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Tambun

Tambun is a town and a suburb of Ipoh in Perak, Malaysia.

Tambun
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The place

Tambun is a town and a suburb of Ipoh in Perak, Malaysia. The Lost World of Tambun, a waterpark, is located there, as is the prehistoric Tambun rock art.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tambun

9 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
    Perak Stadium

    Perak Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football, located in Kampung Simee, Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is part of a large MBI Sports Complex, which houses sporting facilities such as Velodrome Rakyat, Indera Mulia Stadium and Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium.

    3.4 km · stadium in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Muhammadiah Mosque

    The Muhammadiah Mosque is a mosque in Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia.

    4.6 km · mosque in Kinta, Perak, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Azlan Shah Stadium

    Azlan Shah Stadium is a field hockey stadium at Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. It is the permanent venue of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

    3.8 km · stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Geological Museum

    The Geological Museum is a museum in Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia.

    2.7 km · museum in Kinta, Perak, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Velodrome Rakyat

    The Velodrome Rakyat is a velodrome in Ipoh, Malaysia. It was inaugurated on 21 July 1989.

    3.7 km · velodrome in Ipoh, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Michael's Church

    St Michael's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Ipoh, Malaysia. Completed in 1896, it was the first Christian church to be built in Ipoh.

    5.5 km · church in Ipoh, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Lost World of Tambun

    The Lost World of Tambun is a theme park and hotel in Sunway City, Tambun, in the Malaysian city of Ipoh. Managed by the Sunway Group, the 40 acres park opened on 11 November 2004.

    2.6 km · water park in Kinta, Perak, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Palong Tin Museum

    The Palong Tin Museum is a museum in Ipoh, Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia.

    6 km · museum in Kinta, Perak, Malaysia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ipoh Parade

    Ipoh Parade is a mall in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia with anchor tenants such as Parkson, Golden Screen Cinemas, Jaya Grocer, Guardian and Mr DIY. It was built and operated by the Lion Group in 1994. The mall was sold to ARA Asia Dragon Fund in 2012 and was closed in late 2013 to 2014 for a major refurbishment.

    5.3 km · shopping complex in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia built by Lion Group in 1994 · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tambun

Airports
Sultan Azlan Shah (IPH), 7 km · Penang (PEN), 121 km · Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB), 172 km
  • Penang → Tambun
    27 km · quickest by road, 58 min · RM7–10
  • Subang → Tambun
    85 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · Rp58,750–78,350
  • Sepang → Tambun
    38 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · RM10–14
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tambun

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inETS service to Butterworth (with a ferry connection to George Town (2 hr) has ticket prices of RM22-33.
  • Go nextPangkor is a 2-hour drive and ferry ride away.

From Wikivoyage: Ipoh, 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
    Penang, George Town and ButterworthMY

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    126 km
  2. 02
    LangkawiMY

    12 ways of moving, 14 sources

    243 km
  3. 03
    Hat Yai and the Songkhla border countryTH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    276 km
  4. 04
    Satun and Pak BaraTH

    11 ways of moving, 18 sources

    291 km
  5. 05
    Lake Toba and SamosirID

    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

    330 km

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

Around it

Next door to Tambun

Tambun is 7 km from Ipoh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.