Your Guide to Malaysia

Few Places Can Compete With Malaysia

For foodies. For wildlife lovers. For endless warm, sunny days. Few places can compete with Malaysia. Sail to see the dolled-up colonial shophouses of Penang – now trendy bars and restaurants. Plunge the blue depths of the Celebes Sea to dive Sipadan Island's seawalls. Shoals of tropical fish – barracuda, jacks, darting triggerfish – dance along cinematic coral reefs. Here are three more reasons to charter a yacht in Malaysia.

Your Guide to Malaysia

Tonnes of Tropical Islands

Your heartbeat speeds up as you approach Tioman Island. Some dizziness may appear too. Because: wow. What a place. What beauty. Sapphire and turquoise waters flicker like opals. Rich, lush forest. Stardust-coloured sand, softer than sieved flour. Grab a hammock. Calm down. Only 877 islands left to discover, including 64 stunners on the Seribuat Archipelago. And coral-ringed Pangkor Island. Have your Y.CO yacht visit the Bajau sea nomads on Semporna Archipelago too.

Your Guide to Malaysia

Malacca City

Malacca City is Malaysia in one. Preened with colonial buildings and Chinese-style shophouses that line its canals plus flower-adorned trishaws gliding through the streets, this state capital is hot and hectic. It’s also home to one of the world's prettiest religious sites, the Malacca Straits Mosque. Moor your Y.CO yacht here and head for the Jonker Walk Night Market, a bustling, karaoke-filled fiesta selling bowls of steaming chicken buah keluak and sweet, shaved-ice cendol.

Caves, Caverns and Grottos

They’ve been a central part of Malaysian culture for centuries. Whether you caving, climbing or admiring the religious sculptures hidden in the bellies of these vast, limestone chambers, the experience is otherworldly. Don’t miss Deer Cave in Sarawak or the Temple Caves of Ipoh.