Malawati Hill

Historical. Attractive. Great panoramic view of the Selangor coastline. Shady trees that might be more than 100 years old.. Gentle silver leaf monkeys that never leave you alone. Naughtier long tailed macaques. Althingsburg lighthouse. An execution bed. That's pretty much covers the Malawati Hill.

Trams were used to ferry visitors up the hill. Monkeys are just everywhere. They would gladly crowd around you if you have food in your hand. The stalls up on the hill were mainly selling food to feed the monkeys!

The 2nd Sultan of Selangor built his fort on this hill in the late 1700s. The fort fell to the Dutch and was renamed Fort Althingsburg.

Monkeys meeting at the playground at the foothill.

Reaching the top of Malawati Hill.

Althingsburg Lighthouse

Monkeys are left and right of you. If you do not have food, you have the freedom to walk in peace! If you carry food in your hands, the begging starts.

I had a packet of crackers in my hands at first, then begun a tug of war between a Silver monkey and I. That fella was adamant to get my packet of crackers so much so that he hung onto the packet for dear life, until I let go. So I bought another packet of food, this time, vegetable sticks. Then I sat down on the rock and the Silverleaf monkeys slowly came to me and gently claimed one stick at a time. Much more civilized!!!

Old shady trees

The execution bed. A rock bed which was used to behead traitors in the olden days.

This was a funny sight to me as it seemed that the monkeys were waiting for the bus!