Pengerang

Pengerang is a peninsula at the southeastern end of Johor in Malaysia. Officially a part of Kota Tinggi district, the name is usually used to cover everything south of Desaru, notably including the dock and immigration post at Tanjung Pengelih, the village of Kampong Pengelih and the nearby town of Sungai Rengit.

Understand
Long a sleepy backwater of fishing kampungs (villages) and the odd intrepid Singaporean cyclist, in the 2010s Pengerang has been largely taken over by the storage tanks and flare stacks of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex, an integrated downstream oil and gas processing facility, which also includes the Petronas Teluk Ramunia Yard.

By plane
The town does not have its own airport. The nearest airport is the Senai International Airport in Senai, or you can fly into Singapore's Changi Airport and cross the border into Malaysia.

By car
Sungai Rengit is around 35 km south of Desaru, or 120 km from Johor Bahru. With the Senai-Desaru Expressway now open, the journey from Johor Bahru to Desaru is less than 1 hour.

By bus
RAPID bus 808 travels from Larkin Bus Terminal in Johor Bahru to Bandar Penawar in Desaru and onward to Sungei Rengit twice a day.

By boat


While there are ferry terminals at both Tanjung Pengelih and Tanjung Belungkor, as of September 2022, the only operational service is from Batam Centre in Indonesia. Services from Singapore remain suspended.



Get around
Public transport options in Pengerang are basically non-existent. Taxis shuttle between the Tg Pengelih dock and Sungai Rengit for negotiable prices: the opening gambit is RM 40, but you may or may not been able to haggle a better price.

Bicycles can be rented in Sungai Rengit, or you can rent one at Changi and bring it with you.

Eat


Sungai Rengit's primary claim to fame is its lobsters, served up in every form imaginable by many seafood restaurants. Expect to pay around RM 200/kilo.



Sleep
Lodging options in Pengerang are quite basic, and most visitors only drop in on their way to the bright lights of Desaru.

Go next

 * Desaru &mdash; a perennially up-and-coming beach resort just up the coast
 * Singapore