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Pulau Ketam, literally translated, means “crab island”. It is a small island located off the coast of Klang. The island is easily accessible from the Port Klang jetty by ferry. The “floating houses” that come to view as visitors approach the island is a sight to awe any city slickers. Perching casually on long wooden stilts, these dwellings are suspended about one to ten (1-10) metre above sea level.
Pulau Ketam is the best opportunity for visitors to witness and experience the unique lifestyle of fishermen. Homestay facilities are readily available. And, Pulau Ketam also having a very special viewpoint with town city where this island escape from air polutions, traffic jams, finding car parking problem etc. Seafood is a natural wonder of this isle, and Pulau Ketam is renowned for fresh crabs, prawns and fish. It is indeed a seafood gourmet’s paradise!
How To Get There
By train (KTM Komuter) it will take an hour and a half to Pelabuhan Kelang from KLSentral in Kuala Lumpur. The train stops at every station and you will enjoying a nice trip through the Klang Valley. In Klang you will take the highspeed ferry to Pulau Ketam. Its only a half hour ride (12 nautical miles) away from the hustle and bustle of Port Klang.
Places of interest in Pulau Ketam
Fish Farm
Fish farm is floating on the sea. It takes about 10 minutes journey to reach by boat. Fishes are reared in these fishing farms. Most of the living fish are exported to Hong Kong. Some of them will be transported to restaurants.
Pulau Ketam Jetty
Your first step on Pulau Ketam is the pulau Ketam Jetty. Villager like to loiter around enjoying sea breezes after dinner. It is really relaxing and enjoying. At night times, teenagers assemble here for their leisures and social activities.
Couple Bridge
In Pulau Ketam have a special bride called “Couple Bridge” in Mandarin. If you go to Koperasi Herr Ming Pulau Ketam will via from this bridge.
Koperasi Herr Ming Pulau Ketam
Here you can see the boast used for tranporting fish to the mainland. It is a nice place to take photos.
Nang Thiam Keng Temple
The Nang Thiam Keng Hall is a common place for holding wedding dinners. In 6th of 6th Month of Chinese Calendar is the God’s birthday. This is a big event here. A celebration of at least 14 days of Chinese Opera and Mini Concert make the nights more lively and energetic. Every 3 years, the committee board of the temple will organize the ritual of “Gods Patrol and blessing the island”. The event will be attended by many temple’s “God” together and “They” walk around the town, patrolling the sea, and guarding the island.
Hock Leng Keng Temple
One of the biggest temple in Pulau Ketam. The temple is beautiful with intricate sculptures and colorful painting. It celebrates its big events at 28th of 4th Month of Chinese Calender, with chinese opera and mini concert.
First Bridge
There are 11 bridge in Pulau Ketem. (Sungai Lima has another 3). The first bridge is near main street. Here you can see a lot of boats parking at the small private jetties.
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i have always wanted to go to the coast of klang, not many people are aware fo is existance but it is a great fishing destiantion. i hope you article increases awarness of it.
I think I should visit all local islands nearby… Good info.
ehm. i always want to go to pulau ketam. Just really not have time to do that..
This is a great article on pulau ketam and it’s really well written. Thanks for posting this hopefully it will raise awareness and get more visitors to pulau ketam.
I have a group of friends came from Hong Kong & China, and I brought them to Pulau Ketam. However, it was a bad experience for us. We have been cheated by a couple who claimed to be the only trasport provider when we reach Port Klang Jetty on 31-Aug. The Lady with a loud speaker was getting all the tourist before they reach jetty, and the price was RM15 per person (much higher than the normal speed boat RM7, which i found out when i reach Pulau Ketam, besides that she also get all the tourist wait with more than 30 mins where she claimed the boat has not arrive yet. There has been a lot of stories about her, after i get to known a guy from Pulau Ketam. Besides me and my friends, i seen a lot mat salleh also getting very very dissappointed with the service where i think it bring negative effect to tourism in Malaysia. After all, she and her husband is running this business without proper license, and yet, she is an Indonesian!!! I wish the relevant dept from govt will take action on it.