If you want to take a closer look at the murky, rubbish filled sea waters surrounding Penang island, you will have to spend at least RM175 to do so on a recently introduced Blue Whale Cruise.
Ok, so the sea water surrounding Penang aren't exactly rubbish-filled but you sure as hell will find loads of UFOs (unidentified floating objects) if you look down from the boat. Anyways, if you don't mind spending good money to cruise around Penang island, here are some details about the cruise:
Blue Whale Cruises:
- Run by British skipper and wife, Stephen & Eileen Burton with a local partner, Steven Tan.
- The boat is a 47ft Chriss Craft Boat with 2 diesel engines, fully air conditioned with toilet and galley.
- Can fit up to 20 people but only insured for 16 people on board, also have safety rafts, safety rings, life jacket, first aid box, etc.
Daily Tours:
1. Sunday - Around the island - inclusive of a BBQ lunch - 10am - 6pm
2. Monday - Turtle Beach - inclusive of a BBQ lunch - 10am - 3pm
3. Tuesday - Sunset Cruise - inclusive of set dinner - 6pm - 9.30pm
4. Wednesday - open for private bookings
5. Thursday - Turtle Beach - inclusive of a BBQ lunch - 10am - 3pm
6. Friday - Sunset Cruise - finger food (coffee, tea or my fingers anyone?) - 6pm - 9.30pm
7. Saturday - open for private bookings
While onboard, you will get free flow of soft drinks and water too.
The boat will depart from Tanjung City Marina and is best only for couples or people with children who does not want to tag along.
Seems like they couldn't get the insurance to cover children below 13 so no children allowed. If you want to bring your sullen, angst-filled teenager, you can but I doubt that by this age, your teenager would even want to be seen in public with their parents. Just saying.
The damage to your pocket will be extensive though. It is RM175 nett per person but for the set dinner sunset cruise it is RM250 per person. The All Day round the island cruise is RM300 per person!!
I don't know, maybe it's only meant for foreign tourists who earn in USDs and Pounds because I sure as heck will not spend RM175 to RM300 to cruise around Penang! And no, although the boat is named Blue Whale, there are no whales for you to watch here and nope, you won't get to see dolphins too since most of these have left for better seas.
Penangites will know that they could get to Muka Head by paying a fisherman to bring them in his motorboat at RM70 for a return trip. Yep, and it is not even per person! You can even bring your own food, home cooked or store bought, whatever you choose and have a great picnic at the beach.
Oh well, if you really want to spend that kind of money on the cruises, you can check it out at www.bluewhatecruises.com.
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