#travelthngs Vlog#1: Releasing Turtles in Cherating, Pahang
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Watch this if you’re bringing young kids and want the gentle, family side of Cherating — a beach resort with a pool and an evening baby-turtle release — rather than a surf or backpacker trip.
What’s in it
- Drove ~4 hours from Kuala Lumpur with two small children, as a 4th-birthday “experience instead of a present.”
- Stayed at Holiday Villa Beach Resort in a ground-floor pool-terrace room with direct pool access — an easy base with toddlers.
- The highlight was an evening baby-turtle release, run as a guided activity with a local nature guide — the kids carried hatchlings to the water themselves.
- Honest detail: their release was at a beach about 20 minutes’ drive from Cherating, not in the village itself — turtle releases are a seasonal, guided, paid activity, so check before building a trip around it.
- A genuinely emotional, joyful family moment — about the gentlest, most kid-friendly thing to do on this coast.
More from this video
The whole trip is a 4th-birthday “experience instead of a present”, partly narrated by the birthday girl — gentle and family-first, not a logistics guide.
About four hours from KL with two small kids (the parenting win: both napped halfway); Holiday Villa’s ground-floor pool-terrace room with direct pool access made an easy toddler base.
The release is a guided evening activity at a beach in Kemaman ~20 minutes from Cherating, not the village — kids carry hatchlings in buckets and a guide steers them to the water with a torch. Seasonal and paid, so check it’s running before building a trip around it.
Facts from this trip
- 0:32Time~4 hours drive from KL
with two small children
“we started on a 4 hour road trip from Kuala Lumpur to Cherating”
- 1:22OperatorHoliday Villa Beach Resort
ground-floor pool-terrace room, direct pool access — easy with toddlers
“we stayed at the pool terrace room on the ground floor that has access to”
- 5:51Distance~20-minute drive Cherating → the release beach
release is at a beach in Kemaman, not in the village
“the release turtle spot is at a beach in Kemaman, about a 20 minute drive from Cherating”
- 6:03OperatorGuided baby-turtle release with a local nature guide
an organised evening activity
“I'm your nature guide, I'm also your organizer for releasing baby turtles this evening”
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Our take: The best look at family-with-toddlers Cherating — a pool resort plus the turtle release — and honest that the release is a seasonal, guided activity a short drive away.
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