I might be bringing my parents there for a weekend break from their hectic city life.

Assuming i'm departing from KL, how do I get onto the island.

Plane or Car then ferry?

Recommend me what to do there, preferably family activities.

Recommend me good and affordable accomodation

Either, drive to Mersing and take the ferry.

Or fly by Berjaya Air from Subang Airport - SZBTOD.

eat seafood

u rich u take berjaya flights and the hotel there.

u poor u drive/bus go to mersing then take ferry go there.

there except for beautiful scenery. nothing much

If by car, check out the ferry schedules at either Tanjung Gemuk or Mersing. Both have ferries to Tioman, but depends on tide conditions. Sometimes they have earlier ferry schedules at Tanjung Gemuk, I used this site http://tiomanisland.com.my/tioman-island-f...erry-ticket.php to book earlier, can call up the guy to check. It'll take about 2.5 hours to reach Tioman from either Tanjung Gemuk or Mersing.

Accommodation can be cheap or very expensive, if you want no frills type, can search for chalets when arriving there, but risky. For no-frills condo type, can search for Selesa Condotel. It's located inside Berjaya Resort, but quite far away from town. Cheap, clean, quiet and can use other Berjaya Resort facilities (with fees as applicable), downsides are you will need to follow the hourly shuttle bus schedule to go anywhere from the condo, and no restaurants/cafe at the condo. Mini fridge, rice cooker and toaster provided in the rooms.

Food near high-end resort will be expensive, inside town cheaper. Rent for motorcycles is about RM 80 a day, car at RM 140 per day, inclusive fuel. Rented vehicles not allowed in certain resorts, e.g. Berjaya. Activities can be arranged with resorts or through those locals who lurk around the ferry terminal. They will arrange snorkelling/islang hopping/fishing (yes, fishing, even though it is a marine park)/etc, prices may vary about 300-600 depending on number of pax and type of activities involved.

plane...go hunt siham

sex with hotel workers..

naik berjaya air dkt subang

you must be only waiting for this word....

IT IS A DUTY FREE ISLAND.....

sun bathing

tioman duty free meh

lol.. you msian??

no. i thought langkawi only got duty free

then i dont blame you la.....
and there are 3 duty free islands in case you wanna know also...

I was there many years ago.

Took a taxi to Subang Airport and got on board Berjaya Air.

Nice seafood, plus snorkelling.

Bring sun tan lotion.

snorkeling gooding yo! went there last year... got extra money? scuba diving.... many chinese like scuba diving. u can even scuba at night....

swim

What is there to see at night?

see biatch naked

dunno? last time i went there, a group of twenty singaporeans loves to scuba during the night time. people from the boat or at jetty thought hantu at first.

U need night time only can see biatch naked?? Son, i pity u.

Anyway back then in 2007 when i went to berjaya tioman, i get to see minah salleh mengangkang on the beach under the sun tanpa segan silu. No pic bcoz i was on my way back from snorkelling.

bro , my hometown near an island , no need to mention it 4 me .

I'll take the plane then.

So far i've found Berjaya being the more trusted ones, any good travel agencies to recommend?


How risky are chalets?

does Berjaya Resort have their own dining place?

Best reply so far, thank you very much

Rugilah, I don't smoke nor drink.

Some more the Cordon Bleu, 1L punya nobody wants it, everyone is finding 750ml

How's the pricing for seafood back then?

Scuba Diving, but my mother doesn't know how to swim

rugilah ts... gi paradise bersama mak... u boleh dok dalam tandas fap all night la camtu...

I just went to Tioman in Febuary. but i drive there from JB, 1 hour drive to Mersing. The ferry ride is really long. So be prepared if you gonna take ferry there. There are 4 stops. I stay in Sallang (last stop). quite a nice place. The chalet is clean and near to beach.
price also reasonable, RM180 for triple sharing. Seafood is good. price wise around RM150 for BBQ dinner. 3 person, but we wallop a lot.

A bit of tips for you. Please bring a lot Mosquito repellent, Me and my friend kena sand fly gigit like mad. they are like mosquito, but they come in swamp (yes, swamp means like 30-40). We kena at least 100+ bites. 1st 1st didnt notice much as the sun burn is very painful, so didn't feel the itchyness. after 1 week when your sunburn get well. The sand fly bites will itchy like mad. SERIOUS. At a moment i was thinking will i die because of this?

3 things to bring and its a MUST.

1.Mosquito repellent spray. (please bring a good one)
2.Sun Block (invest a bit, me and my friends did put on sun block but tak good enough, still kena sun burn)
3. Aloevera gell (when u kena sunburn, you will need this badly).

Woah o.O

1 mosquito is enough to make my BF and my parents irritated throughout the trip . I think must really invest in Sheldtox and mosquito repellent (btw those spread kinds are much more effective, aerosol cans/spray cans are hit and miss).

I don't think i'm going to take the ferry, my parents can't take long boat rides. Salang is pretty far up north from the airport and the city, what is there's an emergency, is there a local hospital? Foodwise, i'm fine if it not so wallet friendly, as long they are honest and doesn't anyhow charge us then i'm fine with it. RM60 for 3 big eaters in an island i'd say it's pretty acceptable.

Thanks for your detailed reply

oh.. its a her...

how do they get power supply @ Tioman Island?

tioman island is huge with all kinds of facility la... dont think its a kampung like sabah la...

not really 3 big eater actually. i go with 2 amoi. hahaha. not ask u bring shieldtox la. ask u bring those mosquito repellent spray. those water prove ones.
There is a town where the airport located. pretty run down town if u ask me. I would advice u to stay in Sallang. The water near the town is pretty bad. U wont see much stuff unless u swim out.
Sallang at the Jeti it self u can see many nice fishes. And the water is in much better shape. Picture from my friend FB who is a diver that went with me. too bad I am not a diver, so i bring another amoi snokerling only.



This post has been edited by Lester1987: Jun 5 2013, 07:48 PM

Nice. I was avoiding the town and planned for the East coast (Kg. Juara) but I saw reviews that it is very, very polluted. Maybe it is facing the South China Sea, which explains it.

not sure about kampung juara. didnt go there because the people say tide is very strong. In fact even those waters in the west coast is very strong when I go there.
went out swimming also will feel dizzy and need to swim 2-3x harder coz the current keep pulling us away. the other amoi I bring didnt know how to swim.
I also feel dam scared to go down the sea with her. I went to Redang as well around May 2011. I would say the current in Tioman is 5x stronger than Redang.
1 of the reason is because Tioman is far away from the mainland. Redang is just 30mins - 1 hour speed boat ride. Tioman is almost 2 hours high speed ferry ride. a lot further compare to Redang.

Correct. I've measured, the distance between Redang and the mainland is about 28km, while Salang from the mainland is twice of it.

Geography: Larger distance between 2 lands = larger fetch = larger wind speed = larger waves = destructive waves

Since the chalets are cheaper, you may not get any rooms during high season, i.e. May till Oct, and will have to search around. Berjaya has a restaurant, a cafe and a beach-side bar, prices will be higher than others of course. As mentioned by Lester1987, the beaches may vary in cleanliness depending on where you choose to stay, the beaches at Berjaya are quite clean usually, unless you swim near the river outlets there. The sea is calmer during high season as well.

Dunno how to swim? Snorkelling then. Just need to float. My wife dunno how to swim. She just floats around with safety vest and snorkel all day long....