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Walking

The beaches of Terengganu are straight from a postcard.  They are wide and long.  Infact the 300km coastline of Terengganu is virtually unbroken beach.  The beaches are fringed by coconut trees and various small villages.  On the beach you will meet local fishermen and fun goers as the sun sets.  The beach faces due east so the sunrises are fantastic.   We will be camping on the beach at night twice in the first week.

Kg Mangkok

The village of Mangkok is a typical rustic east coast Malaysian village and its location is sheer bliss with the sea to the east and the Setiu river to the west the sunrises and sunsets cannot be beaten.  The stilt wooden houses are dotted between coconut trees with the odd cow walking amongst them.  The men are mostly fishermen or collect turtle eggs and the women look after the homes.

Perhentian

The Perhentian Islands are renowned as being the most beautiful islands in Malaysia and welcome droves of  tourists and backpackers each year. The waters are crystal clear and turquoise whilst the forests are lush green and teeming with life.

Your second week will be spent in the isolated bay of Tanjung Tukah which is HOPE’s first project site located at Bubbles Dive Resort and Centre.  Bubbles is an environmentally conscious tourist resort which has recently  been rated as a PADI National Geographic Dive centre. The resort was started by Ronnie, Pei See and Eric Ng  who still run the resort along with two Aussies Libby and Shrimpy (Eric). The beauty and the isolation from the  outside world of the bay attracted them, which is undoubtedly the most beautiful bay in the Perhentian Islands. Another attraction was the nesting Green Turtles which can be seen nesting on the beaches from March and  from May to July turtles nest every night.  Turtle hatchlings are released from June to October.

Month           March  April    May    June    July     August  September    October

Nesting         low        med      high     high    high      low

Hatchlings                                               low      med      high        high                   med

If you stay longer for your consequent weeks you will be based in Perhentian village on the small island and on a rota basis guard the beach at Pinang seribu at night.  At weekends you will get to visit some of the other bays around the islands to host an information booth spreading turtle awareness amongst the tourists visiting Perhentian.

WE RECOMMEND YOU EXTEND YOUR TRIP BY 1 WEEK FOR JUST GBP100.  FOR THE EXTENSION WEEK YOU WILL LIVE IN PERHENTIAN VILLAGE, HOST A SECOND TNT CLUB, EDUCATE TOURISTS VISITING PERHENTIAN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT TURTLE NESTING BEACH IN THE PERHENTIANS – PINANG SERIBU WHERE A SUNRISE SNORKEL IS NOT TO BE MISSED.