Lumut Travel Guide
Lumut is a fishing town that operates an important base for the Malaysian Navy so visitors will see sailors everywhere they go. Despite a recent barrage of investment and ad campaigns, this city doesn't attract many tourists.
- Worth It?
- Only as a means of getting to Palau Pangkor.
- What to Do
- visit the waterfront promenade.
- Best Time to Go
- during the cool season from November to early February.
- How Long?
- A few hours are enough to see Lumut.
The biggest investment in recent years is the waterfront promenade, a project that started in 2004 and is slated for completion in 2010. This area boasts a spread of entertainment and dining options that can keep visitors engaged for an evening.
But the main reason visitors come to Lumut is to catch a ferry to Pulau Pangkor, with several departures a day. The journey takes less than an hour. The upside to all of the ongoing construction is an abundance of accommodation options. Anyone who misses the last ferry has plenty of hotels to choose from.
Travel to Lumut - Getting There
Lumut is almost equidistance between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and both of these cities boast prominent international airports. The city itself is offset from the main expressway so overland travel times are long. The alternative is to catch the ferry to Pulau Pangkor, where there's an airport with quick and regular connections to Subang Airport at Kuala Lumpur.
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