It's time to tell about one of my best trips in Malaysia. It was last August as my family came to Malaysia to visit us, so we had a chance to make a family trip and go all together to a fascinating spot called "Perhentian Island".
The island is located on north east of the western Malaysia. It's about 7 hours of driving from Kuala Lumpur & then we had to take a small ferry to the island which will take about an hour. This island is more natural than Tioman since there are no roads or cars or even mobile signal. So, you are gonna be far from anything for a few days and its wonderful. The first moment we arrive by the coast of our Chalet, I couldn't believe the crystal waters and how easily I could see all the fishes & corals even at more than 10 meters depth.
Diving & Snorkeling is mostly what you should spend your days over there and almost avoid sun bathing due to very strong possibility of burning your skin. The nature is beautiful with the island fully covered with forests, an island which is totally about 10 Km2 ; It's actually 2 separated islands.
There are no luxury hotels or resorts here in Perhentian & its mostly chalets. Food & beverages are not that expensive as in entire Malaysia it is not, however in the island slightly more expensive. You can buy a few can of beer like us, before you get to the boat coming to island since its gonna be only 1.5 USD per can of beer and the same thing in the island is actually double price.
If you are not a professional diver, 2-3 nights would be enough to enjoy the serenity of the island although there are diving classes with international certificate which you can take within the course of your stay at the island.
I'm really planning to go there again, since I didn't like any other island more than this.
