TIOMAN: Berjaya Tioman Resort & Malay Villages, Genting, Paya, Tekek & Air Batang

Shahzan Villa, more than just a village. It is a place fit for a king, sultan or emperor. It is situated in the highest point in Berjaya Tioman Golf & Spa Resort, next to the Club house

The jungle trail linking the village of Tekek to Air Batang Village. It is not accessible by motor vehiles, motor-cycles or bicycles

The village of Air Batang is connected to the village of Tekek by an undulating forest path of about 150 metres in length. The path lies at the northern end of the Tekek bay near the Marine Park Information Centre (Pusat Informasi Taman Laut).

The fourth ferry stop is the village of Air Batang. It is also the second last stop one before the village of Salang.

The rocks & boulders at the promontory offer an elegant sight of the sea front.

The golf course is an 18-hole scenic course with views of hills, beaches & sea.
The tip of the golf course is a promontory with elegant stacks of boulders.

Berjaya Tioman Beach Resort together with the adjoining Berjaya Tioman Beach Golf & Spa Resort has an exclusive beach sandy front which runs a few kilometres from one end of a bay to the other end. The beach too is wide.

Tekek too houses the 600-room four-star Berjaya Tioman Beach Resort which is popular with the high-end tourists from both Malaysia & abroad.

Tekek is the largest village in Tioman. It has the only airport on the island as well as the only police station, health clinic, Tenaga Nasional (National Power)power station, Post Office-cum-Bank Simpanan Nasional (National Savings Bank) with an ATM. It also has the Marine Park Information Centre.

The village of Tekek is the third ferry stop from Mersing. Tekek has a beautiful marina beside the jetty.

Paya village is more boisterous than Genting. Visitors from the nearby village often make a bee-line for Paya especially in the evenings

The second stop for the ferry from Mersing is the village of Paya. Paya has many chalets built on the hillside facing the sea & its beaches.

Tioman today remains very much a paradise island with many clean sandy beaches which are unspoilt as they are spread out over various parts of the island. Genting village is popular with visitors from Singapore the neighbouring country.

TIME Magazine in the 1970s selected Tioman as one of the world's most beautiful island. Arriving from Mersing on the Mainland the first ferry stop is the village of Genting