Second Pulau Tikus kayak trip

8 Jul 2009 under Personal, Sports | 4 Comments
Group photo after returning from Pulau Tikus

Group photo after returning from Pulau Tikus

I would have forgotten when I last went to Pulau Tikus if there’s date printed on the photo. This time, I went with my company’s colleagues.

As usual, we booked for 3 hours for RM24. The journey to the island was quite a tough one as we were moving against the current. It took us a good 45 minutes to reach there but just a mere 27 minutes to get back from the island. I guess current does play a big role here.

Pulau Tikus

The sea was on low tide that morning. And for this, we were able to land on the sandy area which made life a lot easier compared to the last time I went there. We had to land on the bumpy rocky area the last time around. It was definitely much more dangerous than landing on sandy area. Thank god.

As the tide is still low that time, we were able to explore around the island on foot. Juggling through the rocky terrain is what we mostly encountered as what we can see from the map on the left.

We even met some people who took boat to the island to chill and fish.

Surely a good experience kayak-ing there sometimes. Oh ya, after ‘conquering’ the island for the second time. I would like to give some tips if you are planning a trip there anytime soon!

Tips

  • Sunblock. Yes, definitely needed.
  • Sunglasses. If you are not OK with the strong blinding sunlight.
  • Waterproof container. For you to keep important stuff.
  • Sweet/candy are recommended.
  • Drinking water. Critical.
  • Complete set of spare clothes.
  • Vinegar. In case of jellyfish attack! (You can borrow from the kayak rental office)
  • And lastly, you may want to go on low tide. You will enjoy much better there and a lot safer.
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Pulau Tikus

27 May 2009 under Hobbies, Personal | 1 Comment

Inspired by Dragon Boat festival that I attended a day before, 6 of us joined force for a kayaking trip to Pulau Tikus.

Our kayaks

Here’s our warships that will take us to the island. The man-in-charge recommended us to take this kind of kayak instead of the classic one (the one with two big holes) because if it happen to capsize, it’s easier to turn the boat back around. The classic one would trap a lot of water inside making the rescue hard.

The charges

If you are interested to organize an outing, here’s the monetary info you need. It took me some time to understand their complicated pricing. Each kayak fits 2 person. Each person would need to pay….

  • RM 24 : 2 hours + 1 hour Free = 3 hours.
  • RM 20 : 2 hours.
  • RM 12 : 1 hour.

That’s the pricing would look like for a group of around 6 people, you can always negotiate for better deal if you walk in with a bigger group!

Group picture (with Lasker behind the camera!)

Posing in front of the boats. (JJ, Thily, Wooi Chean, Hugo, Wendy) We even joked that we can form our own team to compete in next year’s Dragon Boat Festival with ShoutOut name on it!

Reached Pulau Tikus

After almost 1 hour, we made it to the island after a NEAR fatal experience trying to board the island. Approaching the shore is a tremendously difficult mission as we need to juggle through the terrain full of rocks around. There is no beach  alike shore for us to get ashore.

Group photo at Pulau Tikus

Group photo at Pulau Tikus. Lasker, Thily, JJ, Wendy, Hugo, Wooi Chean

And finally a nice group photo before we left the island. That’s another 1 hour on the way back.

What’s on the island?

There’s a abandoned house with some kinda tomb inside and a look-alike small light house beside it. It’s just that, nothing much else to see. Check out this post entry for more info.

Getting there

Landing on Pulau Tikus

If you want to get to the house and the light house, you will need to board ashore among the rocks as pointed in the map above. There’s actually some sandy area on our path there but strangely enough, we did not notice on that. Maybe that area has been submerged by the water during high tide. I think there’s no way for you to get to the house on foot if we were to land on the sandy area though.

Penang Water Sports Recreation Center

Closes on Monday.
Contact Number: 04-8909373 (Roy)

Extra: There’s basically no need to do booking in advance as there’s plenty of boats available but give them a call just in case you need to.  Location map of the center is after the jump.

Credit: Photos by Lasker

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