How to Reach Penang from Chennai

Discover the beautiful state of Penang

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Best time to visit
Nov - Jan
Ideal Duration
4-5 Days
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Starting from
Rs. 7,000
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Chennai to Penang Distance

  • Chennai to Penang

    By Air

    6.0 hours

Penang is a state in Malaysia, located on the Northwestern coast.

The state is showered with natural beauty comprising of famous beaches and spellbinding landscapes. So, go ahead an explore the natural settings of Penang and don’t worry about the mode of transportation, because we have provided you with the detailed information on the best possible ways to travel from Chennai to Penang. The best way to travel to Penang from Chennai is to take a flight, there are many airlines operating between both the cities. You can choose as per your convenience.

There are no train services available between Chennai to Penang. But if you want you can take a direct flight to Kuala Lumpur from Chennai which will take around 4 hours to reach, covering a distance of 2604 kilometers (approx). From Kuala Lumpur, you can board a train to Butterworth, the duration of the journey will be around 4 hours covering a distance of 350 kilometers (approx). Reaching to Penang from Butterworth is an easy task since it is around 4 kilometers away. You can take a ferry or a cab and reach Penang in 15 minutes (approx)

There is also no road connectivity between Chennai to Penang. If you want you can take a direct flight to Kuala Lumpur and from the airport hire a cab and reach Penang in just 4 hours (approx). The distance covered would be around 358 kilometers. Penang has become easily accessible by road with the construction of Penang Bridge.

By Air: Taking a Chennai to Penang flight is considered to be the best mode of transportation. Penang has its own international airport which connects to the rest of the world easily. The aerial distance covered by a flight from Chennai to Penang is 2360 kilometers (approx) with 6 hours and 55 minutes (approx) travel time. The airlines operating between both cities are Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Malindo Air, and Singapore Airlines. All the Chennai to Penang flight reaches via a single stop to Penang.

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Priyanka's 6 days trip to Penang

had planned and organized this trip two months in advance, ensuring everything was in place just the way I wanted. However, as the travel dates approached, communication from our travel agent completely dropped off. Despite my repeated calls and follow-ups, they were ignored, leading to a lot of confusion and last-minute uncertainty. We were traveling with an infant and a young child, and still, no rest time was scheduled after a long flight and extended airport wait. When I finally got through to the agent just one day before our departure, I was casually told, “Ma’am, everything can be customized once you reach there.” This added to the anxiety and made things more difficult. There was also poor clarity on payments. After a WhatsApp message a month prior, there was no further communication or confirmation. Naveen from Kingsman Travel was at least somewhat responsive, but Bhavay Garg, who took over as the SPOC, was extremely rude and unprofessional. His responses were arrogant, and there was no support from his side whatsoever. While we managed Kuala Lumpur somehow, the coordination post that was disappointing. That said, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the agents and drivers assigned in Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi. Their professionalism, cooperation, and understanding—especially around flight delays and unpredictable weather—made a real difference. Kudos to them for their hospitality and support. Langkawi was awesome and the travel agent assigned in Langkawi. His hospitality was absolutely great.

Priyanka Rai Bengaluru

Preeti's 8 days trip to Penang

Wonderful exp we had with Travel triangle. Hassle-free travel it was for my family.

Preeti K Bangalore

Gagandeep's 6 days trip to Penang

What i thought started as a memorable trip soon turned into an anxious and irritable tour in between. Sales Person (Mr.Himanshu) on Travel Triangle /Agency (dont know ) sold the tour with some other details in the itinerary which later on was changed unilaterally, without any update to me which was frustrating and always given me sense of uncertainty during the tour. This lead us to keep in regular touch with Point of Contact, (Mr.Vineet) who tried his best to provide us the solution but was not upto our expectation. Once upon a time, he told that he isnt aware what Mr. Himanshu (sales guy) has advised for the timings when we enquired about our itinerary. This showed lack of coordination between different teams. The hotel which was given in KL was good but the one given at Langkawi was no where near the 3 star rating as advised in Itinerary. On enquiry with the hotel staff, we came to know that it was their lowest room category. Upon checking online, we found out that the room rent for the day was around 123 MYR ie around Rs.2500 per day. On enquiring about upgradation of the room, we were informed by Hotel staff that they only have available room at that time for which per day rent was 400 MYR and 900 MYR which is approx Rs.8K and Rs.18K, respectively. The room was smelly, AC was not functioning properly and we had to PAY (8MYR iei Rs.160) for the toothbrush and toothpaste which are generally given complimentary in the hotel. We enquired about it on the OnTrip APP where we were bluntly told that they cannot do anything about it and we only need to speal to hotel authorities on our own. THE TRAVEL AGENCY LACKED RESPONSIBILITY here to help their aggrieved Customer in a foreign Country where they are supposed to have their agents to help or coordinate. Secondly, Day 3, Genting Highlands tour was supposed to start from 9 am as per itinerary finalized, however the driver came to pick us up around 10.25 am. The day tour was supposed to finish at 6 pm and we were to reach hotel by 7 pm (1 hr travelling time) but driver told us to meet him at 5 pm so that he can drop us to hotel @6 pm. This reduced our sightseeing time at Genting Highlands and we were forced to quickly roam around without enjoying fully. Not happy at all. On numerous occasions, i had to follow up for driver details since the same were not updated on Ontrip App or driver has reached late to pick us up. All these were advised in the Chat section under Help category in the App. We thought we had made a good decision by taking package tour and finalized the tour with our inputs but then to found out that TRAVEL TRIANGLE/TRAVEL AGENCY for whom this is their day-in & day-out work, not able to UNDERSTAND the PULSE (their requirements) of their Customer is simply astonishing. We were not advised by the TT/Travel Agency that for Petronas Towers , we need to buy a ticket so that we can visit the tower and enjoy the view from the top. THIS, I really FOUND unbelievable that how your Sales guy did not included this is the package or advise us to buy it on own. When we reached there, we were told we need to book the ticket one day before to go up in Petronas Towers. We have spent good amount of money to visit Malaysia and then not Visit their marquee place is really annoying and frustrating that the people in your team do not guide their Customers well. I think people at TT are more concerned with number of sales made rather than the EXPERIENCE of their Customers. We are going abroad with our hard earned money and try to maximize our returns within our means but this experience with TT/Travel Agency really left us frustrating at times. Although, there were many memorable moments for me and my wife but ALAS, this trip is going to be remembered with lot of frustration, anxious moments and bad hotel stay at Langkawi. Lastly, i would like to say that i don't know whether Travel Triangle only acts as an Aggregator and shifts everything to Travel Agencies after a tour is booked by a Customer or it is also accountable for something. I hope TT should check these concerns because otherwise it is not a good review about them and YESSS, I AM NOT GOING TO BOOK ANYTHING IN FUTURE WITH TRAVEL AGENT, ABROAD VACATIONS and would definitely do my best to give review about them at all possible platforms.

Gagandeep Singh Bengaluru

Shalini's 5 days trip to Penang

Travel to Malaysia experience was awesome. We enjoyed the trip. It was our honeymoon trip, itinerary could have been planned little better to give some leisure time to spend. Overall, it was great! We stayed in Berjaya and Goldsands hotel. Both were equally awesome.

Shalini Delhi

Vssoumya's 3 days trip to Penang

Travel Triangle did very good job with planning and coordinating our trip to Malaysia Langkawi. The accomodation was superb and team assisted us round-the-clock ensuring timely updates by making sure everything went smoothly as planned. We had an amazing time enjoyed every moment to the fullest. Overall, it was an excellent experience! Thanks to the entire team and specially to Himanshu Singh and Vineet

Vssoumya Singapore

Mohit's 7 days trip to Penang

It booking was easy and smooth. This is my 3rd trip booked from travel triangle and all three of them were from different agencies and all of them were really good . Trip to Malaysia covered Langkawi and Kuala Lumpur. Majorly 2 activities on each of the destination. The activities took around half day so there were quite some time to explore the city with your own or taking the rest . There could be more information from the agent, like what else to explore by your own , which transport option to take and other informations which is essential . Sky cable car in Langkawi and weather at Genting highlands.

Mohit Pratap Mumbai

Shubhaman's 10 days trip to Penang

I’m cutting one star for travel agent because of mishandling of our booking for MAHANAKHON TOWER visit. We had to wait for an hour or maybe more than that and we were not being conveyed about the situation properly.

Shubhaman Shukla Mumbai

Murugan's 5 days trip to Penang

Everything was good except Saturday pick up incident from Sunway lagoon park

Murugan r Bangalore

Tarak's 7 days trip to Penang

I’m glad to hear you had such a wonderful trip to Malaysia and Langkawi! Subham sir’s support and perfect suggestions clearly made your experience even more enjoyable. It sounds like the properties in Langkawi were top-notch and the trip was seamless. A 5-star review like this speaks volumes! Please i specially recommended to Tripmila.

Tarak Desai Mumbai

Mandar's 6 days trip to Penang

Very good arrangement by Shubham and team. Will surely recommend to go with them for the langkawi trip. The resorts and the iternary was up to date. Thank u Shubham and team for ur valuable support and making my trip memorable

Mandar Kajave Mumbai

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