Perhentian Island Most of the Beaches are Distributed of Terenggan in Malaysia

Perhentian Island Located at the north eastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. About 21 km off shores the remote town of Kuala Besut. There are two lovely unspoiled island lie amidst exquisitely clear waters. Pulau Perhentian Kecil (Small Perhentian) and Perhentian Besar (Big Perhentian) comprise the Perhentian Island, aptly named after henti (stop) as fishermen from mainland Kelantan and Terengganu, for centuries, stopped over at the island for a rest or to shelter during a major storm. A rocky virgin jungle provides hour of adventures for trekkers who may chance upon flying fox, long-tailed macaques and monitor lizards, while the underneath marine life shows off a splendid garden of coral.

Perhentian Besar

The bigger one of the two islands ( Besar in Malay mean big ). The accommodations is distributed over four nice beaches.Perhentian Besar has longer and wider beaches and finer sand than its sibling, Perhentian Kecil. Most of the beaches are distributed to its western and southeastern side, among these, Teluk Pauh, Pasir Panjang, and Teluk Dalam are the most famous and popular.

Teluk Pauh in the north in front of the Perhentian Island Resort, the main beach with most of the resorts at the west coast ( Tanjung Genting and Pasir Raja ) and Teluk Dalam on the island's south-east coast. Teluk Pauh the best beach on the islands, a beautiful half-moon bay with white powdery sand and water as clear.

Teluk Dalam, on the south of the island is a beautiful wide curved bay with a white fine sandy beach. The water is quite shallow here, the corals mostly destroyed. You can laze away in hammocks under shady caesarians. Here it is in contrast to the other beaches still quite peaceful.

Perhentian Kecil

Accommodations on Kecil is distributed over more beaches than on Besar. The best and most popular beach of the island is Pasir Panjang ( Long Beach ) providing dazzling white sandy beach and crystal-clear shallow water.

Source from: www.perhentianisland.com.m