Cara VistaCara Vista
Cara Vista stands out in Tanjung Bungah for space and location: a 1991 condo scoring 5.3 overall. What to check before you sign.
Older than most in Tanjung Bungah; living here has real drawbacks: reports mention noise. About 2 min by car to Dalat International School. Worth knowing: it is close to Jalan Tanjung Bungah, an arterial road.
- Completed1991
- TenureFreehold
- Units14
- Sizes1,400 & 2,820 sf
- Towers1
- DensityAbout 41 units per acre, from 14 units across 0.34 acres.
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Sentiment6.7Fair
- Resident sentiment
Residents are broadly happy, citing the space and the views.
- The units at Cara Vista command unobstructed view of the sea... surrounding area is full of greenery with tall and large trees which is a very eye-soothing view
- Public ratings
- Google4.3 from 3 reviews
Location8.9Very good
- Schools
- Malls
- Address
Environment4.4Poor
- Traffic noise
- Within 200 m of Jalan Tanjung Bungah (6). Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
- Green space
- Air quality
A green, clean-air setting, but it is close to Jalan Tanjung Bungah, an arterial road.
- Construction
- View
- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Facilities2.3Poor
- Facilities provided
- Condition
- Management
- Maintenance fee is about RM265 a month
Space9.0Excellent
Large homes, and only 14 homes to a tower.
Getting around
Drive times are off-peak.
Shopping
Straits Quay5 min drive
Island 88, Supermarket: Mercato6 min drive
City Junction, Supermarket: Village Grocer6 min drive
Daily needs
Bake & Take Bakeshoppe2 min drive
A clinic180 m walk
Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital5 min drive
Greenway Laundry340 m walk
Green space
Taman Poket Jalan Pakawali2 min drive
Schools
Dalat International School2 min drive
Rail
Butterworth30 min drive
KL Sentral255 min drive
Facilities
Security and parking
What Tanjung Bungah is like
Tanjung Bungah reaches from forested hillsides to the shore on the north-east coast of Penang Island, between Tanjung Tokong and Batu Ferringhi. Once a Malay and Chinese fishing village and a beach destination from the 1950s, it has grown since the 1980s into a line of high-rise condominiums along the coast. Many foreign residents live here, including retirees, and the Penang Floating Mosque, built after the 2004 tsunami, is a local landmark.
Dalat International School has been on its beachside campus since 1971, and Prince of Wales Island International School runs a nursery-to-Year-8 campus on Jalan Loh Poh Heng; Tenby Schools Penang, teaching British and Malaysian curricula, is just beside the suburb. The wet market on Jalan Sungai Kelian opens every morning and turns into a night bazaar of snacks and street food on Tuesdays.
Jalan Tanjung Bungah, the coastal main road, carries Rapid Penang buses 101, 102 and 104, and the single-carriageway road onward to Batu Ferringhi jams at holidays and on long weekends. As of September 2025 a 10.6 km North Coastal Paired Road to Teluk Bahang was expected to be built from 2026 to 2031, subject to an amended environmental impact assessment and land acquisition.
In October 2017 a landslide at a hillside construction site beside a quarry killed 11 workers; a state inquiry found it preventable and recommended tighter rules for building on steep slopes. Residents have described unplanned, high-density hillside development, and in June 2021 a downpour flooded villages here and along the neighbouring coast.
