Fireflies Tour in Cherating

Overview

Available languages

English

Mobile ticket

Join the one-hour boat tour to see the firefly and discover the local nature in Cherating.

You will be charmed with the beauty of the fireflies in the trees. Your passionate guide will help make you have an amazing experience by calling them flying above the boat. This is a fun learning experience for both adults and children.

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Children must be accompanied by an adult

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Entrance ticket and lifejacket

Transportation to/from attractions

What To Expect

Cherating River

Before embarking on the boat, you will have a briefing about fireflies and our safety measures. You will then take the river cruise at about 8pm, when it's pretty dark. You will travel down the river and the leader will shine his torch towards the trees and with that 100's of fireflies will slowly fly towards the boat. The leader will also share with you all about the behavior of fireflies, watching the little lights glide across the water to the boat is almost mystical. Join this tour and have a wonderful night with your family and kids!

20 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

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Fireflies Tour

Reviews

4.39

51 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

An experience without more
Emmanuelle l,
Aug 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00
Very few fireflies but sailing in the mangrove is nice. Many canoes at the same time, we even had a boat accident, more fear than harm
Great experience
183yenp,
Aug 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
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.
Hafiz Cherating tour
kenkeh,
Aug 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
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
FIREFLY TOUR. JALAN KAMPUNG CHERATING. CHERATING. MALAYSIA
PeterT4960,
Jun 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
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 !!
Cherating Firefly
shihaoc2024,
Feb 7, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
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.
Good experience & bad traffic
dmz1990,
Jan 21, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Phone number is wrong. Pined location is not accurate. Hard to find taxi. Not easy for foreigners. But the firefly activity itself was great.
Few fireflies/exhaust fumes
955mathieul,
Aug 21, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
A little disappointed because in the end there were not many fireflies. The weather was stormy and that may have played a role. We are aware that it is nature and its imponderables. What really ruined the experience was the boat exhaust. We were divided into 6 boats, navigation is done at low speed following each other. We breathed the exhaust fumes for almost an hour. Considering the activity, electric motors would be perfectly suited.
Magical!
Peetersl,
May 22, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
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.
Worth going
skool guys03,
Aug 17, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Its our first time joining fireflies tour. Its a great experience. Entire trip was well planned and conducted by the team. highly recommended
Magical experience with fireflies in the mangrove
s explorers,
Aug 14, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
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!