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Bukit Damansara

Damansara Heights is an affluent residential and commercial suburb in western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the city centre.

Bukit Damansara
Bukit Damansara · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Damansara Heights is an affluent residential and commercial suburb in western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the city centre. It forms part of the Segambut parliamentary constituency.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bukit Damansara

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
    Universiti Malaya

    The Universiti Malaya is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in newly independent Malaya.

    3.7 km · Public university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    National Mosque of Malaysia

    The National Mosque of Malaysia is a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It has a capacity for 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres of gardens.

    3.9 km · mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Museum of Malaysia

    The National Museum is a public museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dedicated to Malaysian art, culture, and history. Located on Jalan Damansara close to Perdana Lake Gardens across KL Sentral station.

    3.7 km · museum in Kuala Lumpur · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Independence Square

    Independence Square is a square located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is situated in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

    3.9 km · square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

    The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was officially opened on 12 December 1998.

    3.6 km · art museum in Kuala Lumpur · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Federal Territory Mosque

    The Federal Territory Mosque is a Sunni mosque, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mosque is situated near MATRADE complex and the Federal Government Complex off Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, in the Segambut district.

    2.4 km · mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim

    The Istana Negara is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. It is located along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim near Taman Duta, northwestern Kuala Lumpur.

    1 km · national palace of Malaysia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    National Monument

    The Tugu Negara is a national monument that commemorates those who died in Malaysia's struggle for freedom, principally against the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Malayan Emergency, which lasted from 1948 until 1960. It is located in the federal capital, Kuala Lumpur.

    2.9 km · monument in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Planetarium Negara

    The National Planetarium is the national planetarium of Malaysia. It is a blue-domed structure that is situated on top of a hill in the Lake Gardens at Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur.

    3.8 km · planetarium in Kuala Lumpur · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    National Defence University of Malaysia

    The National Defence University of Malaysia is a military university located in Sungai Besi Camp, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1995 as the Malaysian Armed Forces Academy before upgraded into university status and assumed its present name in 2006, the university is Malaysia's first catering to the needs and development of the Malaysian Armed Forces.

    3.9 km · military university in Kuala Lumpur · 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.

Go there

Getting to Bukit Damansara

Airports
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 12 km · Kuala Lumpur (KUL), 46 km · Sultan Azlan Shah (IPH), 169 km
Stations
Kuala Lumpur Sentral station, 3.8 km · Sultan Ismail LRT station, 4 km · Bank Rakyat-Bangsar LRT station, 3.8 km · Bank Negara Komuter station, 3.8 km · Putra Komuter station, 3.8 km
  • Sepang → Bukit Damansara
    52 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · RM12–17
  • Ipoh → Bukit Damansara
    172 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · RM39–50
  • Johor Bahru → Bukit Damansara
    299 km · quickest by road, 5h · RM65–90
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bukit Damansara

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 Bukit Damansara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe service stretches from Johor Bahru at the border with Singapore up to Butterworth in Penang (with a ferry connection to George Town) or Padang Besar at the border with Thailand.
  • Get inFerries operate international services from Sumatra, Indonesia and a domestic service to Pulau Ketam.
  • Get inCruise ships also call at Port Klang, usually on the way to other destinations in Asia, allowing for a day trip to Kuala Lumpur.
  • Go nextPulau Ketam (Crab Island) - at the mouth of the River Klang and its Chinese fishing villages make for an interesting day trip.
  • Go nextBird-watching, jungle trekking and other outdoor activities are also available.

From Wikivoyage: Kuala Lumpur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    267 km
  2. 02
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    283 km
  3. 03
    Penang, George Town and ButterworthMY

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    291 km
  4. 04
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    301 km
  5. 05
    Lake Toba and SamosirID

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    313 km

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Around it

Next door to Bukit Damansara

Bukit Damansara is 3 km from Kuala Lumpur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bangsarsuburb in Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur2.9 km
  • Brickfieldsdistrict in Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur4 km
  • Kuala Lumpur City HallLocal Authority in Kuala Lumpur, capital city of Malaysia4 km
  • SegambutDistrict of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3.4 km
  • Damansaratownship in Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur3.7 km
  • Bukit Tunkuneighborhood in Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur2.9 km