Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Taman Tasik Titiwangsa (Titiwangsa Lake Gardens) is a 46.13-hectare (114-acre) public park in Kuala Lumpur, its central lake a legacy of 19th-century tin mining under British rule. Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) began redeveloping the site, then known as Taman Jalan Kuantan, in 1975, digging a second lake and joining it to the original mining pool by canal. The park was officially opened on 1 February 1980 by Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn and renamed after the Titiwangsa Range, the mountain spine of Peninsular Malaysia. It closed on 1 September 2018 for a River of Life upgrade and reopened on 15 December 2019 with a 60-metre canopy walkway, a maze garden, and an inclusive playground for disabled children, work that went on to win second place gold at the 2021 International Awards for Liveable Communities. Most recently, the park hosted the Kuala Lumpur Park Festival 2025 from 17 to 26 October, themed around Malaysia's ASEAN chairmanship.
Taman Jalan Kuantan (Kuantan Road Park)
Before 1980
Taman Tasik Titiwangsa (Titiwangsa Lake Gardens)
Renamed 1 February 1980
Late 19th century
The site is worked as a tin-mining pool under British colonial administration; the excavated pit later becomes the park's main lake once mining ends.
1975
Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) launches the first major redevelopment of the abandoned mining pool, then known as Taman Jalan Kuantan. A second, smaller lake is dug and linked to the original by canal, giving rise to the park's West Lake (the old mining pool) and East Lake.
1 February 1980
Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn officially opens the park as Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, named after the Titiwangsa Range, the mountain chain forming the backbone of Peninsular Malaysia.
14 May 2018
The park begins closing in stages ahead of a full shutdown for a River of Life redevelopment, part of the federal programme to rehabilitate the Klang and Gombak river basins.
1 September 2018
Taman Tasik Titiwangsa closes to the public entirely for a River of Life upgrade covering roughly 20.23 hectares of the grounds.
15 December 2019
The park reopens after 15 months of works, with a 60-metre Titiwangsa Range Canopy Walk (artificial waterfall and mist system), a children's water playground, a 100-metre-high fountain jet, the Laman Kerawang maze garden of orange jessamine hedges with LED butterfly lighting, an inclusive playground for children with disabilities, and separated 4.5km jogging and 2.5km cycling tracks.
2021
The Titiwangsa Lake Gardens upgrade wins second place gold in the Technology and Solution Project category at the International Awards for Liveable Communities (LivCom Awards) 2021.
17 to 26 October 2025
DBKL stages the Kuala Lumpur Park Festival 2025 at the park, themed 'ASEAN: Unity in Diversity' to mark Malaysia's ASEAN Summit 2025 chairmanship, drawing an expected 250,000 visitors across 12 festival components including an ASEAN Sculpture Garden and a Malaysian Heritage Garden.
West Lake and East Lake
The park's water body is really two connected lakes: West Lake, the original tin-mining pool, and the smaller East Lake dug in 1975 and joined to it by canal.
Titiwangsa Range Canopy Walk
A 60-metre elevated walkway added in the 2019 upgrade, planted with highland vegetation and fitted with an artificial waterfall and mist system to evoke the Titiwangsa Range the park is named after.
Laman Kerawang (Maze Garden)
A hedge maze of orange jessamine (kemuning) shrubs installed during the 2019 redevelopment, lit at night with LED lighting shaped like butterflies.
High Fountain Jet
A jet fountain capable of shooting water up to 100 metres into the air, part of the facilities added when the park reopened in December 2019.
Inclusive playground
A playground built to be accessible to children with disabilities, part of DBKL's stated aim for the 2019 upgrade to make the park usable by all visitors regardless of physical ability.
Separated jogging and cycling tracks
A dedicated 4.5km jogging track and 2.5km cycling track were laid out separately in the 2019 redevelopment to reduce conflict between runners and cyclists that the older shared path caused.
DBKL began redeveloping the site, then an abandoned tin-mining pool known as Taman Jalan Kuantan, in 1975. The park was formally opened on 1 February 1980 by Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn.
It was known as Taman Jalan Kuantan, or Kuantan Road Park, before its 1980 opening and renaming.
The park was renamed after the Titiwangsa Range, the mountain chain that runs down the spine of Peninsular Malaysia, when it officially opened on 1 February 1980.
Yes. The park's main lake, now called West Lake, began as a tin-mining pool excavated under British colonial rule in the late 19th century, before being cleaned up and developed into parkland.
The park covers 46.13 hectares (114 acres) about 3km from the Kuala Lumpur city centre, according to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
The park closed on 1 September 2018 for a River of Life redevelopment and reopened to the public on 15 December 2019 with new attractions including a canopy walkway and a maze garden.
It's an annual DBKL-organised festival at the park; the 2025 edition ran from 17 to 26 October under the theme 'ASEAN: Unity in Diversity', timed to Malaysia's ASEAN Summit 2025 chairmanship.
Sources
Titiwangsa Lake Park, Wikipedia
Titiwangsa Lake Park (Portal Rasmi Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur)
Titiwangsa Lake Gardens (River of Life official project page)
Taman Tasik Titiwangsa fully closed for upgrading works (New Straits Times, 1 Sept 2018)
Kuala Lumpur Park Festival 2025 Ready To Welcome Visitors This Friday (BERNAMA, 2025)