Photograph of my son, Wai Yan & wife, Sow Lan taken at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Redang Island
Another photographs taken at Marine Park Centre, Pulau Redang
Photograph of my son, Wai Yan taken at the beach front, Laguna Redang Island Resort
Scenic view of Pulau Redang taken from the Buffet Restaurant, Laguna Redang Island Resort.
Photograph of myself & my wife taken from the buffet restaurant, Laguna Redang ResortDate of Holiday : 16th - 18th August 2008
Place of Holiday: Laguna Redang Island Resort
We planned our holidays on the beautiful and enchanting Pulau Redang Islands with its rich diversity of marine species, coral reefs, mangroves, estuaries, snorkelling (and/or scuba diving), relaxing holidays and most of all the popular Pulau Redang Marine Park Centre. Pulau Redang offers a safe and family-friendly snorkelling experience with its clear, calm waters. Even young children, the elderly and newbies can enjoy snorkelling. Just put on a lifevest, mask and snorkel and jump in.
Pulau Redang, located 45km off the coast of Kuala Terengganu, is the largest of a group of nine protected islands dotting the South China Sea off the Terengganu coast. The island offers crystal clear waters and numerous diving & snorkelling sites for enthusiasts. Sheltered within the Pulau Redang Marine Park, the waters here are rich in marine life. At midday when sun rays penetrate the sea, brilliant hues of coral, anemones and fish can be seen.
This paradise island is perfect for snorkelling, swimming, scuba-diving, jungle trekking, boating and canoeing. No fishing is allowed within a 3.2km radius of the island as Pulau Redang is gazetted as a marine park. The collection of corals and other aquatic life is also strictly prohibited.
The Pulau Redang Marine Park Centre is the most popular snorkelling destination and crowded during peak visiting season. At 3 - 6 Metres dep, the area around the jetty is covered with hard corals and offers easy access to a large variety of marine life and has one of the largest concentration of fishes in any single location such as the resident giant grouper, moray eel, damselfish, sergeant majors, wrassess, parrotfish, trigger, etc. seeking food handouts from visitors. Even if you do not know how to swim or water-phobia, all you need to do is to sit at the jetty's steps, hold a piece of bread in the water and dozens & varieties of fishes will come and gobble your bread (right from your hands).
This paradise island is perfect for snorkelling, swimming, scuba-diving, jungle trekking, boating and canoeing. No fishing is allowed within a 3.2km radius of the island as Pulau Redang is gazetted as a marine park. The collection of corals and other aquatic life is also strictly prohibited.
The Pulau Redang Marine Park Centre is the most popular snorkelling destination and crowded during peak visiting season. At 3 - 6 Metres dep, the area around the jetty is covered with hard corals and offers easy access to a large variety of marine life and has one of the largest concentration of fishes in any single location such as the resident giant grouper, moray eel, damselfish, sergeant majors, wrassess, parrotfish, trigger, etc. seeking food handouts from visitors. Even if you do not know how to swim or water-phobia, all you need to do is to sit at the jetty's steps, hold a piece of bread in the water and dozens & varieties of fishes will come and gobble your bread (right from your hands).
The Pulau Redang Marine Park Centre was estabished in 1990 and located at Pulau Pinang just off the southern tip of Pulau Redang. It is one of the most beautiful marine park in Asia . There is a Vietnamese fishing boat-wreck to the east of the jetty, probably the only wreck shallow enough for snorkellers to explore Admisssion to the Marine Park Centre is RM 5 per adult per entry & RM 2.00 for children.
We booked a 3 days 2 nights Laguna Redang's package during the August 2008 holidays for the three of us, namely, my wife, Sow Lan, son, Wai Yan and myself, HK Wan. The package cost us RM 1686.00 including all all meals, KT airport transfers, boat transfers, snorkelling trips, addtional surcharges for school holidays and weekends. We flew in from Subang Airport to Kuala Trengganu through the courtesy of firefly @ special returned fare of RM 102/person but our only bad experience was the return flight (KT-Subang) being rescheduled from 4.40pm to 10.00pm (without any prior notification from Firefly); thus we waited unnecessarily at KT Airport for almost 7 hours. If firefly had notified us earlier, we could have spent the precious time at Laguna Redang's town office which offers its guests special facilities to store luggages, relaxation, shower, etc. They also arrange for a special van service @ 7.00pm to KT airport at RM 5.00/person. Alternatively, we can also have a half day KT City tour or shopping.
Laguna Redang is a 4 star resort. Its 3 days 2 nights package is really enjoyable, its buffet restaurant provide reasonable Malaysian & Continental meals, good food that the whole family can enjoy and its well planned dining arrangements. The package also included 3 snorkelling trips (incl. one at the Marine Park). It has a magnificent shoreline studded with fine sandy beach, bathed by a clear blue sea and set against a background of green hills. It is also equipped with family oriented swimming pool, a whirl pool, a wading pool and water slides. My recommendation is to be more adventurous and enjoy snorkelling at Redang's Pasir Panjang Beach which is about 300 metres to the west of the resort. Here you will find beautiful corals, reefs and a variety of fishes including numerous 2 footers sharks.
We enjoyed our holidays at Pulau Redang especially the Marine Park Centre and our 3 days 2 Nights package at Laguna Redang Island Resort. My daughter and her friends also stayed here in end June 2008 and her comments was 3 Days 2 Nights stay was too short; you need to spend more days here and I agree. My daughter flew back to Purdue, Indiana, USA just 3 days before we came here. I also met an elderly Hongkong resident who came here in May'08 and came back again in Aug'08 bringing more Hongkonger residents. The reason, where else can you find such a cheap snorkelling & holiday paradise - only at Pulau Redang, the marine park centre and of course, Laguna Redang. I hope to be back at Pulau Redang and/or Perhentian Islands with my siblings, perhaps next year.
Posted on 7 September 2008
