Kukup Island - fascinating mangrove paradise

A lot of  people might not have heard of this island, including Malaysians themselves. But this is a very nice place to visit at the Southern part of Johor, Malaysia. Just like the shape of the island: THUMBS UP!!

知道龜咯島這個地方嗎? 不是有很多龜殼或是龜仙人住的地方喔. 到底是什麼地方呢?

也許身為馬來西亞人的你沒聽過這個地方, 更沒去過這個島. 沒關係, 繼續往下看你就會知道為什麼這個島就像它的形狀那樣 "讚" 了.

Pulau Kukup (Kukup Island), being the Southmost island of Malaysia, is situated not far away from the Kukup township. One can access to this island via visitors boat that goes regularly between the mainland and the island.

龜咯島位於柔佛州的西南部, 也是馬來西亞最南端的一個小島, 跟之前介紹的天涯海角Tanjung Piai只有一小段距離.

要前往龜咯島的唯一方式就是坐每隔一段時間就有一個班次的船到達龜咯島碼頭.

 You will see a loooooonnnng bridge leading you all the way to the heart of the island. That's where you gonna start your adventure and discovery into the nature. Ladies, don't freak out. It's ONLY 600 metres starting from here and will only take you about an hour to finish walking the main route.

For those of you who likes to venture into nature, walking through the suspension bridge itself is already quite fun, not to say that sometimes you will get to "walk along" with the monkeys. Along the bridge you will see the sturdy mangroves expand their greenery to see who's the first to reach the other side of the river bank.

Did I mention about MONKEYS?
Yes,  you'll see a lot of monkeys swinging around the trees as you'll be entering their territory. Besides monkeys, you will get to see a lot of mangrove unique flora & fauna too. If you're lucky enough, you will get to see the biggest animal on this island - the wild boar. Birds, mudskipper, horseshoe crab, and varies type of crabs are visible throughout the walk way.

Pulau Kukup gains its name on the globad map by being the Wetland of International Importance Ramsar Site. It is also one of the largest uninhabitated mangrove island in the world. Hence it is gazetted as Pulau Kukup Johor National Park on 27 March 1991.

You can have a 360 degree view from the top of the tower, which is the highest building on Kukup Island. You will see a vast exuberant untouched mangrove trees covering the whole island, forming a good and safe habitat for the flora and fauna here.

If you haven't really seen a mangrove habitat in your life, here is the place. Come before the climate changing destroys our nature.