I am thinking of organizing a day trip to pulau Hantu and Hantu Kechil, this will be a recce mission as well as a good chance for some photography, for those of you who are interested please let me know, this will of course be after the sisters island 04 trip this weekend. We will prob leave the mainland at around 8a.m and return in the late afternoon. Weekends are a possbility for those of you who are tie up with school. below is an excerpt from a straits times article published in june 2002

You have two islands again at Pulau Hantu - Pulau Hantu Besar and Pulau Hantu Kechil, which sit across from each other. These are slightly bigger than Sisters' Island.

There are no plans, however, to have a ferry plying to the islands. A two-way bumboat ride there from the West Coast ferry terminal, near the West Coast Park, will cost $100 to $140.

Pulau Hantu has the same amenities as Sisters' Island. But instead of a forest, it has a large mangrove swamp.

At low tide, you can watch hermit crabs digging, shrimp dancing and mudskippers jumping from one mudflat to another.

Visitors can spend a whole afternoon exploring the swamp. But they will have to do it face-down, to catch all the action going on. If you are lucky, you may even spot a starfish buried in the ground.

Pulau Hantu is popular with divers too, as the seabed around the island is shallow and flat, and safe as a training and recreational spot for newcomers to the activity.

Some visitors have also reported seeing dolphins frolicking in the distance.

As with Sisters' Island, coconut palms and trees have been planted everywhere, making the place shady.

Cranes, herons and magpies are some of the migratory birds which inhabit the island during certain times of the year.