{"id":154,"date":"2014-02-06T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfingtheplanet.com\/en\/?p=154"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:08:55","slug":"perhentian-island-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfingtheplanet.com\/en\/perhentian-island-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"An island so hard to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We visited several beautiful tropical islands during our round the world trip, and the one we found almost <strong>impossible to leave<\/strong> was <strong>Perhentian<\/strong> in <strong>Malaysia<\/strong>. We stayed there two weeks, and would have stayed even more! The <strong>Perhentian Islands<\/strong> (situated in the Northeast corner of the Peninsular Malaysia) consist of two islands: <strong>Besar<\/strong> (big) and <strong>Kecil<\/strong> (small). The first is more for the local package tourism, whereas the second is more suited for backpackers. A beautiful island that <strong>has everything to offer<\/strong>, an island that has a calm side with beaches where you can be alone, but at the same there are beaches where you can meet people, have a nice dinner and even party if you want to.<\/p>\n<p>As we arrived even before high season, we could get a cheap bungalow just next to the beach. There are two main beaches on the island, <strong>Long Bay<\/strong> and <strong>Coral Bay<\/strong>, we stayed in the second one, which has a <strong>more relaxed vibe<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-252\" title=\"Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Perhentian Island\" width=\"1000\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island-300x78.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Coral-Bay-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244\" title=\"Coral Bay\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Coral Bay\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2-300x199.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Our-Beach2.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nWe had a terrace, where we spent hours relaxing and just\u00a0<strong>staring at the sea<\/strong>, drinking our favorite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lassi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>mango lassi<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>prepared in the restaurant next door.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-253\" title=\"Our terrace in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Our terrace in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/On-our-terrace-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\nMany times we went to see the sunset that was wonderful from our beach.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-257\" title=\"Sunset in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Sunset in Perhentian Island\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island-300x199.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sunset-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nOne day we went on a <strong>snorkeling excursion<\/strong>, and it was simply awesome. In the first stop we saw several<strong> reef sharks<\/strong> from really close distance. We had seen them before in other places, but here we met 6 of them and had time to check them out calmly. You might ask how we were calm and not frightened of them. We weren\u2019t afraid as we had always been told that they are harmless, but still we were watching them with lots of respect.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-255\" title=\"Reef sharks in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Reef sharks in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Reef-Shark-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\nWe visited the<strong> Coral Garden<\/strong>, where the reef was precious, and we saw a <strong>bluespotted stingray<\/strong> amongst other colorful fish.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-256\" title=\"Stingrays in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Stingrays in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sting-Ray-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Turtle Bay<\/strong> is where the <strong>marine turtles<\/strong> stay around the island, and we saw some really huge ones. We swam with one of them together for a while, and enjoyed the company of this gentle animal. We had a stop in the fishing village for lunch, and after that we stopped in two more places: the lighthouse, where there was a nice reef, too and in a small beach, where we saw some baby sharks.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-258\" title=\"Marine turtle in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Marine turtle in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Turtle-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\nAmong many cool things on the island, one of our favorites was the <strong>fish barbecue<\/strong> we had almost every night. Every evening the restaurants on the beach offered fish barbecue prepared from the fish they caught the same day. For less than $5 they gave us a large piece of the fish we chose with rice, potatoes, salad, fruit, cake and a welcome drink, all included.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-251\" title=\"Barbecue dinner in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Barbecue dinner in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Barbecue-dinner-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\nAll this on the beach, maybe <strong>a couple of meters from the sea<\/strong>, absolutely amazing! The squid and the barracuda were our top choices during these days. The place was perfect for celebrating<strong> Rachele\u2019s birthday<\/strong>!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-254\" title=\"Rachele Birthday in Perhentian Island\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Rachele Birthday in Perhentian Island\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all 996w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=199 199w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=398 398w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=597 597w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=796 796w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Rachele-Birthday-in-Perhentian-Island.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><br \/>\nNow, you would definitely ask us: and what about the beaches? When you go to a tropical island, this is what matters the most, isn\u2019t it? We can tell you that in Perhentian Kecil there are several fascinating beaches to be found.\u00a0You can check all of them out in our post with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfingtheplanet.com\/en\/beach-hopping-on-perhentian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best beaches in Perhentian<\/a>.<br \/>\nDo you want more\u00a0information about the island? Here&#8217;s a great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonesaroundtheworld.com\/a-backpackers-guide-to-the-perhentian-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backpacker&#8217;s guide to Perhetian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited several beautiful tropical islands during our round the world trip, and the one we found almost impossible to leave was Perhentian in Malaysia. We stayed there two weeks, and would have stayed even more! The Perhentian Islands (situated in the Northeast corner of the Peninsular Malaysia) consist of two islands: Besar (big) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1133,919],"tags":[1063],"class_list":{"0":"post-154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asia-en","8":"category-malaysia-en-2","9":"tag-what-see","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to do in Perhentian Island in Malaysia | Blog on Travel and Culture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Travel tips and budget advice for the Perhentian Islands. 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