpur

7.Kuala Selangor Fireflies Evening River Cruise from Kuala Lumpur

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 150 reviews · from $60

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 3:30pm for Bukit Melawati, the Sri Shakti Temple, a fishing village, and a quiet one-hour firefly boat ride. An English-speaking driver such as Rajan, Bala, or Fauzi handles transport and guiding. Hotel pickup within 5km of KLCC is included.

“The trip is quite good, but I do not prefer to book it with dinner... because dinner is not worth the amount paid and also does not taste good... I enjoyed the trip, but I will not repeat the dinner experience again.”

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Bongawan Wetland: Proboscis Monkey and Fireflies Shared Tour - A short stop at Sabah Floating Mosque
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Bongawan Wetland: Proboscis Monkey and Fireflies Shared Tour

8.Bongawan Wetland: Proboscis Monkey and Fireflies Shared Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 137 reviews · 1 day · from $65

Spend an afternoon and evening at Bongawan Wetland, with hotel pickup, a 45-minute wildlife cruise, local tea and buffet dinner, sunset at the beach, and a night cruise for fireflies. Guides such as Timmy, Eddie, and James add wildlife facts and friendly help. Bring insect repellent and motion-sickness medicine.

“This was great fun. The van picked us up bang on time and the tour guides were lively, amusing and knowledgeable. We saw a big group of proboscis monkeys, and had a close interaction with the long tailed macaques. The dinner was a delicious home cooked meal. The beach was a pleasant stop (even without a pristine sunset) and the fireflies were a nice ending. Overall great value for money, would recommend.”

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Borneo (Klias) River Cruise & Fireflies Tour - The 1 pm pickup and road to Klias
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Borneo (Klias) River Cruise & Fireflies Tour

9.Borneo (Klias) River Cruise & Fireflies Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 126 reviews · from $50

Travel from Kota Kinabalu to Klias Wetlands for two river cruises, proboscis monkeys, mangrove wildlife, a Malaysian buffet, and fireflies after dark. Guides such as Khatty and Sulani have helped make the wildlife outings memorable, but expect a long, sometimes bumpy drive.

“The transfer is a little bit long but totally worth it. Our guide was amazing for the first time in Kota Kinabalu. Well organized and communicated trip to the Klias river. We have seen a raptile lots of monkeys and the fire flies. Thanks.”

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From Kuala Lumpur: Fireflies Tour and Seafood Dinner - Bukit Melawati and the old hilltop fort
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From Kuala Lumpur: Fireflies Tour and Seafood Dinner

10.Fireflies Tour and Seafood Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 113 reviews · 6 hours · from $119

You’ll ride in a private car from Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya with an English-speaking guide such as Yuvanesh, Jay, or Kathir, visit Bukit Melawati, feed macaques and silvered leaf monkeys, eat a simple seafood dinner, and row through Kampung Kuantan as fireflies blink in unison.

“We were with Linguesh - he was a lovely guide. We had a good experience feeding the monkeys and seeing the fireflies. The food was delicious! We also saw eagle feeding and blue tears which was an additional thing but thoroughly enjoyed”

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Sky-Mirror Photographing and Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Watching River-Cruise - Searching the mangroves for proboscis monkeys
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Sky-Mirror Photographing and Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Watching River-Cruise

11.Sky-Mirror Photographing and Proboscis Monkey & Fireflies Watching River-Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 109 reviews · from $81

Leave Kota Kinabalu for Bongawan, where a guide such as James, Nick, or Bird may help you spot proboscis monkeys, photograph the sunset at Sky Mirror Beach, and watch fireflies from a boat. Snacks, drinks, dinner, hotel transfers, and beach photos are included. Expect a long afternoon and evening.

“Fabulous trip and despite being the only westerner in a bunch of Koreans it wasn't lonely. The guide Nick Teo made me feel included and the beach pics were great despite the bad weather. The gangster monkeys in the boat were fun and we got to see the fireflies, tge trees looking like Xmas. Food was fine too”

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Kuala Lumpur: City Sights, Batu Caves and Fireflies Day Trip - Kuala Lumpur’s royal and Islamic landmarks
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Kuala Lumpur: City Sights, Batu Caves and Fireflies Day Trip

12.City Sights, Batu Caves and Fireflies Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 107 reviews · 9 hours · from $103

Spend nine hours with an English-speaking driver-guide such as Jaya, Yati, or Amirul, combining Kuala Lumpur’s major sights, Batu Caves, Melawati Hill monkeys, a seafood dinner, and a night boat ride among Selangor’s fireflies. Hotel pickup is available, with several Kuala Lumpur drop-off points.

“Well whole tour really depands on ur guide. And our was just fantastic !!! Provide ton of informations about everything we came in touch with, give us a stop where we want and flexible update thigs to our needs. Fariz was just the great !”

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Kuala Selangor Tour from Kuala Lumpur with Fireflies Boat Ride and Seafood Dinner - Leaving Kuala Lumpur at 3:30 pm
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Kuala Selangor Tour from Kuala Lumpur with Fireflies Boat Ride and Seafood Dinner

13.Kuala Selangor Tour from Kuala Lumpur with Fireflies Boat Ride and Seafood Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 91 reviews · from $88

Leave Kuala Lumpur at 3:30 pm for Bukit Melawati, Kuala Selangor Nature Park, a local seafood dinner, and a 30 to 45-minute wooden boat ride among mangroves lit by fireflies. Small groups of up to eight, hotel pickup, and guides such as BK make this an easy nature escape, though the drive is long.

“Great tour, lovey driver and lovely experience. Really enjoyed this trip and the river was so calming and quiet. Little shop for gifts as well. Highly recommend this tour!”

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Private Tour: Kuala Selangor Firefly Blinkings including Seafood Dinner - Dinner in a fishing village keeps things local
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Private Tour: Kuala Selangor Firefly Blinkings including Seafood Dinner

14.Private Tour: Kuala Selangor Firefly Blinkings including Seafood Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 67 reviews · from $95

Travel from Kuala Lumpur to Bukit Melawati and Kampung Kuantan for a 6-hour evening outing. You’ll see silvered leaf monkeys, visit Fort Altingsburg and its lighthouse, eat a basic local seafood dinner, then share a boat ride beneath thousands of blinking fireflies. Hotel pickup and return are included.

“The tour states the following in the title: "Private Tour: Kuala Selangor Firefly Blinkings including Seafood Dinner" It's not a private tour as they state. It's a group tour. This was planned in the evening as a romantic event for both of us as we had Read more”

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Bongawan River Cruise Proboscis Monkey, SkyMirror, Fireflies - Cocoa Kingdom and Sabah chocolate
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Bongawan River Cruise Proboscis Monkey, SkyMirror, Fireflies

15.Bongawan River Cruise Proboscis Monkey, SkyMirror, Fireflies

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $52

Travel from Kota Kinabalu to Bongawan for a river cruise among proboscis monkeys and macaques, sunset at SkyMirror beach, and fireflies after dark. Guides such as Timmy, Eddie, Simon, and Zai add local stories, photo help, and easygoing humor. Dinner, transport, and entry fees are included.

“It's a nice arranged trip. We experienced the nature, learned about a bit history about Sabah, and saw the most fabulous sunset on the beach! Big thanks to our guide Timmy, he is professional, friendly and funny. He made conversation with each of the guest, and made sure everyone had a good time. I highly recommend this trip to everyone, if you like nature, and sunset!”

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