City: Pahang
Top Things to do in Pahang
What to do and see in Pahang, Malaysia: The Best Nature & Wildlife Areas
Pahang (Malay pronunciation: [paˈhaŋ]; Jawi: ڤهڠ), officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific Darul Makmur (Jawi: دار المعمور, "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and a federal state of Malaysia. With an area of 35,840 square kilometres, it is the third largest Malaysian state and the largest in Peninsular Malaysia. Its territory comprises roughly 11% of the total land area of Malaysia. With 1.63 million inhabitants, it is Malaysia's ninth most-populous state. Pahang's capital and largest city, Kuantan, is the eight largest urban agglomerations by population in Malaysia.
Restaurants in Pahang
1. Kechara Forest Retreat
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By Sudhammasu
Drop by here as it offers the biggest Dorje Shudgen statue I have ever seen to respect and pray to! Besides this, the place have many spiritual images and there are a number of "pastors" to giude you and relate Tibetan Buddhism for those interested!
2. Bukit Pelindung Recreational Forest
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By 251nm - Kuantan, Malaysia
I visited this place by accident, not expected good road but turned out nice trip. The slope is high not easy at all!!!
3. Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 864 reviews
You'll never forget the day you helped give an elephant a bath (additional request with the help of a guide). Currently elephant riding has been temporary stopped until further notice. Get up close and personal with the amazing semi-wild elephants at Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary. Be sure to book in advance because the center has strict daily visitor quotas.
Reviewed By hannahfsaunders - Nottingham, United Kingdom
My boyfriend and I spent a day at the elephant sanctuary on our way from the Cameron Highlands to Taman Negara. We chose the educational guide (120RM for a private tour) which included feeding the baby elephants, watching them being given milk, an educational short film, the ‘elephant show’ (introduction to each of the big elephants) and feeding the big elephants. We paid 10RM each to bathe with the baby elephants in the river. The sanctuary itself is extremely peaceful, surrounded by the river and national park. Our guide Mira was lovely, extremely knowledgable about the sanctuary and the elephants themselves and made for a wonderful day. We stayed in Temerloh and paid 150RM for a taxi from our hotel, to wait for us all day and then take us back to the bus stop. This was a fantastic day, and good value for money (don’t bother with a prebooked tour unless you need the transport!). We highly recommend!
4. Cherating Turtle Sanctuary
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 265 reviews
Reviewed By PGzzz - New Quay, United Kingdom
A very simple excursion. Book up-front (we did earlier the same day), turn up at the allotted time (in early evening before it gets dark) and get a bucketful each of 16 or so one-week old baby turtles to release on the beach close to the water. A lovely experience, and a good cause, in them protecting and coaxing the eggs into healthy little creatures. Take time to visit the Sanctuary during the day too. They are doing some renovation/development work now (Aug 2019), but the small museum is very informative. And free of charge, but please do leave a donation ;-)
5. Deerland Park
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 88 reviews
The Deerland Park is a privately owned and managed deer park situated about 2km outside the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Pahang. The park has some 30 Indonesian deer.
Reviewed By leeernyap - Singapore, Singapore
I had visited deerland 9 years ago. It is shame that i just foubd out this amazing since my family was living nearby which is 20 mins drive from Batu Tiga. As we used to surpass this mini zoo and went to KL zoo instead. I would had asked our father to bring us here is i ever knew it. Nevetheless this is an amazing zoo. Much intimidating personal touch with the wild compare with the zoo at Kl . They dont have big animals they do have many small type of cute animals like wild cats, wild fluffy roasters , gecko, rabbits and birds. I had visited this zoo before and took pic with a small python there. I visited it again last week and took pic with a much bigger python. Not sure whether it is the same python but it should be the same as python life span is up to 20 years.????
6. Cameron Highlands Butterfly Garden
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 380 reviews
Reviewed By Rakes72 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Apart from many butterfly species, this place also have many different types of insects and small animals too - its like a mini zoo. There is also small flower and vegetable farms inside.
