Pantai Padang Kemunting, Pengkalan Balak Melaka. — Attraction in Malacca

Located between Pantai Pengkalan Balak and Muara Bidara in Masjid Tanah, District of Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia. Accompanied coastal beaches and unique beauty of fishing villages, make the atmosphere serene and peaceful with a picturesque surroundings. The beach's popular among locals and outsider with many forms of private chalets, homestays and foodstalls along the sea side, an opportunity for visitors or tourists to stay the night and enjoy the holiday. You can see sunset over the Strait of Malacca along the year and the joy of returning fishermen from the sea during the dusk. You also can see the turtle stain, envengered species like Penyu Karah (Hawksbill Turtle) and Penyu Lipas (Olive Ridley Turtle). Besides Pantai Padang Kemunting, a type of turtle also laid their eggs and have a nests on the Coast West Malacca State along 20km beach from Tanjung Bidara to Kuala Linggi at Pantai Pangkalan Balak, Sungai Tuang, Teluk Gong, Teluk Belanga, Kampung Baru, Kampung Tengah, Tanjung Serai, Tanjung Dahan, Tanjung Meriam Patah, Tanjung Bidara, Terendak Camp, Pasir Gembur, Balik Batu and...

Hawksbill turtle hatchlings were released on Kemunting Beach by Padang Kemunting Turtle Conservation Centre on Saturday 09 August 2025, at 6.45pm (300 turtles were released). Excellent government run turtle conservation centre. To visit Padang Kemunting Turtle Conservation Centre from Melaka, you can use the pink public bus, M23 from Melaka Sentral to Pengkalan Balak via Masjid Tanah, for RM3.40 each way, taking approximately 1.5 hours. Bus M23 terminates at Pengkalan Balak TM Submarine Cable Landing Station near the Pengkalan Beach police station. Then it's a nice 2km walk along the beach front to Padang Kemunting Turtle Conservation Centre passing lots of food and drink stalls on the way. Last bus leaves Pengkalan Beach for Melaka...

Easily the longest stretch of clean beach you will find in Melaka, this place attracts a lot of domestic tourists to come here camping, picnic or just having a dip in the straits of Melaka.

A lot of chalets and local food can be found here, if you are not staying over, you can park your car along the main small road and then start walking around.

This area is also a turtle sanctuary, where every year the mother will come up the sandy protective area and lay her eggs.

Beautiful place to enjoy Melaka's sunset, recommended for your...