15 Things to Do in Redang Island (Best Resort, Hotels & More)

For those who are looking for things to do in Redang Island, this article will tell you about the most exciting activities and attractions in Redang Island that worth to be tried. I’ve compiled 15 must-do things that you can enjoy during your vacation! Have fun!

Bukit Besi Golf Club Chalet Promo (Place To Stay)

For a short or long stay, with your family, friends or for business, our magnificent chalets for rent offers luxury and comfort in a magical environment.

Located directly on the golf course with an unimpeded view of the lake, the Bukit Besi Golf Club chalets rental units offers you the difference. Built in early 2010, this new lodging concept represents what’s best in chalet rentals.

Tasik Puteri Bukit Besi Golf Club (Kelab Golf)

A short and challenging first nine with either lake or hillslopes on bothsides of the fairway. Wider fairway on the second nine but longer distance. The Tasik Puteri golf course (Golf in the Orchird Garden) is an 18 hole par 72, is full buggy course with undulating hills and elevated approaches presenting abundant challenges to every golfers.

Tasik Kenyir The Biggest Man-Made Lake (Kenyir Lake)

Kenyir Lake is the biggest man-made lake in Southeast Asia. Covered by more than 340 islands spread out in water catchments area of 38000 hectares.

The biggest island would be estimated as big as Singapore. And Kenyir Lake got her name from one of the river known as Kenyir River but now the river is beneath the lake when Kenyir Lake almost filled by the rainfall and surrounding water sources.

The lake is known as a unique tourist destination for her beautiful scenario of tropical forest and widely known for its valuable flora and fauna species. It is believed that the area is the habitat of more than 8000 species of flowers, 2500 species of plants and trees, 8000 species of orchids, 370 species of birds and 300 species of fresh water fish.

They live in harmony and in peace in their own natural habitat. You look and learn, preserve our nature for our next generation. Give this mother nature as a gift to future.

The Kenyir Lake creates and provides many amenities for total relaxation and enjoyment in a unique environment. Fishing, house boating, trekking, golfing, kayaking, camping, caving etc are some of the recreational activities the place has to offer.

Try and enjoy yourself. Without recreation, society will degenerate to biological forms devoid of soul. Whereas culture and tradition cannot be neglected lest our origins and values.

The traditional nature or kampung style chalets with wooden houses of architectural designs create enlivened and enriched the area surrounding. This place is a wide area of interest for visitors to experience whatever whom you are either casual visitor or a serious scientist, lets its being in nature.

How to get there?

By Land:

There are two jetties at Kenyir Lake. The main jetty is Pengkalan Gawi and the other option is Jenagor Jetty (mostly for houseboat). The distance from Kuala Terengganu to Pengkalan Gawi is approximately 80 km. If you are from Kuala Lumpur, please take Karak Highway to Jerangau Jabor Highway and proceed to Ajil to reach Kuala Berang town and onwards to Kenyir.



Or you may take the alternative journey along coastal road through Kemaman, Dungun, Kuala Terengganu and through Kuala Berang to Kenyir Lake. The daily express buses from Hentian Putra Terminal (nearby PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur also provide the service.

There is bus express namely Express Tasik Kenyir, which travels directly to Kenyir Lake (last stop at Pengkalan Gawi).

By Flight:

Fly with Malaysia Airline or Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu.
Source from Tasik Kenyir

Rhu Hentian Island (Pulau Rhu Hentian)

It's possible that Pulau Perhentian, Pulau Redang, and a few other pulau are too well-known and "overheated" for many people, but Rhu Hentian Island, which is only 15 nautical miles from offshore Kuala Besut, is unknown to the majority of travellers. Indeed, it is a newly found and rapidly rising island in the East Coast tourism industry.

Lang Tengah Island (Pulau Lang Tengah)

Lang Tengah Island is a very small island located between Perhentian Island and Redang Island that can be reached by a 30 minute boat ride from Merang jetty. The clear emerald waters and the coral reefs around it are popular with scuba divers and snorkelers. The island itself is covered by hilly tropical rainforest with varied flora and fauna.

Batu Bersurat Memorial (Terengganu Inscription Stone)

Batu Bersurat Terengganu Inscription Stone

The Islamic Inscription on the Inscribed Stone of Terengganu is a profound statement of Terengganu's Islamic Past. The Stone, which dates as far back as the early 14th Century, is known to be the earliest piece of inscription in Malay using the Jawi script which states Islam as the official religion of Terengganu, along with an Islamic law guide pertaining to misdeeds and sanctions.

Batu Bersurat Terengganu is the oldest artifact with Jawi writing on it. The artifact proves that Islam reached Terengganu earlier than 1326 or 1386. It was accidentally discovered near Teresat River at Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia by an Arab trader named Sayid Husin bin Ghulam al-Bokhari in 1899 after a flash flood hit Kuala Berang.

Image source via Nick Shah

Kuala Berang is situated about 33 kilometers from Kuala terengganu and it is an historical place. Kuala Berang became famous when an inscribed stone was discovered here. The inscribed stone found was the earliest record of Islam in Peninsular Malaysia.

The inscribed stone was discovered in 1899 when there was a major flood in Terengganu. After the flood, the villagers found a huge stone at the mouth of Sungai Teresat. The villagers then shifted the stone to a mosque at Kampung Buluh in Kuala Berang.

In 1902, a gold and tin miner named Syed Hussain bin Ghulam Al Bukhari from Riau - Lingga and Engku Pengiran Anum arrived at Kuala Berang. They saw the inscribed stone and brought it back to Kuala Terengganu where they presented it to Sultan Zainal Abidin, who was then the Sultan of Terengganu.

Sultan Zainal Abidin kept the inscribed stone from many years as no one understood the Jawi writings that was inscribed on the stone. Thus an Englishman who was working in Terengganu send photographs of the inscribed stone to history language specialists in Singapore and London. In the end, the inscriptions on the stone was able to be read clearly.

The inscribed stone weighed about 215 kilograms, 84 centimeters in height, 53 centimeters wide at the top and 27 centimeters wide at the bottom. The thickness of the stone is 24 centimeters and is made of granite which cannot be easily broken.

The inscriptions are in Arabic - Malay believed to be written on the 22nd February 1303. Among the inscriptions on the stone are the ten Islamic laws and their punishments. With the discovery of this stone, historians felt that Islam has reached Terengganu before the 14th century.

The inscribed stone also proved that a government existed in Terengganu long before Melaka was founded. Even after Melaka was founded, Kuala Terengganu still remained an important port.

Where To Stay

• Chalet Perhilitan
• Kenyir Sanctuary Resort
• Sekayu Rest House
• Kenyir Lake View Resort
• Kuala Berang Resthouse

Source from Terengganu Tourism