There are many things to do and see on the island and just a couple include Sebung Village for the freshest seafood at very reasonable prices and Penyengat Island just six kilometres from Tanjung Pinang.
It can be reached by sampan and was once the seat of the powerful Bugis, descended from the viceroys of Riau during the 18th century. Penyengat still bears the traces of its illustrious past and ruins, abandoned for almost 70 years, were recently restored.