Image attributions & credits

We use real photographs of Cherating wherever we can. Most come from Wikimedia Commons and Flickr under Creative Commons licences — with thanks to the photographers who shared them. Each image below is credited to its author with a link to the original and its licence. Images are used unmodified except for cropping and resizing for the web.

Cherating, Pantai Cherating
by Kondephy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Used on: Homepage hero
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Cherating, Malaysia, Cherating Village
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: Things to do hero
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Cherating, Malaysia, Filming on the beach
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: Where to stay hero
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Kuantan-06-Kampung Cherating-1976-gje
by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0
Used on: Getting there hero
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Small crab located at Cherating Beach
by Countryball mys123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Used on: Best time to visit hero
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Cherating, Malaysia, Cherating Beach after sunset
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: About hero · Vlog reviews hero · Cherating Beach gallery
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CHERATING BEACH — panoramio (nenek kebayan)
by nenek kebayan · CC BY 3.0
Used on: Cherating Beach hero
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Mural - Cherating Turtle Sanctuary
by avlxyz (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Used on: Turtle Sanctuary hero
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Surfers - Cherating Beach
by avlxyz (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Used on: Surfing hero
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Cherating River Cruise
by jhecking (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Used on: Firefly River Cruise hero
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Cherating Beach chalets
by avlxyz (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Used on: Chalets & budget stays hero
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CHERATING BEACH - panoramio
by nenek kebayan · CC BY 3.0
Used on: Club Med Cherating hero (illustrative locale)
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Cherating, Malaysia, Cherating Beach
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: Holiday Villa hero (illustrative locale)
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Cherating, Malaysia, Kites on the beach
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: The Legend Resort hero (illustrative locale)
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Cherating Beach, Pahang - Malaysia (4831337308)
by Khalzuri Yazid · CC BY-SA 2.0
Used on: Eastana Cherating hero (illustrative locale)
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Cherating, Malaysia, Cherating Beach Tower
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: Cherating Bayview hero (illustrative locale)
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Cherating, Malaysia, Lagoon
by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
Used on: Swiss-Garden (near Cherating) hero (illustrative locale)
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Seafood plate (illustrative)
by Terje Sollie · Pexels License
Used on: Where to eat hero (illustrative)
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Creators we cross-checked

Some of the on-the-ground colour here — the surf scene, the village activity prices, the kampung food, the family turtle release — was first surfaced for us by independent travel vloggers. Every fact we took from them we then verified against a primary source (the operator’s own site, the marine-park pages or a booking platform) and rewrote in our own words. We don’t reproduce anyone’s footage, transcript or thumbnail — we just credit the trips that pointed us at these leads, with thanks.

Houston World Travel
Exploring Malaysia’s Hidden Gem in Cherating, Pahang · YouTube
Pointed us at: the kampung-life and east-coast food angle, and the village activity prices (firefly, turtle release, tie-dye, ATV, honey farm)
Bella Kuan
Cherating vlog — last minute surf trip, girls & boards · YouTube
Pointed us at: the monsoon-season budget surf trip — chalet price range, the walk to the surf point, and the Kuantan food stop
She Walks the World
#travelthngs Vlog#1: Releasing Turtles in Cherating, Pahang · YouTube
Pointed us at: the family-with-toddlers angle — Holiday Villa as a pool base and the guided, seasonal baby-turtle release
JetLag Warriors
Best Beach in Peninsular Malaysia: Cherating Beach! (Our Favourite) · YouTube
Pointed us at: the laid-back island-vibe framing, the batik/tie-dye craft scene, the beach cafés and the kite-surf/monsoon note

Licence references: CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 2.0, CC BY 3.0, and the Pexels License. Spotted an error or want a photo removed? Let us know and we’ll fix it promptly.