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Pangkor Island Attractions"Plenty of attractions at Pangkor island: beaches, temples, fishing villages, ikan bilis and others..."
The main attractions on Pangkor Island are the beaches. There are several excellent beaches. However, Pulau Pangkor offers more then beaches. On this page you will explore the many other attractions that will make your stay here a real life experience of joy, love and happiness. Pangkor TownPangkor Town, the main town on Pangkor Island, is located on the east coast. It used to be one street town and it is still not much more. There's a range of souvenir shops and little restaurants. Some of the best food you will find in the local stalls. One of my favorites, for breakfast, is the restaurant opposite of the Kheng Hai Chuan Fishery shop, to be recognised by the birdnests attached to the name board. They serve excellent Ho Kien noodles also known as prawn noodles, mostly known from Penang.The villagesFishing VillagesOn the east side of Pangkor island there are three more fishing villages facing the mainland: Sungai Pinang Kecil, Sungai Pinang Besar and Kampong Teluk Kecil. In fact it's a long strip of villages that continues to Pangkor Town. Although the villages are small they are interesting to visit. Many of the houses are traditional and some are build in the sea on stakes.
There are local stalls offering great food. In Sungai Pinang Kecil there's Hai Seng Hin Satay Fish Factory. Most people living in Pangkor do still rely on fishing for living. Local fishermen can be seen building new boats. The villages offers a closer look at life of the average Chinese fisherman and his family. The fishermen's houses are next to the docks. The women are ready with knives and baskets to prepare their catch when their husbands come home with their catch. This includes small and big fish as well as squid. The catch are then dried in the sun and later soaked in a sweet, spicy sauce. Your first glimpse of Sungai Pinang Kecil you will have while you have the ferry from Lumut. Sungai Pinang Kecil is the first stop before the ferry docks at the Pangkor Town Jetty. Other villages  Sungai Pinang Kecil Teluk Dalam is located on the north side of Pulau Pangkor. It is a small fishing village with the Teluk Dalam Resort nearby. Historical sitesFoo Lin Kong TempleThe Foo Lin Kong Temple is a fairly new Taoist temple. It has been build at the foot of Pangkor Hill in the village of Sungai Pinang Besar. The temple has a nice garden partly build on the hillside. There is a miniature Chang Cheng (Great Wall) of China to admire. On the roof you will see the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac.
Kali Amman Temple It is noted as one of the two Indian temples in Malaysia that have the entrance the shrine of the goddess Kali, facing the sea. The other is located on Penang Island. The temple has a short staircase that descends to the sea where worshippers are required to cleanse themselves before entering the hall for worship. On the mainland there's also a Kaliaman temple. Check the details for this plantation temple Dutch Fort (Kota Belanda)
Today only some of the foundations are left. The Dutch Fort is located just at the entrance to Tiger Rock of where there is a hotel: Tiger Rock.
Batu Bersurat and Tiger Rock The story behind it is that a child, who played by the rock, disappeared with no trace and was presumed that a tiger had taken the child. However the villagers at Pangkor Island said that it wasn’t the tiger that had taken the boy, but rather the angry Malays, who wanted to rid Pangkor of the Dutch. The Dutch chiseled this incident on the stone depicting the Malays as a tiger.Dutch Tomb |
