Pulau Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia Travel Blogs

Pulau Perhentian Kecil - Could this be paradise?
Apr 28, 2009 (16 photos)

You join us on our quest for the perfect beach resort and quite frankly, here it is. Thailand offered some brilliant places like Ko Tao but we never found the one. We stayed on Long Beach which is probably the busiest beach on the two islands but ...

The Perhentian Islands
Jun 27, 2008 (1 photos)

... -able! We've just got back from one of the best days we've had so far - a full-days tour of the Perhentian Islands including a bumper batch of snorkelling around five magical locations, a superb bite to eat on an island paradise and a dip and a rip in ...

Pulau Perhentian
Aug 3, 2008

... goes further again. Pancakes and tea and smoothies for breakfast in this place cost about a quid. The island we chose is Perhentian Kecil (Small) as apposed to Besur (Big). Besur has more resort-like complexes and is generally more touristy, Kecil has no ...

Island Paradise Part II
Jun 20, 2004 (5 photos)

... shared taxi ride, a 2 hour wait, and then a 40 minute boat ride to get to the islands! I arrived at Long Beach on Perhentian Kecil and was situated in the midst of the most beautiful ocean colors. The beach is in the shape of a crescent moon with thick, ...

Iskanje Nemota
Aug 11, 2008 (4 photos)

Danasnji dan se nama je snorklalo. Cel dan sva prezivela na ladji, v vodi ali pod vodo. Najprej so nas zapeljali na shark reef. En ocenas in v vodo. Barbari je bilo v zacetku malo nelagodno, potem pa je zaplavala za enim majhnim morskim psom in ga ni ...

Do as the locals do... Relax!
Mar 30, 2008

... to catch the sunset and met an American on our way through the jungle path.  JP, only 25, has lived in Malaysia for 3 years now and is a host on some Malaysian morning show.  He talks about popular current events, celebrities, and world ...

Perhantian Island
Jul 3, 2009 (1 photos)

Took a speedboat from Kuala Besut to the Perhantian and stayed on Pulau Perhentian Kecil which is the smaller island.  A few days were spent at Sha-La Resort which cost 200MR per night for a bungalow including breakfast.  We chose this island ...

Malaysia
Jun 24, 2008 (14 photos)

... to do it in Ko Tao as its a popular place to doing but after talking to a few people they recommended to do it on Pulau Perhentian. So after much humming and hawing we ended up signing up for the course, doing it in three days and it was just myself and ...

Please sir can we have some more!!
Sep 19, 2009 (24 photos)

Alison: The journey to the Perhentian Islands was another uncomfortable affair. The tiny minibus came to collect us at 5am and we managed to squeeze on to what already appeared to be a full bus. Following our pick up though, the driver still managed to get ...

Ugriznil sem morskega psa...
Aug 9, 2008 (7 photos)

...in to veckrat. Dokler ga ni nic ostalo. Ze tretji dan sva na manjsem od otokov Perhentian (http://wikitravel.org/en/Perhentian_Islands) na skrajnem severovzhodnem delu celinske Malezije. Sem sva prisla po 7-urni voznji s prestopanjem v do konca ...

Schnorcheln im Paradies
Oct 4, 2009 (5 photos)

... den Strand zu kommen. Wenn auch die Anreise mit Bus, Zug, Taxi und Boot auf die kleinere der beiden Perhentian Inseln langwierig und anstrengend war wurden wir mit einem tuerkisblauen Meer und feinstem Sandstrand auf der nicht extrem touristischen Insel ...

Paying the price
May 21, 2009 (6 photos)

... Besut to take the last ferry. We had done a little research and decided to stay on the smaller of the two Perhentian Islands (Perhentian Kecil)... it is advertised as having a lot more budget accommodation than the other island. The boat we took over was a ...

Up with the larks to see some sharks.
Aug 13, 2009

... , this time in lovely warm waters (unlike Galapagos) and also armed with our new underwater digital camera! The seas around Perhentian also had the most spectacular coral we've seen anywhere on our travels in any country – beautiful, colourful, ...

A Change of Heart
Jul 1, 2008 (3 photos)

... .  I had wandered around most of the city and wasn't too keen on spending another week there, and she was heading up to the Pulau Perhentian islands to do some diving, so I thought I'd join her, as it's meant to be really good.  First of all, ...

Beware of Sharks on Land
Sep 14, 2009

When I look back, I see that the fiasco that characterized the departure from KL into Pulau Perhentian is pretty much a foreshadowing of what was to come on the islands. I remember waking up excited to leave KL for Pulau Perhentian. From what I heard, ...

The End is Near
Jun 26, 2009

After all the sweat and leeches in the jungle we were all looking forward to the Perhitian Islands.  One bus, one boat, and we arrived in relative paradise. The two Perhitian Islands are as beautiful as anywhere we've been.  Add to that they ...

Working as a Divemaster in paradise
Sep 3, 2008 (112 photos)

... a boat ride later & lots of money spent on excess baggage...............I finally got back to Long Beach on Pulau Kecil (small island) in the Perhentian Islands (just off the northeast coast of Malaysia). I worked out that it's been a year to the day ...

Gibt es einen schoeneren Ort?
Sep 4, 2006 (12 photos)

Endlich angekommen. In einem kleinen aber feinen Bungalow direkt am Strand geniessen wir den wohl relaxten Ort auf der Welt. Pulau Perhentian Kecil: kleine Insel. Hier laesst sich nicht viel mehr machen als in der Sonne liegen und warten, bis einem die ...

Perhentian Islands
Apr 2, 2008 (18 photos)

We had to get a minibus from Kota Bharu down to the port town of Kuala Besut and then get a boat over to Palau Perhentian Kecil (The Small Island). We loved the simplicity of these islands, there were 2 islands - The Small Island and The Big Island - easy ...

Living Long (Beach) and Diving Deep
May 2, 2008 (26 photos)

Phew - I tell you - sometimes this travelling thing is really hard work. This week hasn't been one of those times! We have spent the most wonderful, relaxing week just hanging around doing not that much on an idyllic stretch of golden sand. Sorry to all ...

Sharks come in for the Kill?
Jun 22, 2008

Lazy morning on beach. Walked to Petani resort along the beach and had a late lunch. Booked a table tonight so we could eat with Nacho and Anastasia.......Not sure if they really wanted to be alone on their last night for a romantic meal but hey they ...

Off to the Islands
Jun 18, 2008 (5 photos)

Up early and off to Pier to catch boat.Our minibus however decided to get a puncture so we were late. Went to office to get tickets for boat but it was closed. Hels in a panic and made some calls....she does all the hard and difficult tasks. The staff had ...

Paradise Island
Apr 4, 2007 (5 photos)

... flight to Kota Bharu, and a taxi drive to the quay in Kuala Besut, I jumped on a speed boat to take me to the Perhentian Islands.  I've been told by many people along the way that these islands are meant to be amazing.  They weren't wrong! There ...

Goodbye to the Russian and Argentinian..our friend
Jun 23, 2008 (3 photos)

Lazy lazy day Beach, swim, sunbathe, fruit juices, swim, read, tea, snorkel and then lunch. Then before we knew it it was 4pm and time to say goodbye to Nacho and Anastasia. Nacho was born and raised in Argentina and now resides in the ...

Diving with the fish :o)
Mar 19, 2009 (9 photos)

It was the longest journey yet to get from Khao Sok to the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia. It took us 3 days and involved 2 buses, a train, a motorbike, a minivan, a border crossing, walking, a boat and 2 taxis and two overnight stops. We were bored and ...

Perhentian's....mmmm
Jun 1, 2009 (1 photos)

A cheap flight from Bali drops us off back in KL so we can connect straight to a bus/train north. As the pilot taxi's to the terminal, he welcomes us with the local temperature and climate, fast facts on KL, the standard 'oh and drug trafficking carries ...

Peaceful Pulau Perhentian Kecil
Apr 17, 2009 (27 photos)

... arrived on the dock at Kuala Besut in the afternoon around 1600 and immediately borded a twin-outboard speedboat bound for Perhentian Kecil Island. After a jarring 30-minutes, the speedboat roared into the lagoon of Perhentian Kecil and dropped us off on ...

A random few days of easy living
Jun 15, 2009 (5 photos)

I hadn’t intended to visit the Perhentians - despite being told they were absurdly beautiful I felt I’d had my fill of beaches and wanted to head on down to KL. However, a moment of reckless spontaneity sidetracked me from this plan. At around ...

perhentian Islands - paradise
Sep 23, 2008 (73 photos)

Paradise

Perhentian Islands
Oct 10, 2007 (21 photos)

... (and a mandatory, 2 Ringit boat ride from the speedboat to the shore) I had arrived at Long Beach on Pulau Perhentian Kecil (Small Perhentian Island). What a beautiful place. Just stunning. The water was the clearest I had *ever* seen. I shopped around, ...