Tanjung Piai

Located at the southern most tip of mainland Asia, 75km from JB, Tanjung Piai is famous for its mangrove swamplands, which are homes to many exotic aquatic life-forms, including multicolored mangrove crabs, beady-eyed mudskippers, and crab-eating macaques. Here, one can see "Gula Melaka" (palm sugar) processed the traditional way and experience the lifestyle of a typical Malay Kampung community. Tanjung Piai is also home to one of nature's rarely seen spectacular phenomena, the fireflies. When certain conditions prevail, these fireflies will swarm and transform the mangrove swamp into a twinkling wonderland.

Published on: 2005-07-23 (1825 reads)

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