Kuantan is the gateway to the beach strip which extends all the way up the east coast to Kota Bharu. Kuantan is a friendly and pleasant town but mainly serves as a stopver point for travellers en route to other destinations.

Cherating is a very popular beach approx. 1hr drive north of Kuantan. Here you'll find good restaurants and a fairly nice beach. It's got a relaxed pace and you can explore the nearby attractions of Tasik Chini and Gua Charas easily from here.

Terengganu was once a sleepy fishing village but is now a modern medium size city thanks to oil revenue. Most travellers use Terengganu as a base for visiting the nearby attractions of Tasik (Lake) Kenyir and the fishing villages of Marang and Merang.

4 Star Category
Located at one of Malaysia’s premier holiday spots, Cherating Beach, Kuantan. Set amongst swaying palms and casuarinas trees along a golden beach washed with clear blue seas, this resort is perfect for holiday makers be it individual travelers or family outings. Its family room can comfortably accommodate 2 adults/2 children and each room has a splendid view of the sea. While you are busy enjoying the facilities offered by the resort, your kids can play at the children’s playground where fulltime caretakers are available.

4 Star Category
Situated at Teluk Dalam Kecil, the resort is an idyllic retreat with its powder-white beach and clear blue water. The island is one of Malaysia’s premier marine parks. It’s a great place for a relaxing holiday or a romantic interlude. The water surrounding the island boasts the most colorful marine life and makes it a diver’s paradise. The resort with its Malaysian style chalets or suites have the usual 4 star room facilities including air-conditioning, IDD telephone, TV, mini bar and piped-in music.

5 Star Category
The best private beach and spa resort on the East Coach of Malaysia. Tanjung Jara Resort offers it’s guests a truly Malay experience. All cottages and suites are uniquely designed using local rich timbers. They are positioned along a beautiful coastline facing the sea, the tropical landscaped gardens and beach. A truly exclusive experience for holiday makers.

See how the local village people live and work. You'll have the opportunity to see demonstrations of weaving and fish salting in this quaint seaside community.

Travel by an out-board motorboat to the "Orang Asli" (aborigines) settlement and see how the native people live and hunt. This tour is a must for nature lovers.

The Panching Caves are a limestone outcrop and 1 of the caves has a spectacular 9 meter long sculptured statue of a reclining Buddha. A reasonable level of fitness is required to ascend the 220 steps.

Tasik Chini is a series of 12 lakes, situated about 60km west of Kuantan, and around its shores live the Jakun people, an Orang Asli tribe. It's a very beautiful area and you can walk for miles in jungle territory and stay at the nearby Orang Asli village of Kampung Gumum.

Ten kilometres north of Kuantan on the road to Kuala Terengganu, the small village of Beserah is famous for its salted fish and keropok (fish crackers). Fishermen still haul the day's catch to the processing areas by buffalo cart - a mode of transport that is becoming increasingly rare in techno-conscious Malaysia. Although it functions as yet another "cultural village" for Kuantan's tourists, supplied with a few handicraft workshops looking remarkably like souvenir outlets, Beserah is on the whole an unassuming place.