Ever wonder what it’s like to swim in a large aquarium teeming with colourful coral fish? Go to the Redang Island Marine Park in Terengganu and you’ll find out.

It is an awesome experience snorkelling among the multitude of fish in the park’s pristine waters on a recent media trip there. The fish are in hues of blue, yellow, purple, green, and, sometimes, just black and white.

The Redang archipelago consists of nine islands, with the marine park centre located on Pulau Pinang (not to be confused with Penang on the West Coast). Visitors to the centre have to pay a RM5 (C$1.30) conservation fee.

For a trip to Redang, it is best that accommodation is pre-arranged. Resorts there have packages that include meals, snorkelling trips and return ferry rides from the mainland. Besides Merang, travellers can also get to Redang via ferry from Shahbandar Jetty (09-6225 233) in Kuala Terengganu, which takes 90 minutes and costs RM40 (C$12) one-way. Or they could take a one-hour flight with Berjaya Air from Subang Airport in Kuala Lumpur.

Most, if not all, resorts at Redang are closed from November to February due to the monsoon season.

More info on this place can be found at www.malaysiatourism.ca