Perhentian
Besar is the bigger one of the two islands (Besar means big in Malay,
kecil means small). The accommodation is distributed over three
very nice beaches. The Teluk Pauh in the north in front of the Perhentian
Island Resort, the main beach with most of the resorts at the west
coast and Teluk Dalam on the island's south-east coast.
The best beach on the islands is Teluk Pauh, a beautiful half-moon
bay with white powdery sand and water as clear as in a swimming
pool. There are good coral around the points on either side. Here
you can snorkel with some turtles, black tip reef sharks and hundreds
of reef fish.
At the western end of the bay a wooden footbridge leads over a few
rocks to Coral View Island Resort's small beach, which consists
almost only out of broken up coral pieces. The main beach of the
island starts at the resort's western side and stretches over 1
km to Abdul's Chalet only interrupted by some rocky headlands. The
beach has fine sand with scattered coral pieces and is bordered
by many coconut palms.
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 casuarinas. Here it is in contrast to the other beaches still quite peaceful. |
