Other place that attracts many tourist come to Johor is Desaru Beach. Desaru Beach is one of the beach and resort area that situated about 88 kilometers from east of Johor Bahru on the South China Sea. With a long 25 km stretch attractive beach, this beach is very popular especially for Singaporean who wants to relax after a tired working days. Other than that, there is also a golf course, Desaru Golf and Country Resort for the golf fans. Even though this beach is not a well-developed resort like Pulau Redang, but there are some activities that could be done here such as surfing, snorkeling and watching fireflies or mostly known in malay as api-api or kunang-kunang.
Surfing at Desaru Beach gives fun and joy for the surfer since the waves are not very huge and strong. Furthermore, the lack of sharks and jellyfish also are the main reason why surfer should be surf here. Instead of that, it is advisable to be aware in December, January and first half of February because it is monsoon season and the waves are constantly high for the surfer. For the surf beginner or people who want to learn to surf, there is a company that offers surf lesson for RM100 and rent surf board service for only RM20 an hour.
The 7th Monsoon Mayhem International Surf Challenge 2013 in Desaru Beach
One of the surfer in the competition
In order to watch fireflies in Desaru, people must sail in Firefly River Cruise Tour in the Lebam River. The best hour to sail is after rain on a new moon. This is because there is a lot of fireflies could be seen on that time.
People watching on the kunang-kunang
The main entrance of Firefly Rive Cruise Tour
Location of Desaru Beach could be seen from the map below
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