14 Best islands in Malaysia
Ultimate guide (December 2025)
Tinggi is an island to the southeast of Mersing town, Malaysia. It is as beautiful as Perhentian Islands, but less crowded. Good beach… / read more » /
Perhentian Islands - two small islands with best beaches in Malaysia. Tourist infrastructure is relatively undeveloped, which contributes to the c… / read more » /
Besar Johor is a small paradise island in the east of Malaysia. It's about as beautiful as Redang island, but most tourists are locals. Thu… / read more » /
Kapas is a small island in Malaysia located a little to the south Kuala Terengganu major town. Beaches are almost as beautiful as in … / read more » /
Redang is an island on the east coast of Malaysia. This is a real tropical paradise. The beaches have white sand, azure water, many pa… / read more » /
Lang Tengah is a small island located near the east coast of Malaysia. It's not overcrowded, because almost nobody knows about this place. … / read more » /
Tengah is an island being closest to Mersing town in the mainland Malaysia. The island is beautiful and has good beaches, but still ra… / read more » /
Bidung Laut is a small islet to the south of more popular Redang Island in Malaysia. The place is quite beautiful, but has not much of tour… / read more » /
Tenggol is a small island to the south of Kuala Terengganu town in Malaysia. There is single beach only. It suffers from problem of str… / read more » /
Tioman is a popular tourist island in Malaysia. Despite many good reviews, the beaches are far from the best, - for example Perhentian… / read more » /
Aur is an island in Malaysia located to the northeast of Singapore. There is also smaller Dayang island nearby. So hiking is great … / read more » /
Rawa is a small island in Malaysia near mainland town of Mersing. The island has good snorkeling and hiking. Beach is also beautiful… / read more » /
Pemanggil is a small islet located to the south of Tioman Island, Malaysia. Snorkeling is very good here. As for pure beach holiday, it i… / read more » /
Langkawi is the most popular island in Malaysia. The tourist infrastructure is well developed, and there are few relatively good beaches… / read more » /