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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
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| R Loh |
04 June 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Don't bother driving around the main island. There is nothing worth seeing except for the 30 mins cable car ride up and down the 708m high mountains.
If you're hoping to look for more interesting restaurants somewhere on the island besides the Rasa Restaurant along Pantai Cenai, there is no other. The hotel itself serves pretty good food if you don't mind paying for it.
The massage at the Sandy Spa was a huge disappointment. I felt like I was being basted with oil, that's all. Not relaxing at all. Aromatherapy oil? Forget it, it's only olive oil with a hint of aroma oil.
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| R Sprengers |
01 June 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Perfect destination for a beachholiday, with possibilities for activities like hiking, siteseeing, watersports etc. Easy to reach by plane.
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| T Chang |
25 May 2003 |
Stayed at Kampung Tok Senik Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi has beautiful white sandy beaches and we enjoyed the watersports such as Parasailing (RM80) and the banana boat ride (RM30) at Cabana Beach. You should take the new cable car ride up and see bird's eye view of Lankawi at only RM15. It's a steal.
We also loved the ecological tour that brought us to bat caves, viewing of flying foxes, fish feeding in the Ocean, mangrove swamps with cute little colourful crabs and the best of all, EAGLE FEEDING right in front of us! There are probably 50-100 eagles swooping to get the food.
Food and batik are in abundance in Langkawi but probably not the place for shopaholics unless you are into chocolate. We were lucky to visit the 1km long night market at Kuah Town. It only operates on Wed and Sat from 6pm onwards.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Langkawi and intend to return for fishing trips and snokelling with more people in the near future.
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| A Mcneil |
18 May 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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There wasn't really enough wind to take out sailing dinghies but hiring a car and exploring the island was worthwhile.
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| T Chapman |
17 May 2003 |
Stayed at Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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The hotel is well-placed for a visit to Langkawi as it is in the quieter half of the island. The hotel can arrange a number of tours, however we hired a car & got around independently. The views from the new cable car are spectaclar &, even on a public holiday, we did not have to wait long to go up.
We would definitely recommend the mangrove trip. We tried to go to a couple of the waterfalls but were prevented by either fallen trees blocking the path or maintainance work being undertaken on the trails.
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| D Doyle |
02 May 2003 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawai was very quite when we went as there was a lot of concern over SARS. We only travelled around the isalnd, but there is not too much to see on the island. I reccommend going island hopping ad geting to see some of the other island in the area.
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| H Christiansson |
19 April 2003 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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There were lots of things to do like different watersports at the beach. We also visited the mangrove-forest and saw many animals like eagles and bats. We took a trip in the jungel and swam in cool spring under a waterfall. We did a lot of shopping in the city and the taxi was cheap. We also rented a car and the only problem we had was to get used to driving a car on the left side.
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| J Probert |
13 April 2003 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a beautiful Island - lot's to see and do! Diving is very good (East Marine is a good company) and the jungle is amazing.
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| W Kerr |
04 April 2003 |
Stayed at Sheraton Perdana Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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I have to say that I am very disappointed with Langkawi overall. It's a pretty island, with a coastline that is spectacular in places, especially for those of us used to the flatness of Singapore. But not a lot is made of it for tourists, especially eating out, with the resultant need to "stay in" as mentioned above.
We took a cab around to the other resorts on Cenang beach - and were unimpressed. Those we looked in were easily beaten by the Sheraton Perdana. However, there is a lack of interesting places to eat - we did find one "The Lighthouse" which we would heartily recommend, we did not find a better place to drink a sundowner.
We also took the snorkelling trip to Pulau Payer with Langkawi Coral. That was good, though it was expensive compared to rivals (RM720 for 2 ad 2 ch ). They have exclusive use of the floating reef platform, which is probably worth some extra cost. However, on our trip they ran out of water after each person had about one cup (water is included in the price) and therefter one had to buy cold drinks. I am not sure if this was a deliberate ploy or a botch up, as one of their own dive masters later emerged from the water and was furious to find the water had run out. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt, but if it was a botch up, it was a serious one in 35 degrees, and bearing in mind the price.
The snorkelling was good, with many species to see, including the chance to snorkel among black-tip reef sharks. It was not too busy when we were there, but even so in-water collisions were a hazard, if the tour is full, I would say avoid it, the noise and thrashing in the water will make it unbearable.
I went diving with east marine, who operate out of Langkawi Yacht Club. They have good well-trained Padi/SSI and BSAC dive-masters, and their own boat. Gear was in very good condition, and they knew their dive sites well. In contrast to the snorkelling trip, water was plentiful, maybe they could give lessons to Langkawi Coral. The cost for a two tank dive was less than a day snorkelling with Langkawi Coral.
The main drawback is the site - the fact is that Pulau Payer is not, as the literature would have it "The World's Most Beautiful Marine Park", and anyone who thinks it is needs to get out around the region a bit more - almost any of the reefs around Tioman for example offers a greater variety of coral, and just as many fish species. The water clarity at Payer at this time of year is also poor - no more than 8m - although I understand it is better from November to Feb during the NE Monsoon.
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| R Jill |
02 April 2003 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a beautiful destination, and I highly recommend it for singles and families. We enjoyed playing on the banana boat, and especially liked renting the boat for 4 hours. We had our small covered boat, and we went to pregnant maiden lake (loved it!), fed the eagles on the ocean (amazing), and pulled up onto a deserted island (peaceful).
We rented scooters and bought a map, touring the island and stopping at our own leisure. We watched the sun set and enjoyed a lovely dinner at the Lighthouse restaurant, and enjoyed a traditional meal at the mangrove restaurant (Bahn Thai - I believe). We also had amazing food at the seafood stall just down from the Dublin Pub and the resort.
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