On this 2nd day, as planned we went for the River Cruise down the Kuantan River. We took the first cruise which took off @ 9 am from the Shahbandar Jetty. Rightly, the cruise fee is RM15 for an adult and RM8 for a child. However, for each cruise there must be a minimum of 5 adults on board. Since there are only 4 of us (3 adults + 1 child) at that time, we have to pay the minimum charge of RM75 for the cruise to take off.
Shahbandar Jetty.
The cruise took approximately 1.5 hrs altogether which includes a visit to the Mangrove Reserve Forest. The tour operator did a good job in telling us the history of the Kuantan River during the entire cruise. The Kuantan Rives is 98 km long that runs from Sungai Lembing through Kuantan City before flowing out to South China Sea. The international Kuantan Port used to be along this river until it is relocated to Tg. Gelang. Interesting facts, huh ?
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The Mangrove Reserve Forest is quite an interesting place to visit. This mangrove forest is over 500 years of age & I just came to know that mangroves actually protects its area from the tsunami attacks. Cool huh ? There's a 40m viewing tower here to observe the panaromic view of the mangrove forest but unfortunately some parts of the tower are no longer safe to be climbed. From my observation, the government did quite a good job in building up this place as a tourist spot however due to it's remoteness, a lot of vandalism took place. What a waste !
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The unsafe viewing tower.
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For those who had never beeen to this cruise before, I would strongly suggest to give it a shot. As the cruise heading towards the South China Sea, the view is so beautiful, it reminds me so much of Venice. The only setback to this cruise is of course the fee. It is no doubt, a little bit on the higher side. If the government wanna see more locals going for this cruise, the price would definately have to be reduced.
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