Kenyir Lake (or “Tasik Kenyir” in Malay/local language) is the largest man-made/artificial lake in Southeast Asia and it is located Terengganu, Malaysia. It was created in 1985 by the dam up the Kenyir River with the construction of Sultan Mahmud Power Station.
Kenyir Lake with the area size of 369 sq. km is Malaysia’s biggest rock-filled hydroelectric dam too. Kenyir Lake is seperating Pahang in the South and Kelantan in the west. Kenyir Lake also serve as the gateway to another Malaysia favourite tourism location, Malaysia’s National Park.
Kenyir Lake is the place for large number of animal and species of strikingly strange wildlife and freshwater fishes. Below are some of the statistic and detail of Kenyir Lake:
| State | Terengganu |
| Islands | 340 |
| Water fall | > 14 |
| Water Catchment Area | 38,000 hectares |
| Fish Species | big Barboides (Lampam Sungai), Snakehead (Toman), Friendly Barb (Kawan), Giant Gouramy (Kalui), Green Arowana (Kelisa) and Malaysian Mahsee (Kelah) |
| Endangered animal | Malaysia tiger, Asiam Elephants |
| Recommended Activities | Fishing, watersports, canoeing, kayaking, rafting, boating, bird watching, cave exploration, shooting, and jungle trekking. |
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