A'Famosa Water World
A'Famosa Water World which occupies a land area of 20 acres is the only water theme park of its kind in the southern region of this country and comprises of slides and pools of every kind. The park has lots of interesting and unique features such as choices of water slides - all designed to suit even the most sophisticated water enthusiasts.
Kids will find the Arabian Village and Kid's Adventure Pool an exciting adventure. For those looking for excitement, take up the challenge by trying out our Seven Storey High Speed Slide. Feel the adrenaline rush through your head as you slide down. Less daring souls can try out the Wave Pool, Family Raft Ride and the longest Lazy River in the world.
As every facility in the park meets safety levels of international standards, visitors can enjoy the fun with a peace of mind.
From Tampin Railway Station
From Alor Gajah Toll
From Melaka Airport
From Seremban
From Kuala Lumpur International Airport
From Kuala Lumpur
From Genting Highlands
+/- 3 hours
From Johor Bharu & Singapore
+/- 3 hours
By Train:
Arrival Point: Tampin Railway Station.
By Bus:
Arrival Point: Tampin Bus Station.
Operation Hours
Wave Pool Stage
: 11.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekday), 9.00am till 8.00 pm (Weekend)
Family Raft Ride
: 12.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekday), 9.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekend)
Arabian Village
: 12.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekday), 10.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekend)
Inner Tube Slide
: 12.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekday), 10.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekend)
Lazy River
: 12.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekday), 10.00am till 7.00 pm (Weekend)
High Speed Slide
: 12.00am till 6.30 pm (Weekday), 11.00am till 6.30 pm (Weekend)
Kuantan,City of Palma
Kuantan, the capital city and main administrative center of the state of Pahang Darul Makmur, lies on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, about 170 miles east of Kuala Lumpur - the capital city of Malaysia - and 215 miles north of Singapore.
It is situated on the banks of the Kuantan river mouth, facing the South China Sea.
This town is the gateway to the delightful East Coast states of West Malaysia.
You can travel north along the coastal road to the states of Trengganu and Kelantan. And further up north towards the borders of Thailand.
Although Kuantan has grown into a bustling modern town in line with the rapid development of Malaysia, it still retains its delightful cultures, traditions and values, making it a modern yet traditional town.
GETTING THERE BY CAR
From Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan is about 3-4 hours drive by car, accessible either via the new North-South Highway that bypass towns along the way, or the older route passing through relatively quiet towns and villages.
Or if you’re coming from Singapore, you can also take the scenic coastal road from Johor Bahru to Mersing passing through Kuala Rompin and Pekan and then up north to Kuantan.
GETTING THERE BY air
Alternatively, if you prefer to fly, it will be just a short 45 minutes from Kuala Lumpur ("K.L.") to the Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, a modern, albeit small, airport, located about 15 km away from Kuantan town
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SUNGAI PANDAN WATERFALLS
SUNGAI PANDAN WATERFALLS(Kuantan)
Located 25 kilometers from Kuantan, this beautiful waterfall is easily accessible by road.
The Sungai Pandan Waterfall spans over eleven hectares of nature's best. Consisting of a series of cascading rapids, the waterfall culminates in a large pool which is ideal for cooling off on a hot afternoon. Enjoy a peaceful picnic under the shades of tropical foliage.
How To Get There
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Sungai Pandan Waterfalls is located 25 km from Kuantan.
By Road : The Sungai Pandan Waterfalls, 25 km from Kuantan is easily accessible by road. Taxi and bus services are available to this beautiful waterfall. You must take Bukit Koop Kuantan bus from the local bus station at Kuantan city and the bus will stop at the junction leading to the Sungai Pandan Waterfalls.
Activities :
- Leisure
- Picnic/Rest Area
- Camping
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Trekking
- Canopy
- Wild Life
- Playground
- Jogging
- Bird Watching
- Educational Research
- Walkboard
- Abselling
- Refreshment
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Delicoius Malaysia Cuisine : Rambutan
In the months of July and August, fruit stalls and door-to-door vendors in many South East Asian cities present an extra colourful picture. The reason is the bunches of a strange looking oval fruit with bright crimson or yellow skin covered with short fleshy hairs—rambutan—is in season, and plentiful. The word comes from the Malay, 'rambut' meaning hair. Inside is a narrow seed covered with semitransparent flesh which is crisp and mainly sweet. A lot depends on the variety, but it is obvious that the best varieties have been chosen for propagation and export.
The lychee is a distant relative of the akee. Lychee seed contain parts of hypoglycins like those found in the akee. They, and presumably the seed of near lychee relatives, are toxic and should never be consumed.
All of these fruit vary in quality, depending on cultivar and growing conditions. The quality is reflected by the price range observed at a Thailand market. The cheapest longans, from seedling trees, cab be one twentieth of the price asked for the best recognised cultivars.
To open rambutans and pulasans, partially cut through the skin, or just break open using a strong thumb-nail. Longans and lychees may be opened by tearing the skin at the stem end, squeezing the fruit at the lower end, and popping it into the mouth. "Experienced lychee eaters" bite lightly through the skin of the upper third of the fruit to obtain an opening in the skin and squeeze the fruit out and enjoy!Labels: Delicious Malaysia Cuisine
Malaysia Bests Festival : Thaipusam Day
THAIPUSAM is an annual Hindu festival which draws the largest gathering in multi-racial Malaysia - nearly a million people in 2000.
Several hundred devotees spear their cheeks with long, shiny steel rods - often a metre long - and pierce their chests and backs with small, hook-like needles in penance.
Thaipusam falls on a full moon day in the auspicious 10th Tamil month of Thai when the constellation of Pusam, the star of well-being, rises over the eastern horizon.
In Kuala Lumpur, the festival is celebrated on a mammoth scale at the Batu Caves temple on the outskirts of the city. It began in 1892, started by early Tamils who migrated to colonial Malaya.
On the eve of Thaipusam, a five-ton silver-chariot bearing Lord Murugan's image and followed by a procession of several thousand people leaves the Sri Mahamariaman temple in downtown Kuala Lumpur, on a 15-kilometre trek to Batu Caves.
To many Thaipusam is the day of thanksgiving or atonement for wrongs.Spectacular edifices or kavadis are often carried or pulled by the devotees with chains and ropes anchored in the skin of their backs or chests.After ritual cleansing at a stream at the foothills, they walk up the 272 steps accompanied by family and friends.
But kavadi carrying need not be so arduous. Just carrying a small pot of milk up the steps to be poured on the vel is enough. Most devotees do this.Some parents carry newborn babies slung in a cloth-cradle hung on a pole shouldered at both ends by the mother and the father as thanks for a safe birth.
Some also carry kavadis made of wood or metal adorned with pictures or statues of Hindu deities, flowers and peacock plumes.Others shave their heads bald as a symbol of humility and atonement.Many observe a strict vegetarian diet for about 40 days and renounce all forms of comfort and pleasure-giving activities. The 40 days are spent in meditation and prayer.
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Malaysia Beautiful Lake : kenyir Lake
Malaysia is one of the exotic land lies that at the heart of Southeast Asia. The country is located between 1-degree latitude to 7-degree latitude and 99 degree longitude to 120-degree longitude. To the south lies Singapore and to the north is Thailand as our neighboring country. To the west of the Strait of Malacca is Sumatra and Southern part of Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah) is Kalimantan.
Terengganu facing towards South China Sea is among the 13 states in Malaysia. It has the longest crystal sandy beach in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Well known for her emerald sea, golden sunlight and coral island rich in marine life. Bordered by Kelantan to the northern part and Pahang to the western and southern part.
Kenyir Lake became one of the most magnificent tourist sports in Terengganu as well as in Malaysia. Kenyir luxurious forest is located in the district of Hulu Terengganu, which lies at a longitude of 102 degree 40 minutes and 4 degree and 40 minutes in latitude. It is believed that the rain forest is the world oldest tropical rainforest. The forest also serves as a part of Malaysia National Park.
Some of the activities which could be carried out here are fishing, swimming, canoeing, boating and jungle trekking. Due to the cleanliness of the lake and abundance of food supply, the Kenyir Lake has a wide variety of fresh water fish such as Baung, Toman, Kelisa and Lampam. Accommodation such as houseboats, floating chalets and lakeside resorts are also available to visitors.
If you are driving from Kuala Lumpur, take the Karak Highway to Jerangau-Jabor Highway to reach Ajil and onwards to Kenyir. Alternatively take the Karak Highway to Kuantan and along the coastal road through Kemaman, Dungun, Kuala Terengganu and subsequently to Tasik Kenyir. Taxis and express buses also provide daily services to Kuala Terengganu at the Pudu Raya Terminal or Hentian Putra Bus Terminal in Kuala Lumpur.
A direct bus service, the Tasik Kenyir Express departs daily at 8.0pm from Hentian Putra in Kuala Lumpur to Tasik Kenyir via AI-Muktaffi Billiah Shah Town and Kuala Berang.
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Malaysia Beautiful Island : Semporna
Semporna in southeastern Sabah, have an underwater species diversity alleged to be on par with that of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Being on the continental shelf, the surrounding waters of these islands are relatively shallow, wit a maximum depth of a mere 25m. There are two groups if island present: the Ligitan group and the more important Gaya group.
Dive sites: Pulau Mantabuan is approximately 3 km long and 1.5 km wide. It lies about an hour by speed boat North-East of Semporna.
Around the island are a number of reefs:
Mantabuan West: The reef has two separate crests. The first is shallow water and has a reef front which drops to a depth of 5 meters. This is then followed by a wide, gently shelving slope which extends outwards for several hundred meters.
Mantabuan South-West: The South-West facing reef at the closest point to the island is both shallow and narrow. The reef drops from the shallow crest to a sandy bottom at 10 meters. A low tide reef is exposed and prevents even shallow fraught boats from reaching the island.
Mantuan East: The Eastern reef borders on the deep water. The reef in its shallower sections slopes quite gently but the angle of the slope gradually increases. The reef top and shallow edges are mainly coral covered with a few sandy patches.
Pulau Sibuan lies approximately 16 km from Semporna, which is about a half hour speed boat trip. There is no drinkable water on the island, other than water which is shipped in from Semporna
Every April, Semporna celebrates with a Regatta Lepa. Thousands sail into town in all kinds of boats including the gaily-decorated lepa and jungkong, their traditional boats, to compete for prizes. Arrangements can be made to explore the islands off Semporna to visit water-villages and seaweed farms, swim and snorkel.
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