Cherating 2026 Calendar of Events

Nighttime atmosphere in the jungle searching for fireflies…. A truly magical moment out of time

Great experience in the darkness. Many fireflies that could even be caught

Fantastic night great experiences, highly recommend the beach town of cherating, their food, the locals and the magical fire flies that warm your heart with ever glow.

Had a wonderful experience with the firefly watching and mangrove discovery in Cherating. Everything was well organized, and the guide was knowledgeable. The fireflies were magical to watch, and the mangrove tour was peaceful and informative. Definitely worth the price and highly enjoyable!

Hafiz was an amazing tour guide, knew his stuff and kept everyone on the verge of their chairs. The boat trip was mesmerizing, plenty of fireflies.

My friend made reservations through what app before arrival , ticket price rm45 per person for a 1 hour boat ride along the river to see fire flies ( the fire flies species here were smaller in size compare to kuala Selangor fireflies species is bigger so the lights at Selangor were like Christmas tree lights there whereby here the fireflies blinkering lights smaller but hafiz and his boatmen uses a red light to lure the fire flies come to you

1)There are MANY FireFly tours in Malaysia; Reckon this is the BEST and REAL FireFlies. SOME FireFly tours are FAKE, use LED lights as firefly, as in MUAR River Firefly tour !! 2)The tour guides are very helpful and friendly; a briefing in firefly was given prior the tour, and improve one's knowledge on firefly. 3)The cruise down Cherating river is about 30 minutes. The guide used his special light and managed to induced REAL Firefly to fly to the visitors on the Boat. This is MAGICAL !! 4)MANY Stops on different part of the Cherating river and Guide did his Magical calling for the firefly to fly towards the visitors, Which were REAL CHARM !! 5)Had visited many countries (India. Vietnam. Taiwan....) on firefly tours, this is the BEST, as Guide can Engaged with the firefly !!

highly recommended It is amazing to get so close to these glowing little ones.Some even flew into your palm. They are too tiny to be noted, but they existed.

Phone number is wrong. Pined location is not accurate. Hard to find taxi. Not easy for foreigners. But the firefly activity itself was great.

Hafiz is very passionate about fireflies and it shows in the pre-boat talk he gave. The talk was short, entertaining and informative. We didn’t really know what to expect on the boat ride, but when we saw the fireflies in the trees like Christmas lights, we were excited. Then Hafiz did his magic and they flew towards the boat like embers in the night. It was magical! We even manage to have a few land on our hands, clothing and faces. So surreal.I highly recommend this experience when in the area. You shouldn’t miss it! Also don’t put on any insect repellent before the trip, as surprise, surprise, fireflies are insects and you definitely wouldn’t want to repel these fantastic creatures.Note: don’t take any pictures using your phone as it will distract the fireflies and give you or the other passengers temporary night blindness as the surroundings are so dark. Just enjoy the experience.

Its our first time joining fireflies tour. Its a great experience. Entire trip was well planned and conducted by the team. highly recommended

We did the first tour with Hafiz in 2012, and we found it a fantastic experience for everyone visiting Cherating. Watching the behavior of the fireflies and learning about their uniqueness in the hundreds / thousands of species is really great.Hafiz has come a very long way but his passion and involvement continues to be the same. Really committed to preserve the environment and ecology of the mangrove while providing an educational point to the visitors.Don’t miss it!

It was very beautiful to see all the small lights coming to you. It is a great experience which we can recommend! Thank you :-)

The passion of the operator of this tour for the fireflies is contagious. Wo derful tour being one with nature. Highly recommended. This was our second time doing this tour and just as good the second time,five years later.

An amazing and magical experience! Hafiz really knows his stuff when it comes to fireflies, and somehow manages to lure the fireflies from their trees towards you with a flashlight. They will land on your hand or perhaps on your head sometimes, it truly is a fantastic experience and there's nothing quite like it! Though if you bring kids, be sure to tell them to be nice to the fireflies. Was on a boat with children and they kept trying to roughly catch the fireflies, which is rather cruel! Otherwise a beautiful experience and absolutely magical.

I can’t say enough about Hafiz firefly tour experience… it was out of the world and something that I have never experienced before… you need to see it to believe it… Hafiz was so friendly and accommodating… we also took the mangrove tour from him… what a remarkable experience !