The island has never been better.. love it love it love it.. I never thought that I'll be blogging Pulau Perhentian or Perhentian Island but this time I think I should.. it was too beautiful! !
It was a day trip (again). We can stay on the island for a night or two but seems that our little baby was with granny so it have to be a day trip.
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| Pulau Rawa |
We rented a small boat for a day, costing around RM600-750 for a 12 adult maximum passengers. For us it was 8 adult and 6 children. Small roofed boat, snorkel sets and a DIY itenary.. I.e island hopping.
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| The lot! |
Alternatively visitors or tourist just pay RM70/adult or RM35/child for a return trip to the island. You can choose to drop off at Perhentian Jetty or the small island jetty, depending on where your hotel is.
And oh.. mind you there is a very limited availability of electricity supply at the island if you rented a budget chalet - if I'm not mistaken only available from 7pm to 7am. The rest of the days just go to the beach and relax. But if u stay at expensive hotels then u can enjoy air conditioned room all day as u want.
Yesterday we went to several checkpoints - Turtle point, Marine park, Pulau Rawa and Watercolour. We didn't go the the Shark point as it was too deep and we were travelling with childrens. At noon we went to buy lunch at Perhentian Besar. The villagers sell pack lunch for only RM2 per set - rice with chicken curry or rice with fried beef. Superb taste with great price. Remember DO NOT buy your food at Long Beach unless u r willing to pay RM15 per plate! Ha ha.
Well actually Long Beach is the center of tourist attraction if you are looking for a 24-7 life at the island!!
Ok back to yesterday's agenda. We were lucky to get to swim with the turtle. She just came up and took her breath for several seconds then swim back down to the seabed. But we can still see her from the sea surface.
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| Swim with turtle at turtle point |
Then we were suppose to see nemo but there was no nemo yesterday ; ( Just other fishes - parrot fish, sea cucumber etc
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| Ayah Ji with sea cucumber |
We went to have our lunch at Pulau Rawa... the most beautiful island I've seen so far. Kids enjoy playing with the sand and the adult took a nap.
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| Syasya and Alin collecting "batu nemo"!! |
Around 3pm we left the small island and went on for island hopping. Such beauties. . Subhanallah.. Ma sha allah..
Arrived back at Jeti Pengkalan Kg Raja at around 4pm... tired.. and happy.... ;)
Hi there, can i know is it worth to stay over at Perhentian for more than 2 days?
ReplyDeletewhat are the activities offered there? Plus hw can i get to the Island?
Thank you.
Regards
Sharon
u can reply me at..
sharon.nathan29@gmail.com
as in my email.. YES!!! worth it.
ReplyDeleteIn fact there are many foreigners who stayed there for months!!
There are couple of ways to reach the island,,
From Kuala Lumpur (KUL) u can fly to Kuala Terengganu or Kota Bharu (KBR).. KUL to KBR takes abotu an hour.
Then take a taxi to Perhentian Jetty at Kuala Besut..the journey takes about an hour plus.
during normal hours there are counters opened at the airport arrival for the service.
From the jetty, take a boat to the island.. maybe around 30mins.. i forgot.
carefully pick your stop. there are several.
i recommend "perhentian kecil" or the small island rather than "perhentian besar" or the big island if you are looking for some place quieter..
long beach is famous for noisy night..
may go island hopping also..