The resort
Perhentian island divers is an attached dive centre to the Perhentian island resort, located at teluk pauh beach, the northern part of the island
Room
The beautiful wooden chalet that located close to the beautiful beach. Choose from Premier, superior, or deluxe.
Dining
Restaurant serving local, asian and western food, buffet are also available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Along the main restaurant, a beach kiosk that operating from 10am-6pm serve drink & snacks.
Other facilities
Scuba diving(perhentian island divers), snorkelling, kayaking, island hoping, private beach tour, boat charter, convenient shop, swimming pool, beach towel, beach chair.
Getting to Perhentian
Via Air
Closest airport is Kota Bharu (KBR), travelling from Kuala Terengganu airport is also possible
From Kuala Lumpur / Subang Malaysia Airlines (MAS) – Via KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA) AirAsia and Malindo Air – Via KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT II (KLIA II) Fire Fly and Malindo Air – Via SULTAN ABDUL AZIZ SHAH AIRPORT (SUBANG) Provides daily flight service to: SULTAN ISMAIL PETRA AIRPORT, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN **Kota Bharu Airport is the nearest arrival point, the journey from the airport to the Kuala Besut Jetty takes approximately 1 hour SULTAN MAHMUD AIRPORT, KUALA TERENGGANU **Second option is Kuala Terengganu airport. The journey from there to the Kuala Besut Jetty takes approximately 1 hour 45 minutes
From Penang Fire Fly – Via Penang International Airport (Bayan Lepas) provide daily flight to: SULTAN ISMAIL PETRA AIRPORT, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN **Kota Bharu Airport is the nearest arrival point, the journey from the airport to the Kuala Besut Jetty takes approximately 1 hour
Airport transfer service from: Kota Bharu airport at MYR25/person/way or MYR200/van/way. Kuala Terengganu airport at MYR150/taxi/way or MYR250/van/way.
Via Land
Train, buses or chartered cars are available from most city to arrive Kuala besut jetty, buses will arrived directly to besut terminal, which is within the walking distance to the jetty. While for the train, you can get off from a selection of station, Tanah merah train station is the closest distance to the jetty(appx. 45mins land journey), but more popular station would be wakaf bharu which is closer to kota bharu where you can catch the bus easily.
Get your ticket online with Easybook or Busticketonline
Finally, boat transfer
Speed boats with a capacity of between 12-15passengers is the most popular transfer mode at the kuala besut jetty, the fare is MYR70/person for return ticket and the date is open. Boat will send you directly to the beach where your choice of resort located, and opposite way, the boat can pick you up from any of the resort/beach, just need to get the reception to inform about the date and time of departure
Available from 8am-4pm with appx. every hour of interval. during the busy season, the schedules may be extended from 7am-5pm. please check with you individuals resort.
8am, 10am, 12pm and 4pm
Ranging between MYR500-800/way/boat with capacity of 12passengers
Take note
Perhentian is located on the east coast that facing the monsoon from november-feb. The operational period is Mar-Oct every year.
Perhentian island season
| Month | Remarks | Public Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Fully closed | Closed |
| FEB | Few resorts resume operation on the second week | Closed |
| MAC | Mostly open | 30 & 31 |
| APR | All resume operation | 14, 28 & 29 |
| MAY | Peak season especially Labour day and Vesak day | 26 & 27 |
| JUNE | Peak season especially the King birthday | 2, 15 & 16, |
| JULY | Super peak | 7 & 14 |
| AUG | the most peak season | 18 & 19, 22 & 23, 24 & 25, 31 |
| SEPT | low season except for Malaysian day | 1, 8 & 9, 15 & 16 |
| OCT | some of operators closing down on the second week | N/A |
| NOV | fully closed due to monsoon season | N/A |
| DEC | fully closed | N/A |
Climate
Tropical hot with high humidity, temperature ranging between 21-32 degree celsius with humidity of 80%
Clothing
No dress restriction, best to dress modestly according to the weather
Bank/ATM
No ATM or bank available in the island. Bring some cash but not too much as credit card is widely available, with some fees though, from most operator
Power
The connection is 22v, 50cycles using three rectangular prongs similar to UK, most resort/shop provide 24hours electricity
Health and medical service
There is only one clinic available in the island. Resort, dive centres have their own first aid kits, O2 tank for emergency use
Currency
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR/RM), there is no money changer in the island, some operator exchanged foreign currency, but at the really lower rate
