Pangkor Island

Pangkor Island is a small island on the North West Coast of Malaysia in the Straits of Malacca. Forty minutes by speedboat from Lumut, Pangkor Island welcomes us with its serene golden beaches, crystalline blue water, and cool refreshing breezes.

        

        Teluk Nipah and Pasir Bogak is the two well known beaches at Pangkor Island. Some water activities such as banana boats, kayaks and Jet Ski’s are available at here. Also it's possible to rent a boat to go around the island and do some snorkeling at Giam Island in front of Teluk Nipah.

♥♥View of Teluk Nipah, Its Paradise♥♥

Canoes can be rented from operators Nipah Bay and Pasir Bogak

~~Sunset at Pasir Bogak~~

          Fu Lin Kong is the most popular Chinese temple in Pangkor Island. It has various Buddhist statues inside the temple. However, this doesn’t mean that Chinese temple is only favorite by Chinese. Moreover, it attracts many tourists which include foreign and local visitor with differential racial.

Fu Lin Kong 福臨宫

Fu Lin Kong exquisite environment to take photo

Mini Great Wall of China at Fu Lin Kong

You also can make a wish at here and it will be come true. Your trip to Pangkor is not completed without visit to Fu Lin Kong…♥

Tioman Island

Tioman Island is located in the South China Sea which is the largest island on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Tioman Island is famous for its white-sand beaches and crystal clear sea water. The island attracts many fishing fans, scuba diver, jungle trekkers to visit over there.

Tioman Island is an ideal holiday destination. Visitors can relax and enjoy the beautiful sunset during evening. Besides that, there are no nightclubs so you can relax and enjoy the natural life.

For those who are seeking for cheap beach living can go Tioman Island because Tioman Island provides a lot of budget accommodations and attractions. The comfortable and cheaper accommodations can be found around Tekek, Air Batang, Salang, Juara and else.

Some resorts are closed from December to January due to the monsoon season between November and March every year. Visitors are suggested to visit Tioman Island between April and October.

Visitors can go Tioman Island by flight or get the boat service from Mersing in Johor which will take around one and a half hours.

Langkawi Island

Langkawi Island is an archipelago which form by more than 100 islands. It is situated in the north western coast of Penisular Malaysia. The giant brown eagle monument had become one of the landmark in Langkawi Island. Beside the attractive water activities like other islands, Langkawi is unique with legendsand myths.The most popular legend was about Mahsuri who is said to have laid a curse on this island for seven generations. However, this curse had become the past. Futhermore, Langkawi also well known with its Langkawi Sky Bridge. Visitors have to take cable car up to the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang.

Langkawi is a duty-free zone, where visitors can but the imported goods with a cheaper price such as perfume, cigar, confectionery, wine and other. 

The best time to visit Langkawi Island is between April till August when there is a balance of sunshine and light rainfall over the islands. However, visitors still can enjoy travel to the island during anytime of the year. 

Perhentian Island

 

Perhentian Islands is another island which situated at Terengganu, which near to the south of Thailand border. There are two main islands in Perhentian Islands, it is "Perhentian Besar" and "Perhentian Kecil. Each islands has their own attract the visitors with different way. Perhentian Kecil attract the visitors with its cheaper accomodation while Perhentian Besar tend to attract families and those who wish to avoid the backpacker party, the price is more expensive. 

Same as the other island, Perhentian Island also available with underwater activiteis such as snorkeling and scuba diving. Besides, tourists also can enjoy another activities at there like jungle trekking, camping, fishing and canoeing. The white coral sand beaches and turquoise blue sea make a pleasant view arround the island. Not only this, the island also famous with sea turtle nesting population. 

The most suitable time to visit Pulau Perhentian is from March to October due to the monsoon season. Visitors can reach near to the island there with various kind of transport such as land transport or flight.

After reach to the jetty,visitors have to take boat to reach Perhentian Island.   

Redang Island

Pulau Redang is located at Kuala Terengganu and it is the largest among all the islands in Terenggganu. There are 9 islands inside Pulau Redang which included Lima Island, Paku Besar Island, Paku Kecil Island, Kerengga Besar Island, Kerengga Kecil Island, Ekor Tebu Island, Ling Island, Pinang Island and Redang Island.

 

There are various kind of activities available at the island such as scuba diving, underwater photography, snorkeling, water sports. Besides, dry activities included beach volleyball and trekking. Tourists can explore more at there to enjoy their trip.

Pulau Redang also become an important place for sea turtles. Koperasi Setiajaya Pulau Redang was set up by Terengganu state government to develop and run the socio-economis programmes which help to improve the livelihood of the islands without harm the natural resources there.

Tourists can chose to reach Pulau Redang with land transport or flight. Various type of accommodation can be found such as hotels, chalets, and resorts. However, Redang is only can be visit in between late February and end of October each year. The resorts are closed from November till late February due to the northeast monsoon season which could brings heavy rainfall and rough seas.

Introduction

Malaysia is one of the country which famous with islands among Asian countries. These islands located at each state in Malaysia and have their own beaches. Malaysian like to travel to the islands during holiday while foreign tourists visit the islands because of the weather there, especially those who come from western countries. There are few islands always become the hot spots among tourists no matter local or foreign. For example, Redang Island, Perhentian Island, Langkawi Island, Pangkor Island and so on. Each islands have their own attractive places for tourist. The islands will be introduce one by one at the following post.