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Kepong

Kepong is a town in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bordering Selayang in the neighbouring state of Selangor.

Kepong
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The place

Kepong is a town in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bordering Selayang in the neighbouring state of Selangor.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kepong

8 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
    Batu Caves

    Batu Caves are a series of limestone caves in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located on a 325 m –tall mogote, about 13 km north of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.

    5.6 km · limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    5.9 km · mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Batu Caves Murugan Statue

    Batu Caves Murugan Statue, is a 42.7 metres tall statue of the Hindu god Murugan at Batu Caves in Selangor, Malaysia. It is the tallest statue in Malaysia and the second tallest Murugan statue in the world.

    5.6 km · Hindu God Statue in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Al-Amaniah Mosque

    Masjid Jamek Al-Amaniah is a mosque in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in Taman Amaniah, in the proximity of Batu Caves.

    4.7 km · mosque in Selangor, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Imam Al Ghazali Mosque

    The Imam Al Ghazali Mosque is a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This mosque is located at Bandar Manjalara and was named after Imam Al-Ghazali, a Muslim philosopher.

    2.3 km · Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium

    Selayang Municipal Council Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Selayang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. The stadium is owned by the Majlis Perbandaran Selayang.

    5 km · stadium in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    International University College Of Technology Twintech

    The Twintech International University College of Technology, or Twintech for short, is a private publicly funded university college in Malaysia. The college's campus has moved to Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

    3.2 km · private university college in Malaysia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    International Islamic College

    The International Islamic College is a private college located in Taman Batu Muda, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The college was established in 2001 as a private higher education institution and is one of the private higher education institutions in Malaysia.

    5.6 km · private college in Malaysia · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Kepong

Airports
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 14 km · Kuala Lumpur (KUL), 53 km · Sultan Azlan Shah (IPH), 162 km
Stations
Batu Caves Komuter station, 5.4 km · Kepong Komuter station, 1.3 km · Segambut Komuter station, 4.2 km · Kepong Sentral station, 1.3 km · Kampung Batu station, 4.2 km
  • Sepang → Kepong
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · RM14–19
    GuideToday
  • Ipoh → Kepong
    164 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · RM37–50
    GuideToday
  • Penang → Kepong
    288 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · RM250–380
    GuideToday
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kepong

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 Kepong. 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

    274 km
  2. 02
    Penang, George Town and ButterworthMY

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    284 km
  3. 03
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    286 km
  4. 04
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    308 km
  5. 05
    Lake Toba and SamosirID

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    312 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kepong

Kepong is 2 km from Taman Petaling, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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