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🏝️Pangkor

#7 Islands in Malaysia · 2026

Pangkor Island

🌺🌺🌺 Worth the Detour · 🏝️ Islands

🆓 Free☪️ Surau🧒

Why go

A small fishing island off Lumut with a Dutch fort ruin, Teluk Nipah beach and fresh seafood. Easy ferry access makes it popular for weekend trips.

⭐ Don't miss: Teluk Nipah beach and Coral Beach for snorkelling

Entry fee
Free; ferry from Lumut or Marina Island about RM10 one way / RM20 return (adult), RM5.50 / RM11 (child)
Opening hours
Ferries from Lumut 7am-8pm (check before you go)
Best time to go
Year-round; Mar-Oct best
Time needed
1-2 days
How to get there
Ferry from Lumut jetty (35 min); bring bags; rent motorbike or taxi on island.
Address
Pulau Pangkor, 32300 Lumut, Perak
Area
Pulau Pangkor, Pangkor, Perak
Facilities
🍽️ restaurant☕ cafe🅿️ paid parking
Muslim-friendly
🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal Malay food; surau around
Accessibility
Small paved roads; sandy beaches
Kids
Kid-friendly with calm beaches

☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.

⚠️ Safety & weather
  • Jellyfish at times
  • Water quality varies
  • Monsoon brings rougher sea

Also nearby

🌺Lumut
🌺🌺🌺Highly Recommended

Pangkor Laut Resort

🌺 Luxury Resorts · Pulau Pangkor Laut, Lumut, Perak

A private island with its own rainforest, where stilted Spa Village villas hover over a bay and you hop around by buggy. It is one of the older names in Malaysian island luxury and still feels special. Reach it by resort speedboat from Marina Island Pangkor.

Don't miss: Over-the-water villas at Emerald Bay

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