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 Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Langkawi, Malaysia
Learn about leisure and recreation in Langkawi, Malaysia. You may read about their travel activities and adventures. Find out their travel tips and guides and discover fun things to do in Langkawi, Malaysia.Also, you might want to read our
Kuala Lumpur city guide,
Langkawi city guide,
Melaka city guide,
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| J Cole |
14 September 2004 |
Stayed at City Bayview Langkawi - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Malaysia is a very friendly, laidback place, and Langkawi is the best place to go in southeast Asia if you want to relax. To make your stay even better…
First of all, when you get to Langkawi airport, rent a car! I heard you need an international license to rent a car, but the guy next to me at the counter was showing a local license from the U.S., and it seemed to be OK. (Contact sr_langkawi@yahoo.com.my to verify.) Taxis are relatively expensive for southeast Asia, and rental cars are cheap. I got the small 850cc Cancil (pronounced Kan-cheel) for about US$13 a day, including insurance. (You can definitely spend more per day on taxis if you go around a lot.) The gas tank is almost empty when you rent the car, so go straight to a gas station and fill it up. Gas stations are clean, well-lit at night, most of them are open 24-hours, and they are almost all self-service. That’s where the big, pleasant surprise hits you - - gasoline is about US 40 cents a liter (so about $1.50 a gallon), which is a gift from heaven if you’ve come from Japan or Europe. One tank lasted me a full week, and I was driving every day.
Second, if you love the sea, and if you love scuba diving, take my word and skip the scuba diving in Langkawi. Actually the diving place is Payar Pular (Pular Island), about an hour’s boat ride from Langkawi. Snorkeling on the beach is fantastic. Baby sharks up to a meter long come up in knee-deep water to eat your leftovers after lunch, and you can literally reach out and touch them. There are also a couple stray barracuda (watch your fingers & toes!), about the same size as the sharks, along with zillions of brightly multi-colored fish. The lunch is good too. But the scuba diving usually sucks, mainly because of the poor visibility. I got my PADI basic underwater license there in 2000, and on one of my first dives, the visibility was only 1-2 meters. This past visit (Sep. 2004), I went one day, two dives, and the visibility was 2-8 meters. All of the scuba divers had more fun on the beach at lunch time than in the sea scuba diving (the best diving I’ve done is in Bali, Indonesia and Boracay Island, Philippines.)
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| A Palmer |
06 September 2004 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a small and beautiful Island. There is not an enourmous amount of things to do but with island hopping, Snorkelling and general sightseeing more than enough to fill the days. We visited in September and it was a very quiet time so there are many bargains to be had on hotels room prices etc etc. there are many restaurants to choose from and we did not have one bad meal in all the time we were there. Undoubtedly the best thing we did was take the cable car up to over look the island and its neighbouring islands and thailand.
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| M Gianantonio |
30 August 2004 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi itself is nothing special, they created a few spots for mass tourism which can be found anywhere. Avoid the visit to the Marine park, they created an artificial swimming pool on a 20 meter-beach, water is dirty and you can see the same fishes much better at the aquarium. Only visit worth taking is the cable car. The view is really amazing from there. The sea is far away from what is promoted, night life is nil and socialize with local people is not easy.
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| R Hinkle |
01 July 2004 |
Stayed at Mutiara Burau Bay Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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I highly recommend the Sunset Cruise with snacks, and the Mango River Cruise. The former is pure fun, and the "fishnet sauna" a real ice-breaker. The latter is one of the best environmental tours I've taken, and I've taken several.
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| D Varshnei |
16 June 2004 |
Stayed at Sheraton Perdana Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We took a tour to see the Crocodile firm, Craft complex and many other hot places. Our Favourite one is Mangrove River Cruise.
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| S Lim |
04 May 2004 |
Stayed at Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We chartered a boat to the Pulau Payar Marine Park and it was a sight to behold, just beautiful. Restaurant Kitta serves good food at a reasonable price. Museum Perdana was worth every sen, in fact, at RM3 per entrance, it is very cheap. The view at the top of the cable car station at Oriental Village was spectacular. But the queue jumping by the public was atrocious. The cable car management should consider a more reliable queueing system. An ugly sight was noted, stark discrimination was noticed on how the staff of the cable car handles the public. The staff needs to be reminded that to attract foreigners we need to go international, that is no discrimination, full stop.
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| L Chang wern |
06 April 2004 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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For Langkawi, I have some suggestion as follows: 1. Must rent a car , since langkawi is a quite big island, from A point to B point sometime will take you 20 - 30 minutes/by car. I can't imagine the time you waste if you take bicycle or motorcycle. 2. Must go Oriental Village - to take the cable car to the top of the mountain. Good view. 3. Mangrove tour, rent a boat was Rm 160 for maximum 6 persons. Worth to see it. 4. Buy a Langkawi map before you start your journey.
5. Waterworld - RM 18 for adult. Very near to the hotels which located in Pantai Cenang. 6. Seven wells waterfall, alas - if you like hiking , you can try it, otherwise, pls. don't go there because if you take you at least 1 hour to see the waterfall. 7. Makam Mahsuri cemetery - so so only. 8. Book Village - nothing to see, disappointing!! All in all, 4 days 3 nights or 3 days 2 nights is enough for the Langkawi tour.
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| C Hall |
25 March 2004 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Good spot. Fabulous restaurant just next door. Did a Marine Reserve Tour (booked at the airport on arrival) which was great. Also did the Canopy Adventure which was awesome - brochures at reception.
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| C Gliss |
21 February 2004 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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The area is one of the best, because there are several restaurants outside, at the Tengah beach and also at the Cengah Beach, you can rent bikes and motorbikes everywhere outside for cheap price (motorbike for 25 RM/day at the AB Motel, bikes 15 RM/day). The restaurants in this area are nearly cheap and you can choose between all of the asian restaurants. The Sunflower restaurant outside of the Langkawi Village restaurant has a good malaysian kitchen!
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| D Freeman |
02 February 2004 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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The mangrove tour was excellent if you like nature. There are not many places left in the world where you can actually see wildlife in the raw... but I was able to see otters, hawks, mud-skipping fish, monitor lizards, bats, and of course lots of monkeys.
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