[2024 Southwest Penang Island Attraction] Travel Guide for Pulau Rimau (Updated Dec)

Pulau Rimau off Penang's coast

Pulau Rimau or Rimau Island is an islet off the southeastern tip of Penang Island . The islet was once referred to by French cartographers as Île Cayment Located nearly 832 m (0.517 miles) from Penang Island, this uninhabited islet is now home to an active lighthouse, which was built by the British in 1885.This particular lighthouse, a 17 m (56 ft) round cylindrical cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, as well as a single-storey house for the lightkeeper, serves as a beacon for vessels entering the Penang Strait from the south.