Pulau Kapas
Resorts
A haven for swimming, snorkeling,
windsurfing, kayaking, boating and fishing.
A taxi from Kuala Terengganu
airport or the bus terminal costs RM 30.00 per cab for the journey to Marang
Jetty. Boat transfer service may start as early as 7:00 and costs RM 25.00 per
person (two way).
There are several resorts to choose from on two beaches. Almost every resort has
a dorm. They are all in walking distance of the pier.
Kapas Island Resort is near the jetty
and is the biggest and most luxurious resort. It has a small swimming pool. The
resort has its own boat service to collect you from the mainland.
Tuty Puri,
is another luxury place with arguably the most of charm. It has standard rooms with
a fan and the rooms have a shower. Also a Dorm. The
hotel was built
in 1993 and it is set on the prime beach in front of the beautiful white-sands
of Pulau Kapas
Beauty island Resort has
bungalows with fan and shower. Also a dorm.
Light House is more for the backpackers. It has a
the relative isolation on a nice section of beach. Big wooden rooms.
Zaki Beach Chalet is a medium sized resort. Good food. What you may
not like : the limited space, whether in the resort or the rooms.
Mak Cik Gemuk a big resort. Off the beach and
without charm. Rooms for up to three peoples.
Kapas Garden Resort. A-Frame huts without fan but they have a shower. The
Dutch owner has a relaxed bar. It's a small place usually busy with
expatriates. The bungalows are correct.
Gemia Island Resort.
This resort is built on a 1Km long island (Pulau Gemia)
near Pulau Kapas. Well positioned in a secluded part of the island,
looking towards Pulau Kapas. You have the choice of three separate and
well-defined beach areas to laze away the worries of the world.
In effort to preserve wildlife, one of
the beaches on Pulau Gemia is used as a turtle hatchery. Terengganu is
renowned as one of the few places where turtles (including the giant
Leatherback) come ashore to lay their eggs. On the island the green turtle is
the most common. But the Hawksbill and Olive Ridley turtle are regular
visitors. After laying, the eggs are collected and transferred by Gem Island
staff to an enclosure on the beach. This protects them from marauding
predators such as monitor lizards, crabs and seabirds.
