yes,Bubu Long Beach

I just came back from Perhentian Last week, went there after completing Kapas Marang swimathon.. End result = very tanned skin haha..

For pulau kapas.. decent water.. very dead coral .. boring and lousy resort.

For Pulau Perhentian.
We got a ride from Marang jeti to KT, from there we took local public bus to Kuala Besut (warn here), we took the 2pm bus and we arrive at 5pm at Kuala Besut Jeti (we almost miss the last ferry towards perhentian).

But it's really cheap RM10.60 per pax

We stayed in Arwana Resort, RM277 for a room that fits 4, per night (no packages included, only breakfast included). The room is spacious but basic, but compared to what we had in Pulau Kapas it's considered luxurious already.

Breakfast for two days I stay is good. There's also a big swimming pool surrounded by rooms you stay.

Our activities.. We did something simple, brought our swim training goggles, fins and snorkle. We rented a Kayak and goes around Perhentian Besar. We did stop in place we felt beautiful and do our snorkelling there. The best snorkelling place is at those place where they don't bring tourist for snorkelling. but water can be choppy.

It's very excited but also felts creepy because you are completely on your own. The other side of Perhentian Besar is totally undeveloped and inhabited. Both of us aint good kayaker as well, it took us 7 hrs to do 5 stops of snorkelling plus kayak around the island (around 22km perimeter). It's very tiring but most rewarding island trip I ever did.

The next day we woke up, did a trail run from Arwana to Perhentian Island Resort, it's a nice and simple trail. At Perhentian Island Resort we went to climb over some rocks over the shores for some better view (you can see perhentian kecik looks connected to besar from here).

Dinner would be on the pricey side as it's a holiday resort island. We eat our first night's dinner around RM60+ something basic + beer. and the following night around RM140 for food (ikan bakar, lobster, gigantic prawns, it taste very good) and another RM120+ for liquor drinking to celebrate our Keyaking trip.

The water visibility is very good in early morning but after the sun come out it can get very murky. Totally fall in love with it, but apparently the corals are dying from too many tourist and also environmental factor, feels very sad for that..

Went there last month

kayaking around pulau perhentian besar, sounds so much fun but kinda dangerous for inexperienced people .
how much was the rental ?

Really gave me a thought about this hehe

went thre at the beginning of the month....
stay at tropicana...
my fren paid rm500 for 5 days 3 night wit food included n oni provide us wit 1 snorkeling...
we felt it was overprice and totally not worth......
if from kuala besut take boat go perhentian kecil how much will it cost??
the following is the breakdown
rm80(go n return bus)
rm180(meals)
rm40(snorkeling)
rm60(roomrate for 3 nights, back packers dorm)
+-rm40 for public holiday charges
so it cost us around rm100++ for boat...

wow your boat is per pax or for all of your friends?

i think is per pax...
as everyone paid rm500 for food included n 320 for those food excluded....
bcoz at the place thr written rm20 per person per nite for dorm...
that is how we come with the calculation...~~

Going to KB(5 days/4 nights) this June school holidays, would like to take a day trip to Pulau perhentian from Tune Hotel KB. Any recommendation/suggestion. Travel with wife and young kid

This post has been edited by MGM: May 16 2012, 01:33 PM

guys, need some heads up. I have bought flight tickets from KL to Kuala Terengganu airport. How do I travel from the aiport direct to Kuala Besut? Secondly, should I buy the boat transfer ticket in advance to perhentian kecil? how much does the return ticket cost?

Anyone has any idea on the cheapest and fastest means of transport to Kuala Besut. I am First timer to Perhentian island

Any VIP bus going there? Anyone know the price and the company?

That's my gps tracking, numbers indicating distance in KM

RM15 based race + RM5 subsequent hour (arwana resort rate - super cheap!).
mine RM15 + 5*6 = RM45 for 7 hours of adventurous expedition. (5 stops for snorkelling, bring your own food and water!!)

We are kayaking around for the first time too, and lack of information (not knowing the island is quite big actually), and both of us have no idea how to kayak properly, the kayak just went left then right and left like a drunkards..

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Added on May 18, 2012, 12:39 pmwe took public buses from Kuala Terrengganu, it pass by the air port as well. It cost RM10.60 but it's a 2.5hrs ride (we arrive at 5pm and have to run to the jetty to catch the last boat transfer).

I do suggest you take taxi (a bit costy but save time - 1 hour or so)

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: May 18 2012, 12:39 PM

wow , u 2 are really daring .
Me and my friend paid for an hour to kayak (rm15 per kayak) at teluk dalam and we stopped after half an hour , too tired lol .
We were goin around like snakes.

Overall the weather was slightly cloudy and it even rained slightly during monday when we were at pulau redang , gg.

haha feeling energetic and adventurous after doing Kapas maran swimathon, swim from pulau kapas back to main land.

btw i think it's good to let the hotel people know where you are heading, sum how at the far end of perhentian besar it is inhabited. Very scary over that side, you are totally on your own, remember like 1hour see nothing, no people, no boat passing by..

I did kayaking with my friend whole day at half of this pulau besar and across to pulau kecil town. While kayaking, stop for some spot for snorkeling. Stop at some small white sand beach and swim. It is very adventures and enjoying. At the end of the day, my whole arm are numb.

It cost me RM60 and negoatiate for whole day. Thinking of going back again if have long holiday.

man sounds so fun and adventurous , well one day I hope to do the same.
But i need to find some kakis lol

I'm just back from 8 days in Perhentian.
stayed at Panorama Perhentian kecil, taking their fun diving package. it's quite worth it.
anyone going to perhentian kecil must really try Ewan cafe in the jungle between Long Beach - Coral Bay. It's near to Coral Bay. Awesome local food there, esp the curry and fish in soy sauce. Fried rice and fried noodle too..also Free wifi there.

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Added on May 27, 2012, 6:06 am

wow very nice trip u had..lots of physical activities..i wish i'm that brave to do kayaking around the island like that.

This post has been edited by snipervictim: May 27 2012, 06:06 AM

i just came back from perhentian yesterday

such a wonderful island..really miss it!
stay in Shari-La resort..food was awesome, service tip top and everything nice for me

if all of you go snorkeling trip..please ask the boat guy to bring you to Romantic Beach! really nice!

but sad thing is so many dead coral..only at fire house still have many coral alive.

hey guys need some advises here!am going to perhentian besar on 26 aug..interested to stay at arwana resort.anyone stayed there before?the package not include snorkeling trip so anyone knows the cheaper and nice snorkeling trip i should take or should i book in advance?

Hi,

Do I need to book the bus tickets at Hentian Putra in advanced or I can just get it at the spot?

Nice one bro

3 years ago I go Perhentian Besar with my friends, there were 4 of us, we rented 2 kayak and go around the Besar island.
The other side of the island really abit creepy, and we saw sharks too scare the hell out of us, we kayak with all our energy to leave that place immediately. Back to the resort, the staff told us that the sharks won't bite, already familiar with people snorkeling and diving there. It is known as shark spot, where the resort could bring the tourist go for diving / snorkeling, with extra charge.

Took us around 7 hours too, and we got serious sun burnt.. haha.
We were all first timer in Kayak. But maybe we were young and daring that time.

It was a really fun and amazing experience.


ya.. kinda dangerous thinking back now.. but this is how young people like it

This post has been edited by mkmobile: Jun 20 2012, 01:35 PM