Tanjung Tuan

Tanjung Tuan marks the Peninsular Malaysian side of the narrowest point of the Straits of Malacca. The Indonesian side is a large island called Pulau Rupat. Tanjung Tuan is the site of an old lighthouse that's still in use today.

There is a small patch of rare coastal rainforest surrounding the lighthouse. A strategic high point to count and observe raptors coming across the sea. I was there over the recent weekend to watch this spectacle of nature. The commonest raptors seen on their migration north were the Oriental Honey-Buzzards seen in their thousands .

This is close to the start of their 10,000km journey to their breeding grounds in China, Japan, etc. And they to this every year - twice. Going up north in Feb-March and coming down south in Sept-Oct.