Most people who come to Pangkor Laut want to relax. But there plenty of
activities to keep guests busy:
tennis and squash courts, two swimming
pools, a
workout room, a
TV room (there are no television sets in rooms),
yoga and tai chi quan (scroll down for more on this), and a
popular daily
jungle trek. Don’t let that term
scare you – it sounds a lot more strenuous and adventurous than it really is.
Yip Yoon Wah (people call him
Uncle Yip), the resident
naturalist, is retired and loves to talk. The 2-kilometer
path he uses takes his
group 2 ½ hours to complete, though it could actually be done in 15 minutes (there is also a much longer
trail). But if you go
through the
rainforest on your own you will miss Uncle Yip’s informative talk. He explains
everything -- and I mean everything -- pointing out interesting wildlife like the macaque monkeys (I saw 20 at one time), a
wagless pit viper (see the video below), and a tropical
monitor lizard the size of me. I actually thought it was a Komodo dragon, but Uncle Yip set me straight. There is no charge for the walk.
Most people who come to Pangkor Laut want to relax. But there plenty of activities to keep guests busy: tennis and squash courts, two swimming pools, a workout room, a TV room (there are no television sets in rooms), yoga and tai chi quan (scroll down for more on this), and a popular daily jungle trek. Don’t let that term scare you – it sounds a lot more strenuous and adventurous than it really is. Yip Yoon Wah (people call him Uncle Yip), the resident naturalist, is retired and loves to talk. The 2-kilometer path he uses takes his group 2 ½ hours to complete, though it could actually be done in 15 minutes (there is also a much longer trail). But if you go through the rainforest on your own you will miss Uncle Yip’s informative talk. He explains everything -- and I mean everything -- pointing out interesting wildlife like the macaque monkeys (I saw 20 at one time), a wagless pit viper (see the video below), and a tropical monitor lizard the size of me. I actually thought it was a Komodo dragon, but Uncle Yip set me straight. There is no charge for the walk.
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