e sure of bus schedules.
Remember to bring a sweater as the air-conditioning in the buses can be quite severe.
In Mersing buses arrive and leave from the bus station close to the ferry terminal or the newer bus station in the centre of town (about 15 minutes walk to the ferry terminal). Check which bus station your bus uses.
Take a taxi
From the Johor Bahru Larkin bus station, you can charter a taxi to Mersing. The cost is around RM 100 and the journey takes around 2 hours. To get to Larkin from Singapore, take a shared taxi from the Queen St. bus terminal (S$ 10 per person).
You can also charter taxis from Tanjung Leman (1 hour, RM 70-100) and Kota Tinggi (1 hour, RM 70-100).
Drive
From Singapore cross the border to Johor Bahru and Malaysia at the Causeway and continue down Jalan Wong Ah Fook. Keep an eye open for the left-hand side exit and flyover to Kota Tinggi. Continue east on the Tebrau highway and follow the signs to Kota Tinggi. From Kota Tinggi, the way north to Mersing is clearly signposted on Route 3. The journey should take around 3 hours.
From Kuala Lumpur the most common option is via the PLUS highway (E2) to the south, exiting at Segamat and continuing east on Route 50 through Kluang to Mersing. Alternatively, take the East Coast Highway (E8) from KL to Kuantan and Route No 3 southwards through Pekan and Rompin to Mersing.
Frequent travellers may want to consider these shorter, less busy roads that cut through the palm oil plantations and are advisable for daytime driving:
1. KL to Kuala Pilah (winding road) to Bandar Muazzam Shah. The exit is between Endau and Mersing,
