Pahang Travel Information

Pahang is the largest state at the Malaysian Peninsular, and offers travelers and guest a wide array of opportunities, whether the trip is for a weekend get-a-way, a business trip or a well-deserved tropical beach holiday. Pahang delivers all these and more in an absolute relaxed environment which one need to have experienced once in a life time.

 

Pahang connects Kuala Lumpur with the east coast, and from that perspective it’s an incredible interesting state to travel through, however Pahang also connects the north of Malaysia with the rest of the country. Pahang is one of the most prosperous states on the Malaysian Peninsular and offers travelers good airports, well maintained highways and an exceptional array of accommodations the long coast line and islands offer a holiday galore.

 

Pahang, Exclusive Tourist Destination

The beaches of Pahang are well known all over the globe, from Endau in the south all the way up past Kuala Rompin, Pekan, Kuantan, Balok and Cherating the long stretch of beach exceeds merely 200 kilometers. An area where travelers can find chalets, homestays and guest houses all the way up to full services luxury resorts near Kuantan and Cherating.

 

Pulau Tioman, a tropical island just of the coast of Pahang delivers an island get-a-way with top class hotels and resorts, beaches, pristine jungle and snorkel and scuba diving opportunities.

The Taman Negara is a protected nature reserve in the heart of the state, and offers a spectacular tourist experience to get up-close-and-personal with the tremendous wildlife and flora and fauna of Malaysia. The tourist area can be reached by road and river.

Pahang offers highlands with some of the highest peaks of the Asian sub-continent.  Cameron Highlands, Genting Highlands and Fraser’s Hill all are part of a mountainous area to the western and northern part of the state.

 

Getting To Pahang

Most people will fly into KLIA 1 or KLIA 2 south of Kuala Lumpur and then transfer to another flight. Transfers to the east coast would be Kuantan airport, Pulau Tioman airport at Tekek or Ipoh airport when visiting the Cameron highlands. 

 

Train connections are not really available in Pahang until 2023. Currently a new east-west rail is constructed, connecting the Malaysian east coast and west coast, connecting Kuala Lumpur directly with Kuantan.

 

 

The highways from Kuala Lumpur are excellent and connect KL with the east coast by the LPT (Lebuhraya Pantai Timur) and various highways down south towards Johor Bahru and Singapore, and up north to Ipoh and Penang connecting the Cameron Highlands.