Pulau Perhentian Besar Travel Forum

Hi am travelling to malaysia in june for two weeks and want to go to langkawai, perhentian and redang - how easy is to get from langkawai to perhentian - how far is it and how much is it? be really grateful for some advice! Emily

Hi Emily

Those islands mentioned are far apart except for Perhentian & Redang. Langkawi is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia while the later two are on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Assuming that you are from Langkawi, there is a budget airlines - Firefly - that enroute to Penang. The same airlines has flights from Penang to Kota Bharu in Kelantan. No other airlines yet that travel from the west coast direct to the east cost except for this. The only thing you need to deal with is the unpredictable delays & cancellation. You may visit its website www.fireflyz.com.my for booking.

From Kota Bharu airport you need to take a taxi down to Kuala Besut jetty for the boat ride to the island. The speed boat tickets are sold at the airport. You can check these details on some Pulau Perhentian pages here on VT.

Due to the different jetties for speed boat ride to Perhentian and Redang, I think that there is no boat operates directly from Perhentian to Redang except on chartered basis. Boat to Redang is from Merang jetty. It is about 1 hour trip by taxi from Kuala Besut jetty to Merang jetty.

Honestly, with only 2 weeks, I dont think you can manage all the 3 islands in this one trip. You have to figure out which is the best to go about due to distance of each places.

from Langkawi to perhentian island you can go either by bus, drive or flight

by bus - from Langkawi back to Kuala Perlis and get bus to Jerteh bus stand and get taxi to Kuala Besut jetty (1/2 hour)

by flight - you can catch Firefly air lines (http://www.fireflyz.com.my/)from Penang tu Kota Bharu airport and get taxi to Kuala Besut jetty (1 hour journey)

arriving on Kuala Besut jetty just register your name at travel agent there and get boat ticket, they will arrange you bot to perhentian and they also can arrange or advice you how to go redang next.

Thanks to both of you for your help :) xx