Parks in Penang (George Town)

The Penang Botanic Gardens, locally called the Waterfall Gardens, cover 30 hectares of tropical landscape at the foot of Penang Hill. Dating to 1884, the gardens house a lily pond, orchid garden, cactus house, and a canopy walkway.

Penang National Park is the world's smallest national park at 2,562 hectares, encompassing coastal dipterocarp forest, mangrove swamps, mudflats, and several pristine beaches on the northwestern tip of Penang Island.

The Tropical Spice Garden is an 8-acre hillside garden along the coastal road between Batu Ferringhi and Teluk Bahang, cultivating over 500 species of tropical flora including spices, herbs, and ornamental plants.