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Ayer Keroh

Ayer Keroh is a suburb of Malacca City and the seat of Melaka Tengah District in the Malaysian state of Malacca.

Ayer Keroh
Ayer Keroh · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Ayer Keroh is a suburb of Malacca City and the seat of Melaka Tengah District in the Malaysian state of Malacca. Located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the city centre, it lies adjacent to the towns of Bukit Baru, Batu Berendam, Durian Tunggal and Bemban, and constitutes the entire Bukit Katil Mukim.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ayer Keroh

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    A Famosa

    A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, around 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole.

    9.1 km · Portuguese fortress in Melaka, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hang Jebat Stadium

    The Hang Jebat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium with a capacity of 40,000 people in Paya Rumput, Malacca, Malaysia. It was completed in September 2004 and named after a Malacca Sultanate Laksamana, Hang Jebat.

    6.1 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kampung Hulu Mosque

    Kampung Hulu Mosque is a mosque situated at Kampong Hulu Village in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It is the oldest mosque in Malacca and among the oldest in the country, having originally built around the year 1720–1728 and underwent renovation in 1892.

    8.5 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tranquerah Mosque

    Tranquerah Mosque is a mosque in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was built in 1728 and located next to tomb of Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor and used to be the state mosque of Malacca before the establishment of Al Azim Mosque in 1990.

    9 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Al Azim Mosque

    Al-Azim Mosque is the state mosque of Malacca. It is located next to the Malacca General Hospital, the Malacca Al-Quran Museum and the State Heroes Mausoleum and was constructed to replace the former state mosque at Tranquerah Mosque and officially opened on 13 July 1990 by the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak.

    6.2 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Multimedia University

    Multimedia University, is a private research-led university in Malaysia whose mission emphasizes teaching, industry collaboration and the preparation of graduates for both professional careers and advanced research. Founded in 1997, it is the first private university within Malaysia and is a member of The Alliance of Government Linked Universities.

    2.1 km · Private research university in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kampung Kling Mosque

    Kampong Kling Mosque is a mosque in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. Established in 1748, it is one of the oldest mosques on the Malay Peninsula.

    8.7 km · mosque in Melaka, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Melaka Zoo and Bird Park

    Malacca Zoo, officially known as the Melaka Zoo and Night Safari, is a 54-acre zoological park located beside Ayer Keroh Highway in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which hosts more than 1200 animals including 215 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals. It is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia behind the National Zoo of Malaysia, both were established in 1963.

    2.4 km · Second largest zoo in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Christ Church, Malacca

    Christ Church, Malacca, is an 18th-century Dutch-built Anglican church in the city of Malacca City, Malaysia. It is the oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia and is within the jurisdiction of the Lower Central Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia.

    8.9 km · church in Malacca, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum

    Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum also known as the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum is a museum located at the foot of St. Paul's Hill in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.

    9 km · museum in Malacca, Malaysia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Ayer Keroh Lake

    It has boat rides, jogging path, playground and food stalls.

  2. 02
    Melaka International Bowling Center
  3. 03
    Melaka International Motorsport Circuit
  4. 04
    Melaka Wonderland

    Water park with dated equipment and lack of maintenance and average reviews.

From Wikivoyage: Ayer Keroh, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Ayer Keroh Food Court
  2. 02
    KFC Ayer Keroh

    This is fast food restaurant for those who want to try the famous KFC with local menu.

  3. 03
    Pizza Hut Ayer Keroh

    Lebuh Ayer Keroh.

From Wikivoyage: Ayer Keroh, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Ayer Keroh

Airports
Kuala Lumpur (KUL), 83 km · Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 126 km · Senai (JHB), 169 km
Stations
Malacca International Airport, 3.6 km
  • Sepang → Ayer Keroh
    76 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · RM20–27
  • Subang → Ayer Keroh
    1155 km · quickest by air, 13h 51m · Rp2,618,190–4,032,340
  • Johor Bahru → Ayer Keroh
    187 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · RM41–55
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ayer Keroh

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ayer Keroh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are no ferries from any destination inside Malaysia.
  • Get inHowever, there are daily ferries between Dumai and Pekanbaru in Sumatra, Indonesia and Malacca.

From Wikivoyage: Malacca (state), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SelatpanjangID

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    149 km
  2. 02
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    181 km
  3. 03
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    220 km
  4. 04
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    284 km
  5. 05
    Lake Toba and SamosirID

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    381 km

If you know how people move in Ayer Keroh – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ayer Keroh

Ayer Keroh is 9 km from Malacca, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.