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 Mersing located east cost of Johor is a small and quiet
fisherman town and a staging point to the Johor
island and Tioman's island. The built up area is about 2838.6
sq km with the population of 67,557. Mersing is
accurately dubbed as the paradise island for many
beautiful and untouched islands within its boundary.
From the jetty, tourist will be able to go to
Rawa,
Besar,
Pemanggil,
Dayang
and Aur
Island. Some only within half an hour boat
ride from the jetty, while others like Pemanggil
and Aur require 4 to 5 hours boat ride. It is
certainly the easiest access to Tioman Island
(the other access point to Tioman island is via
Tanjung Gemok jetty, Kuantan, Pahang). Speed ferry
and speedboat trips to Tioman are available daily
from Mersing's jetty.
Besides
islands, Mersing's coastline is lined with several
idyllic beaches that could provide equally exciting
experience like Air papan, Penyabong beach, Teluk
Buih Beach and Tenglu beach.
The
Endau Rompin national Park is also accessible
via Mersing. The national park hosted many flora
and fauna, legendary waterfall, beautiful rock
formation and number of interesting animal species.
The park (about 48,905 hectar) located at the
north east of Mersing at the border of Pahang's
state.
There
are only about 5 hotels in Mersing which 3 of
them are budget type hotel (Embassy hotel, Mersing
Inn and Mersing riverview hotel). The hotel rates
are in the range of RM60-RM100 per night. The
2 star hotel, the Sri Malaysia and Hotel Timotel
are in the range of RM80-RM150 per night.
 When you arrive in Mersing
by coach, you will stop at plaza R&R which
is within walking distance to the jetty.
Getting around in a taxi can cost you around RM5/trip.
Beware
with an unauthorized travel agent who will try
to persuade you to buy a travel package or ferry
ticket because you might get cheated. There
are many incident when the tourist bought a ferry
ticket from unauthorized agent and end up with
hours of waiting for the ferry which do not exists!
The same thing goes to the buying holiday packages.
Well, when someone approach you to sell the ticket
of travel package, just tell them politely that
you have already make your travel arrangements
so that they will go away :). The best way is
to go to a license travel agent (license by the
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia)
and buy your holiday package.
How to get to Mersing ?
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