Kukup and Kukup island at the southern tip of the state of Johor of Peninsular Malaysia.
A city tour Kukup and Pulau Kukup (Kukup Iceland) is definitely one to visit the Tanjung Piai, the southernmost tip of Asia, why add to the famous fish and recreation. Kukup city is only 15 km from Tanjung Piai.
Kukup consists of 3 villages - According Kukup and Kampung Air Masin Melayu. The villages are used in woodBakau houses built on stilts.
Kukup is a community, fisheries and seafood restaurants and is famous for the cultivation of fish cages.
The tourists come mostly seafood Singapore Kukup and holidays. As a visitor can click on the area farmed fish as KELONG (culture cage fish farming) in the sea between Iceland and Kukup Jetty Kukup known. There are private houses on the coast, accessible only by boat built by the ferry port. Tourists can book and stay in thisprivate house and leads to what is free time as gambling, mahjong, fishing, barbecues, etc.
Visitors can buy dried fish (Fish bilis) and squid, "keropok") (crackers and other marine animals to produce food and spices, such as belacan (shrimp dry land), "cencaluk" (small prawns seasoned) and agar - agar.
Kukup island is only about 3 minutes by boat from Kukup Jetty. The boat ride will cost RM5, including 00-round-trip. Visitors have to pay RM10-00 ifStopping a fish farm on the road.
It is a country of immigration checkpoint at the pier Kukup. Visitors can click on Batam and Tanjung Balai (Karimun), Indonesia, from Kukup Jetty.
Kukup Iceland is one of the largest uninhabited mangrove island in the world.
For decades, the population on this island trying to fix, but did not happen. It 'still uninhabited.
Kukup island has an area of approximately 648 hectares and is surrounded by 800 hectares of mudflats. In the old days, it wasfloaked early vanguished pirates and prisoners. Its importance has decreased sharply due to decreased activity. Now it is again bustling tourist destination with visitors coming to Singapore Leisure and seafood.
Kukup Island National Park was gazetted in March 1997 and is now run by Johor Pulau Kukup National Park.
Kukup island in January 2003 was the status of a wetland "of international importance", or Ramsar site Geneva-based Ramsar ConventionBureau.
Boardwalk is built deep in the mangrove forests of the island. Visitors can take a walk in 45 minutes the mangroves along the promenade. Statement by the end plates are the sea walk, the species of flora and fauna show built on the site. Its purpose is education for children and adults.
At the end of the promenade, a 6-Plane is the Watchtower. E 'leads visitors through the treetops and offers visitors a 360 degree view of Iceland Kukup. This is aStunning horizon of green sea with gentle blowing on the face of happiness.
Water birds, including migratory birds from Russia and China will gather in the southern part Kukup ie the watt. It 'definitely a place that can not lose by a passionate birdwatcher.
Other animals such as the mudskipper, fiddler fish, wild boar Kukup can see the island.