It is the largest town and administrative centre of the coterminous Kuala Selangor District.

Now, tourism is managed by the Kuala Selangor Municipal Council and has expanded rapidly with the addition of 27 small boats for the visitors.

With an area of 296 hectares (2.96 km2), it is divided to two main parts: a 201-hectare (2.01 km2) Tropical Rainforest, and a Swamp Forest.

The West Coast Expressway provides access to Banting, Klang, Teluk Intan, Ipoh and Taiping.

However, Selangor Omnibus route 100 runs from  AG7  SP7  KJ13  LRT Masjid Jamek,  KA07  KTM Kepong Sentral and  PY04  KA08  MRT/KTM Sungai Buloh between 05:00 and 20:00 daily.