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Kuantan, the capital of Pahang state, is on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia.

Table of contents

1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By bus 2.3 By car 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 9.1 Budget 10 Get out 11 External links

Understand

With 340,000 people Kuantan is the largest city on the Malaysian east coast. However, it has little if anything of interest to the casual visitor, and most people just pass by or stop for the night on their way north or south.

Get in

By plane

Kuantan's small Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport (KUA) currently only fields a few daily flights to Kuala Lumpur (40 min, full price RM 122) plus a single weekly flight to Kuala Terengganu.

By bus

Kuantan is about 5 hours from Kuala Lumpur by bus. Fares are currently around RM 14.30.

By car

Opened in 2004, the Karak Highway (Highway 2) connects Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur, and the distance of 277 kilometers can be covered in 3-3.5 hours.

Get around

See

Do

• Teluk Chempedak, 5 km north of Kuantan. A fairly decent beach offering a range of watersports including surfing (don't expect too much).

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

• Hotel Pacific, 60-62 Jalan Bukit Ubi, tel. 5141980. Functional but tolerable two-star hotel. Rooms are RM60 and up, and have air-con and attached bathrooms.

Get out

External links