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[Super cheap Maldives version] Explore Perhentian Islands 4N3D for only 7 million Maldives is too expensive so let's go to Perhentian Islands instead. It's just as beautiful but half the price :D ---- 🍊Summary of the cost of the 4N3D trip to Perhentian Islands # Airfare: 4,000,000 VND / 2 ways # Hotel: Free (My cute friend covers the accommodation so you just need to bring your butt and suitcase) # Food and drink: 1,000,000 VND / 2 ways # Snorkeling: 1,000,000 VND / 2 ways # Fast boat ticket: 350,000 VND / 2 ways # Sightseeing boat ticket: 650,000 VND / 2 ways This is the cost of eating, drinking and playing. After the trip, I regretted not contacting to buy the combo tour in advance. The island tour always includes Hotel - Tour around the island, total price from only 2,000,000 VND / person (400 Ringgit). If anyone wants to go, I will show you! 🍊4N3D Itinerary at Perhentian Islands Day 1: Saigon - Kuala Lumpur - Kota Bharu Because the island is quite far away and has just been known recently, there are no direct flights from Saigon to Kota Bharu. I had to choose the transit option in Kuala Lumpur. That's why day 1 is the day I chose to travel. Day 2: Kota Bharu - Long Islands Beach (Perhentian Islands) At 8:45 I was at the pier to travel to the island; the boat will depart at 9:00. There is a new boat every 1 hour. The boat is quite rough, so I don't recommend you eat too much or too much in the morning if you don't want to get seasick. I decided to stay at Long islands beach (Small island) because it has most of the interesting activities on the island from food, bars to diving. Aman resort is the hotel I chose for 2,500,000 VND (400 Ringit) / night. The hotel is not too beautiful but has a sea view and is clean and tidy - the most important thing for a trip. However, to get to Aman, I need to hire a taxi boat for 50,000 VND (10 Ringit) / person to go from the pier. Or else I can walk 20 minutes on the sand with all my belongings. Activities on the first day are lunch, diving, BBQ and watching fire dance. About diving for those interested: The price for diving is 1,000,000 VND / person (200 Ringit). You only need to pay 400,000 VND / person if you have a diving license. Day 3: Long islands beach - Turtle Point - Fisherman Village - Keke Bay - Kota Bharu Almost all island tours will have tours and most of the tours include snorkeling (for 3D2D or 2D1D). However, because I went diving the day before, the other tours were not suitable at all. After negotiating the price of 650,000 VND / 2 people (130 Ringgit), I visited the 4 places mentioned above. Because Perhentian Islands is quite wild, all the places are brand new and extremely clear. At 3:30 pm, I moved to the pier to return to Kota Bharu. Honestly, this city feels a bit sad because it is so quiet. The shops close at 6:00 pm, so what's the point of eating and playing, even though I rented an Airbnb right in the city center. Two Sun Restaurant is a restaurant I highly recommend. The food is quite delicious and the price is also cheap 300,000 VND / 2 people / 4 full dishes (60 Ringit). Day 4: Kota Bharu - KL - SG Another long day of traveling between points to return to Saigon. [#hikerlust](http