All About Boat House Royal Belum VS Tasik Kenyir
A boathouse (or a boat house) is a building specially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use. These are typically located on open water, such as on a river.
In Malaysia, we can find this type of unique building in a specific area such as Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu, and Tasik Banding, Perak. The boat not only floats on water, they also act as a boat to go to places around the lake.
In this article, we are going to review about boathouse in Tasik Kenyir and Tasik Banding all together.
I am someone who has been to both of the boathouse trips for more than 20 over times. I will do my review here for you all to see & compare which boathouse expedition are the best for you. There are pro and cons for both trips as they are also certain things that you need to consider before choosing which one should you go to.
Question One – First thing first, let me ask you: Who are you Going With?
- Some of you might be going with a family
- Some are going for company trips
- Most people goes with their group of friends
- And there are also those who came individually for their soul searching adventure
Base on whom you are going with, you might prefer to choose one trip as compare to the another. Personally for me, Tasik kenyir is better for family trip while Royal Belum is more suited for a company training or bonding trip. Single & Friends trip are both suitable for either Royal Belum or Tasik Kenyir.
Question Two – Royal Belum or Tasik Kenyir Boathouse Expedition?
In the picture below, we can see that the design of the boathouse is about the same and it can accommodate around 25-35 pax at 1 time. The first one is Tasik Kenyir Boathouse and on the last one is Tasik Banding Boathouse.
The boathouse is usually equipped with toilets, kitchen, BBQ pit, karaoke equipment, and lobby.
See below table for a general comparison as to which do you see more
General Comparison
| Tasik Kenyir | Royal Belum | |
| Location | Terengganu | Perak |
| Min Capacity | 15 pax | 20 pax |
| Max Capacity | 35 pax | 35 pax |
| Activities and Specialty | An artificial lake with lots of water activities such as fishing, waterfalls, kayak, and lots more.
Taman Rama-rama and Taman Herba |
Home to exotic wildlife such as tigers, elephants, and 10 types of Rafflesia and other flora and faunas.
Also, there are Orang Asli settlements along the lake and famous tilapia breeding grounds. |
In all our trips, we have seen lots of customer with various preferences between the two trips. Here are some key points that you may consider:
- Tasik Kenyir has the green emerald water experience that you may never get anywhere ever.
- The Royal Belum Rain Forest however provide a more back to nature environment with forest-like lake that you always felt like wanna jump yourself in it.
- Wanna see the show and be friendly-like with native people? Choose Royal Belum. Relax yourself at two beautiful waterfalls with scenic surrounding; choose Tasik Kenyir.
- The bamboo kayaking & Rafflesia hunting experience is only achievable in Royal Belum while the drinking of Exotic herbs are only available in Kenyir.
- Both trips has a Kelah Sanctuary visit, but Kenyir has the bigger fishes. Both trip can be changed to a fishing trip.
- Kenyir has the better internet coverage while Royal Belum has no coverage.
Question 3 – Private package or Join Group?
For 3 days 2 nights around both lake, money-wise, you should consider a few options if you are going alone or with few friends. The itinerary will be the same but there are some considerations that might change your minds.
Private Package means that you can choose your own date and your own suitable requirement whether you want to have a Karaoke till late morning, a Zumba session early at 5am or maybe special activities like summersaulting from the top of the boat with your buddies. Flexibility and private environment is the key. However, you would need at least 15 – 20 pax for booking. Price is as per below.
Join Group Package is the package that has fixed departure date by Trip Jalan Jalan whereby you can join in even as a single participants or with your small group friends. Specialty with this group is getting to know lots of new friends, broaden your horizon and there are gonna be lots of fun games & activities readily made by the Trip Jalan Jalan crew. Just chill back and enjoy.
See below table for some brief idea of the price for each package type:
| Royal Belum 3d2n | Private | Join Group |
| Price | RM380/pax(Min 20 pax) | RM350/pax (min 1 pax) |
| Accommodations
(4-5 person per room) |
Arrange and share rooms with people that are in your group only
|
Need to share a room with other people in the group |
| Date | Any date is available | Chosen date only |
| Foods & Activities | Provided by Crew | Provided by Crew |
Question 4 – Package or Rent-a-boat?
There are also the other choice of just renting out the boat without needing the Trip Jalan Jalan crew to join in and do the activity package for you. The crew will not attend but you will still have the boathouse crew with you.
All the activities remain the same, except you won’t have the activities or the so called activities crew in the trip. Just chill back and enjoy. “Free and Easy” is the theme.
If you don’t want to cook on your own, just let us know and you may add the chef to be on board with you with your own requested specialize dining preference. Our chef specialize in all types of Malaysian Cuisine, just name the menu
Some may want free and easy activities and others might want to socialize with new people and learn new things. Here are the comparison that you may see
| Boathouse 3D2N | Rent-a-boat | Package |
| Price | RM4,300/boathouse | RM350/pax (min 1 pax) |
| Includes | Boathouse accommodation
Lake tour
|
Boathouse accommodation
Lake tour Meals Speedboat Tour Guide Entrance fees |
| Excludes | Meals
Speedboat Tour Guide Entrance fees Additional tour |
Additional tour |
Question 5 – 2 Days 1 Night or 3 Days 2 Nights?
See below table for comparison of itineray:
| Boathouse Itinerary | ||
| Trip Duration | Royal Belum | Tasik Kenyir |
| 3D2N | Day 1
1130 Check in Boathouse
|
Day 1
1000 Check in Boathouse
|
Day 2
|
Day 2
|
|
|
Day 3
|
Day 3
|
|
| 2D1N | Day 1
1130 Check in Boathouse
|
Day 1
1400 Check in Boathouse
|
Day 2
|
Day 2
|
Question 6 – What is the Price Comparison for Tasik Kenyir & Royal Belum?
Price for Trip Jalan Jalan Package is as per below. You can compare with other companies but i assure you that their price is really competitive considering their hospitality, customer services and package inclusions.
| Boathouse Package | ||
| Trip Duration | Royal Belum | Tasik Kenyir |
| 3D2N |
RM350 (Our Date) RM380 (Own Date)
|
RM350 (Our Date) RM380 (Own Date) |
| 2D1N |
RM269 (Our Date) RM299 (Own Date) |
RM269 (Our Date) RM299 (Own Date) |
| Boathouse Rental | ||
| Trip Duration | Royal Belum | Tasik Kenyir |
| 3D2N | RM4,300 (Mid size Group)
RM4,000 (Small Group) |
RM4,300 (Mid size Group)
RM4,000 (Small Group) |
| 2D1N | RM2,800 (Mid size Group)
RM2,200 (Small Group) |
RM2,800 (Mid size Group)
RM2,200 (Small Group) |
Question 7 – How to Book?
For booking or enquiry you may contact the Trip Jalan Jalan sales person via their official phone number at 0177331482.
Alternatively, kindly click all the below links as per your preferences:
Royal Belum Boathouse
Tasik Kenyir Boathouse
Summary
For those who wish to relax and enjoy nature as it is, the rent-a-boathouse is the way to go as you have more free time to relax, cook by yourself and catch your own fish for your meals.
Join our group, an open trip for all, limited to 35pax per trip. This awesome trip is gonna blow your mind as you will meet people from different places and get along together as 1 family of proud Malaysian.
There will be activities together such as board games, pic-a-rama, fishing, and cooking. Put aside your ego and pride away as we are all the same and this is the perfect time to loosen yourself.
We all need some time away from our daily lives and being on a boathouse is the perfect gateway place to go. Some may experience sickness as they have not adapted to the swaying of the boat on the water. Fear not, it is a normal thing for everyone too.
Both places have great things to offer and it is up to you to make a decision whether to take a package or go on a private trip.
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