Rabu, 04 Juli 2012

A visit to Pulau Ular (Snake Island) at Cherating, Kuantan - Pahang.

Afternoon session of the second day...simple buffet lunch from the Resort, we had a short rest in the room, follow by the sea activity 'Sight seeing and short trekking at the Snake Island (Pulau Ular)' (N4.05518 E103.40767) which is about 6km away from the beach of Legend Resort Cherating. There are many activities beside this, where you can ride on the ATV and many more...(refer to the last photo of this post)

We went to the island by 2 groups, another group was for island snorkeling. The speed boats waiting for us somewhere nearby the beach, so once we got up the boat, all wet! Haha!

Welcome onboard! Snake Island...here we come!

The speedboat journey took 20 minutes to reach the island (6km), by then we were totally wet again because of the strong waves! I'm glad that my wife & daughter enjoyed the ride very much! (it was their First experience!) The water splash into the boat and to all of us all the time during the journey, we were fortunate enough to met the very kind boatman who offered his 'waterproof bag' for all our cameras and mobile phones! Thanks Mr boatman!

The Snake Island (Pulau Ular)

The small island was beautiful! The water was clear and I saw the fishes swim around....

The beach of Snake Island

Crystal clear water at Snake Island

The beach was full of dead corals...and decorated by some volcanic rocks...

Dead corals were everywhere at the beach...

Interesting rocks formation along the beach...

Scenic view of the surrounding...

Everyone was walking here and there, and some were taking their best shot of the island...the weather that day was hot!
The island is actually just about 1.5km from the nearest beach...

The nearest beach is just about 1.5km away...

Once we finished the photography session at the beach, we separated into 2 groups where the other group was going to enjoy their snorkeling and we started our short trekking at the same time...

The snorkeling group finding their best spot...

Please beware of the jelly fish around if you planning to go for snorkeling, because two of our teammates 'kiss' by the jelly fish during the trip...

We started to hike and going to walk to the highest spot of the island, said by our guide (the boatman).

The trekking started from here...

Our guide - the boatman.

Merely about 10 minutes, we reached the highest spot of the island, the breathtaking view attracted everyone to had a short rest on the beautiful rock! Nice!

There is another smaller island at the back by the name of 'Eagle Island'. According to the boatman, there's an eagle stay on the island. We were lucky enough to spotted that eagle too!

Nice view from the island, the smaller Eagle Island at the back.

That eagle just flew passed us and way back to its home...

We started to walked again after another 5 minutes, the return route was different from where we came from...many bats 'slept' by the huge rock on our way back...

The bats that slept on the rock...

The last path was fill with water before we reach our boats, that was the moment I felt very proud of my daughter! She was scared and doesn't want to pass through initially, but after the encouragements from friends around...she did it at last! I will never forget her expression before and after! Great!

The water path before we get into the boat...

Well...everyone was 'wet' again! Haha!
The total duration of the walk was just about 30 minutes...

Another group of friends enjoyed their snorkeling not far away from the beach...

The snorkeling spot...

The boatman sailed around the island and we speed back to the resort. The trip was excited! Especially when the strong waves splashed into our face! Haha!

I'll advise my friends to visit the island if you never try before! It can become an unforgettable trip for you! 

The activities board at the beach of Legend Resort, Cherating.

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Media FAM Trip 2012 at Cherating, Pahang.

Location map of Snake Island (Pulau Ular) at Cherating, Kuantan - Pahang.


Selasa, 03 Juli 2012

Fishermen Village at Cherating, Kuantan - Pahang

After we finished the Cherating River Cruise, we dropped by this Fishermen Village (N4.12160 E103.38425) at Cherating while on the way back to Resort...

Fishermen Village at Cherating

Basically, it was just a small village and nothing much but just for some photography...

Fishermen boats...


The nets...

The man maintain his boat...

He was maintaining his boat...

They do sell some fishes, stingrays and carbs on side...I believe you will get a good bargain on the seafoods...

Crabs...

And we this guy named - Mr Mustapha who is 48 years old and caught a big fish which was 7kg...he was generously show us the big fish! :)

Mr Mustapha with his Mackerel fish...

We hanged around the area for less than 30 minutes and back to the resort.

If you have a tight schedule on your itinerary, you can skip this spot unless you love to take some photos of the Fishermen Village.

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Media FAM Trip 2012 at Cherating, Pahang.

Location map of Fishermen Village of Cherating, Kuantan - Pahang.


Minggu, 01 Juli 2012

Cherating River Cruise at Cherating, Kuantan - Pahang.

Once we finished the simple breakfast from the Legend Resort, all of us heading to Cherating. Yes! We were going for the Cherating River's Cruise. The bus stop at the parking area, and we walked for about 200 meter to the jetty under the Cherating's sun...nice! :)

Part of our team...

We were directed to this jetty and it's belong to Hafiz Cherating Activities (N4.12713 E103.39124) which provide all kind of river activities to the visitors.

The river cruise jetty at Cherating

Before the river cruise, we attended the short safety briefing...and everyone was excited to get into the boat...

The guy who given the safety briefing...

I was attracted by the scenery of the river especially on the sunny day! The river is well maintained and Clean!

Cherating River

And our boat below...

Once everyone ready with the life jackets, we got into the boat one-by-one...well, we need total of 4 boats for the ride. :)


The young ladies (wa-wa) on the same boat...:)


I like this pink canoe!

Everyone was busy taking photos once on the boat, same as our organizer - Mr Anthony. :)

Anthony on action!

The boat of Cherating River Cruise

The journey started...
The boatman spoke very fluent English and provide us many useful information while on the boat...we cruise very slow and enjoyed along the river...


The nature scenery of Cherating River was marvelous!
Camera shutter's sound can be heard almost everywhere...let me show you some photos...

I like the way they built their houses along the river bank...I wish I can have one too! :)

After awhile, we passed by the Famous pub in Cherating - The Little Bali pub and Bistro which is crowded on every evening...

The Little Bali pub and Bistro

The mangrove trees and the roots...

We met a guy that he just caught the crab while we passed by...


The guy who caught a crab with his special net...

Saw this beautiful dead mangrove tree...

Beautiful dead mangrove tree

After a while, our boats went into another small river named - Belat River (N4.13782 E103.39514). The atmosphere was really quite and calm, I felt peaceful...

Entering Belat River of Cherating River...

There were many mangrove snakes, squirrels, monkeys and some mangrove crabs, fishes at the Belat River...the roots of the mangrove tree is different (photo below) from what I experienced at Kukup Island, Johor.

The roots of the mangrove trees look like wave...

There was a interesting part within our journey...we were shocked by the mangrove snake on the tree while the boat approching...:)

There was a mangrove snake on the tree!

And the expression from our teammates....! :)

"Snake on top of you!" We shouted...:)

The Mangrove snake in black and yellow stripes hiding behind the leafs...

The camera man was from TV2...

While we on the way back, the boatman speed up the boat to the estuary of Cherating river...

When the boat speed up, it created a nice scene of the wave...

The total river cruise took about an hour, we were enjoyed the cruise very much! It was a nice nature trip for us at Cherating.

Beside the river cruise, you can have 'fireflies watching, fishing, river to sea, snorkeling at the island trips and river canoing' from the Hafiz River Activities Center. You can find out more information from the Legend Resort Cherating.
Do try out the activities if you happen at Cherating!


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Media FAM Trip 2012 at Cherating, Pahang.


Location map of the jetty for Cherating River Cruise