Day 4: Resort check out and transfer back to KL with local delight stopover

We have a stroll along the beach in the morning before having our breakfast. Then we pack our luggage and check out and took the 10am speed boat. Everything was smooth and resort assist to pick up luggage from room or reception to the jetty.

The MPV driver and a buddy arrive sharp at the jetty with his Starex MPV at 12:30pm. Then we depart around 1pm and drop by a nearby fish keropok factory "Keropok cap ikan mas wan hassan" and you may search exactly the words in Google map. 

Then we proceed our journey back using the KT and highway to KL as per map reference.

We managed to reach Bukit Tinggi town at 7:20pm for our reunion dinner on mid autumn festival before reaching back KL for another an hour.

Day 3: Perhentian Diving and Snorkeling

Heading to the dive center for the morning dive departure at 8:30am right after the resort breakfast. There are some open water and instructor course on going and I was just tag along for the leisure dive at Batu Nisan dive site at Perhentian Kecil between long beach and d'lagoon. Many clown fish and saw a school of fusiliers which is beautiful. Check out the dive!!

After the dive, we can have some beach activities like sand castle built up and beach swimming. There are a swimming pool at the resort for those that wanna have a normal swim. 

After lunch and a light rest, then we head to our snorkeling trips to 3 locations. I would highly recommend shark point and turtle point as well. The rest is reef fish snorkeling.

Day 2 Island transfer and Resort check in with some water sports activities

We depart from Temu Primula Hotel around 10:15am and reach jetty before 10:30. It is a short travel distance to jetty which is very convenient. We booked Perhentian Island Resort located at Pulau Perhentian Besar. There are an office next to the ticket counter on the right towards the jetty.

There are 2 fees charge for every tourist. There are RM5 for government service tax and then another RM5 for the island conversation as per photo reference.

The speed boat depart around 11am++ and it just took around 30 minutes to reach the destination. The resort has a nice private beach and beautiful chalet room especially the premier beach front. The check in process was quick but we can only get the room at 3pm. Guest can have lunch and proceed with any water sport activities while waiting for the room. It is advisable to get the full board package as the meals at the resort is highly recommended.

I went for my refresher diving. There are not much to focus as it was refresher and they are some hiccups like mask and fun adjustment. Overall it is a good dive with Perhentian Island Divers which lead by Mr. Andy.

Introducing Beautiful Island of Malaysia, Perhentian Island. Day 1 Transfer to Kuala Besut

There are 2 way to Perhentian Island either flight from KL to Kota Bahru or land transfer which may take anytime from 6 to 8 hours one way depending on traffic and route. 

There are 2 island at Perhentian consists of Perhentian Kecil and Besar. Both have different resort depending on the preferences and objectives. Perhentian Kecil have party beach like long beach and Perhentian Besar may have some quiet beach holiday. 

We took land transfer on first day from KL to Kuala Besut for nearly 8+ hours using a longer route passing by Raub, Kuala Lipis and Gua Musang with lunch and multiple toilet stops and even dinner take away stop. We had our lunch at Kuala Lipis seafood local restaurant which is quite nice. Below is the route reference from KL to Kuala Besut which is the gateway to Perhentian Island.

We stay a night at Temu Primula Hotel, Kuala Besut. It is easier for transfer to jetty the next morning. The hotel is quite ok. Rather old boutique hotel but it has all the basic and room is consider better at the quiet town to cater for family.