Pulau Ketam is a fascinating
island, full of fishing village sceneries. Ketam means crap in Malay. Pulau
Ketam means crap island. All buildings are built 3-5 feet from the swampland.
During high tide, houses look like 'floating on the water' giving a wonderful
and romantic feeling.
Villagers are friendly and
willing to help tourist in getting to know this island. Ketam's fish farm is
floating on the sea. It takes about 10 minutes journey to reach by boat. Fishes
are reared in these fishing farms. Most of the live fish are exported to Hong
Kong. Some of them will be transported to other fishing farms or restaurants.
It is an interesting experience to stand on a real floating farm on water. It
is fun feeding the fish too. Chalets are available. You can stay at fish farm
for a night. Tourists who had visited Pulau Ketam might wondered how the
village became a paradise from a desolated island. The History is interesting
and worth compliment. Long time ago, Pulau Ketam was desolated, small island
full of "Mangrove Swamps" amd famous for its crabs. Three Hainan
fishermen from Bagan Hainan, Port Klang, were the first to arrive at Pulau
Ketam catching crabs for their living.
At first, the came and returned
to Port Klang daily. The journey took almost a day. A few month later, they
built a small house to stay over nights. They rowed back to Port Klang the
second day selling crabs and buying daily sundries it return. At 1872, they
built a temple named "Chuan Eng Bio" located near Jalan Timur now.
after that, they had decided to stay permanently.
Pulau Ketam is equipped with
almost all the basic facilities. It also plays a role as a major fish, crabs,
prawns provider to Klang valley and a tourism spot of Negeri Selangor. Ferry
services are available everyday. The journey takes will take about 30 minutes.
Beside ferry, speedboat is also available 24 hours per day on call. If you have
cargoes to deliver, cargo boats are available too.
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