Being a pure Penangite for almost 20 years, I have to admit that that was the first time I stepped onto an island opposite Queensbay Mall named Pulau Jerejak which the history of the Jerejak Island can be found
here. So, it happened on last Saturday when my friends and I had our adventurous outing in Jerejak Island. The adventurous outing was started at around eleven something in the morning as I woke up late as an organizer
unintentionally for 8:30AM ferry then all of us missed the 9:45AM ferry again because we went out for our breakfast nearby. We signed up for a package that includes to-and-fro ferry ride, buffet lunch, and 5 exciting activities that costed each of us for RM65. The 5 activities are wall climbing, rappelling, jungle trekking, flying fox, and lastly, crossing over a suspension bridge which they would probably implanting unforgettable memories into your mind like all of us had.
The all-in-one receipt that counted 13 of us on package that day.
Regardless of the precious time being wasted while waiting for the ferry to arrive, we had our great interactions in within the group. Everyone was wondering what would it look like on the other side especially me.
"There is a spa resort? Like how?" are the thoughts that kept me wondering and imagining while walking on the seashore.
Penang Bridge, early in the morning.
The 13 awesome spirits who made the day!
Nearly an hour of waiting, the wait was finally over at around 10 something in the morning. All of us finally got on board on the ferry after a distance of walk from the station towards the jetty where we waited for quite some time over there. Upon departure towards our adventure, we were getting closer and closer to our destination. Of coarse, the view from the ferry or maybe from the Jerejak Island to Queensbay was such a rare scenery and they are only be angled through the lens of your camera or your eyeballs while the ferry gets in its track slowly to your destination, Pulau Jerejak.
The interior of the ferry that carries tourists to the Jerejak Island.
The views are fantabulous aren't they? After we arrived at Jerejak Island's jetty, we walked our way to the hotel lobby where we were expecting the instructors of our day. The Jerejak Rainforest Resort is clean yet simply beautiful. Immediately, we started our first two activities with wall climbing and rappelling after meeting up one of the instructors. The wall climbing was really fun and I managed to conquer the maximum height of the activity on my second attempt while rappelling was great too where you are to descend towards the end of a rope from a certain height which was the height of the wall climbing.
We had our buffet lunch in the resort hotel and waited for our next activities in the resort hotel's compound that will start at 2 o'clock. Some of us went playing poker in the lobby while I went for swimming with the rest in the resort hotel's pool. Upon continuing our third activity, we were asked to stretch ourselves first before we headed into the rainforest for jungle trekking. The jungle trekking was quite a challenging activity as compared to others as it was because of the slippery slopes and muddy tracks we encountered in this rainy season.
Group photo before we started our jungle trekking.
The entire jungle trekking came to its end when we reached the suspension bridge. We were only allowed to cross the suspension bridge five persons at one time. The experience of crossing over this suspension bridge was an awesome one because it is not a usual thing we can experience in our daily lives. The feeling of crossing this suspension bridge was like you-are-about-to-fall-but-you-are-not especially when someone tries to shake the bridge, it must be a heart pounding moment for those who are afraid of heights.
The suspension bridge!
Right after crossing the suspension bridge, it was the last activity we were having there back in Jerejak Island called flying fox. Again, the flying fox was really great were you are flying over from an end to the other end that is lower. As everyone of us had finished the flying fox, we headed back to the hotel lobby and took our rest there.
A screenshot taken out from a video footage of mine on flying fox.
There was a tree snake resting on a steel bar while we were on our way back to hotel lobby.
Despite being injured while getting down from flying fox, I would say this trip to Jerejak Island was a memorable yet adventurous hangout I ever had with my friends! The RM65 per person for the entire activities was worth it after all that include the buffet lunch which personally I think it is acceptable to fulfill your hungry stomach with no expectations of being a luxurious buffet. The trip to Jerejak Island of ours had ended at about 6 in the evening when we called it a day on that Saturday but the visit has yet to be ended for me as there are still some sites to be explored.
Our last group photo at the jetty back in Penang's.
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