Pulau Pangkor / Pangkor Island

 

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Snorkeling.

Pulau Pangkor / Pangkor Island is and island visited by lots of people from various races all over the world.

The name of the island comes from the Thai ‘Pang Ko‘, which means Beautiful Island. It actually concerns a group of islands with Pangkor as its main island, and next to that a trio of smaller islands: Pangkor Laut, Pulau Mentagor en Pulau Giam. Pangkor Laut is the best known of these, because of the idyllic resort you can find on this small island (with similar name; Pangkor Laut Resort ). Pangkor is a mountainous island; the highest point is at 1216 meters (Pangkor’s Hill). Since the main island consists of just mountains, the roads are lying in a circle around the island. There is no real best time to visit Pangkor; as the island is pretty much shielded by Sumatra, weather is pretty much the same throughout the year (though it still is a tropical island).

It has various of things such as resorts, transportations, food stalls, water games, etc.

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