Johor Bahru & Nearby: Cheap things to do with Kids Part 2 — Kluang — Jules the Traveller

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Johor Bahru & nearby: Cheap things to do with Kids Part 2 in Kluang!

Kluang (bat in Malay) is home to several organic farms and has an old school charm.

Our trip this time round consisted of visiting Kluang, Batu Pahat and Yong Peng. After researching accommodation and attractions in each area, we chose to stay in Kluang and travel to the other areas during the day.

In comparison, Yong Peng didn’t have much activities and shopping centres to hang out at night (Kluang has 2 shopping centres with cinemas and an Aeon Big), and Batu Pahat was a longer drive away from the North South Highway compared to Kluang so it would be less convenient as a base.

On top of that, we wanted accommodation with private parking (instead of public roadside parking), a hotel located relatively close to the town centre and not too expensive.

Kluang Merdeka Hotel

We managed to find all these in an old but nicely located hotel called the Kluang Merdeka Hotel that had lots of space for private parking, plus…