Our tip-based walking tours are held every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
For private walk, email or WhatsApp for quotation.

Put on your comfy shoes and join our tip-based heritage walks in the old quarters of Kuala Lumpur.
Take in the city’s charming sights and hear fascinating stories from your friendly tour guides.

Engage with the city’s living heritage and see many instagrammable spots!

Our tip-based walking tours of Kuala Lumpur are the mainstay of our privately sponsored initiative ‘Keeping Kuala Lumpur’s Heritage Alive’, which will run until December 2025.

Put on your comfy shoes and join our tip-based heritage walks in the old quarters of Kuala Lumpur.
Take in the city’s charming sights and hear fascinating stories from your friendly tour guides.

Engage with the city’s living heritage and see many instagrammable spots!

Our tip-based walking tours of Kuala Lumpur are the mainstay of our privately sponsored
initiative ‘Keeping Kuala Lumpur’s Heritage Alive’, which will run until December 2025.

WALKING TOURS

WALKING TOURS

East-West Connection Walk

Chinatown Cultural Walk

Selamat datang!
Welcome to historic Kuala Lumpur

ABOUT US

We are a dedicated team of licensed tourist guides led by the award-winning Jane Rai (recipient of the Kuala Lumpur Mayor’s Tourism Award 2014). She started walking tours in Kuala Lumpur since 1993 with over two decades of experience and so are the rest of the tourist guides in our team.

Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday morning, we guide visitors and locals through the quaint streets, lanes and back alleys of Kuala Lumpur. We bring the memory of these places to life with stories of how and why people migrated to the city and tales about past heroes, villains, forgotten pioneers, historic architecture and much more.

Share our passion for Kuala Lumpur’s heritage.

We are passionate about preserving the memory of our city’s heritage and have conducted heritage walks for Kuala Lumpur City Hall and Tourism Selangor.

We look forward to you joining us on these tours and help us to keep the heritage of Kuala Lumpur alive.

MEET YOUR FRIENDLY GUIDES

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OUR WALKS

Are interactive, educational, and family-friendly fun.

Aim to capture the charm of an area by exploring more than just visible features or landmarks.

Take you through notable old areas of Kuala Lumpur that offer an intimate experience of a multicultural and diverse city.

Allow you to discover the authentic face of old Kuala Lumpur and unlock the many tales the city has to tell about Kuala Lumpur’s past and present, its people and their legacies.

Are presented in a unique fashion and are tailored to each story and setting.

Give our guides the opportunity to provide accurate information and the chance to share practical advice such as where to find affordable cafes, restaurants, and bars and how to use Kuala Lumpur’s public transport.

WHY WALK WITH US?

This is an ideal activity if you want to really experience the soul of Kuala Lumpur; see what makes the city unique and special. You’ll be hearing stories told by guides who live and work in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

The city at its most authentic
See the unvarnished face of Kuala Lumpur, feel the passion that went into the architecture of the heritage buildings, experience the human emotions that drove the city’s foundations.

Our walks are unscripted
We don’t walk you through a presentation. We invite you to have a conversation about our city. Indulge your curiosity and ask questions about anything that sparks your interest during the walk.

Connecting people
We encourage you to mix and mingle with other curious souls during the walks. You’ll be surprised by your encounters. Savour the unique diversity of language, culture, and background of the people in your group.

Listen to the city’s heartbeat
You’ll be exploring historic sites such as houses of worship, pre-war buildings, other places of interest and getting to know the people who lives and work in the old districts of Kuala Lumpur.

Support local communities
You’ll hear about the daily lives of members of the local communities. Please help us support independent small traders, artisans and local hotel owners whom you meet along your walk.

A healthy, family-friendly activity
We created a walking tour so that we would be a tourism activity that leaves no carbon footprint. All activities during the walk are eco-friendly too.

“We want visitors to Kuala Lumpur to experience our passion for preserving the heritage of this city. We want to show them that Kuala Lumpur is a fascinating city and our way of doing it; is to stroll around with them, tell them our stories and support small traditional traders.”
Jane Rai

Founder of Free Walk Kuala Lumpur Unscripted
Award-winning Tourist Guide
Certified Muslim Friendly Tourist Guide
Speaker | Content Writer | Trainer

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What Others Have Said About Our Walks

MUTHATHA RAMANATHAN

Chinatown Cultural Walk | Bangalore, India | 1 Oct 2024

I participated in two walking tours conducted by Jane Rai – Chinatown Cultural Walk and East-West Connection – and enjoyed both immensely.

Jane is a great storehouse of knowledge on the history, culture and economy of the fascinating city of Kuala Lumpur (KL). Read More

DARA WHITE

East-West Connection Walk | Athlone, Ireland, 9 Jan 2024

We did a very enjoyable and informative East-West Connection walk of the historical, cultural and architectural formation of Kuala Lumpur with our guide Jane Rai on the 7 January 2024. Read More

Manju Raj

Chinatown Cultural Walk | The Netherlands | 23 Dec 2023

Embarking on a walking tour of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur with Jane Rai was an extraordinary expedition through time, culture, and personal narratives that left an indelible mark on our exploration of this vibrant district.
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Hanniz Efni

Chinatown Cultural Walk | Kuala Lumpur, 13 Dec 2023

The Chinatown Cultural Walk isn’t your typical tourist tour. Jane Rai began the tour with sharing about the history and development of the Chinatown area. Like many other cities ours started with tin mining activities, trade, settlements Read More

Rina Ali

Chinatown Cultural Walk | Kuala Lumpur, 11 Dec 2023

The Chinatown Cultural Walk was a blast, even for a local. We get the actual opportunity to see what we locals take for granted behind every sight and sound that passes us everyday . Read More

Sanjeevanee Vaze

East-West Connection Walk l Mumbai, 6 January 2023.

“Having interest in history and culture, I was very keen to join the East-west Connection walking tour during my visit to Kuala Lumpur in October 2022. And the walk lived up to every expectation and more. The organization of the walk was perfect and the pace comfortable.
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Bharat Avalani

Chinatown Cultural Walk I Kuala Lumpur, 8 August 2022

For a long time, I knew of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur for its knockoffs of luxury goods and haggling being the norm. The epicentre being a long undercover Petaling Street full of tourist stuff for sale such as fake designer watches, fake Read More

Debra Nita

East-West Connection Walk l Kuala Lumpur, 18 August 2020

“I had the pleasure of going on a walking tour recently around what used to be called the Old Market Square in KL. We went back to the 19th century when KL was going through significant commercial developments. Read More

Jeffrey Tan

East-West Connection Walk l Kuala Lumpur, 14 July 2020

“Nostalgic moments came sweeping over me as I stepped into Medan Pasar, standing next to the clock tower that was erected in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI. Read More

Rubi Ain

East-West Connection Walk l Kuala Lumpur, 11 July 2020

“A walk down streets of history where east meets west. Imagining the cacophony of sound of traders, silversmiths and livestock at the confluence of Sg Kelang & Sg Gombak in the late 1800s.
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