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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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| M Zainal |
04 February 2003 |
Stayed at Grand Continental Langkawi - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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A lot of places around which can be reached in half an hour time.. water fall, beaches, historic places, galleries and a lot more fun if you want to have fun.. also on shopping... sea activities are also good around here.
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| E James |
30 January 2003 |
Stayed at Mutiara Burau Bay Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Thoroughly recommend a trip on the cable car.
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| M Engineer |
25 January 2003 |
Stayed at Casa Del Mar - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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1. Langkawi is a beautiful island. There's much to see other than the beach, so I'd recommend atleast a week if you want to have a nice holiday in Langkawi.
2. We only had 3 nights at Casa Del Mar. We reached the hotel in the afternoon on Wednesday, and spent the day recovering from jet lag and planning the next 3 days.
3. On Thursday we rented a car for 60 RM and drove around the island. There is a single road which circles around the island, so no bothering with detailed road maps! We visited The Cable Car, which takes you to the top of the tallest mountain in the area, and offers a breathtaking view. We then visited the Seven Wells Waterfalls, which involves a steep 30 minute climb up a hill which will leave you exhausted. After coming back down, we enjoyed coconut water....the largest coconuts I've ever seen!
Next, we visited the Cultural Crafts complex for Malaysia handicrafts. I think it was a very good place to do some serious shopping. You can also bargain! The prices are reasonable.
We then kept hunting for what is known as the Black Sand Beach, but couldn't find it. Next was the Air Hangat Village, where we saw the hot springs, which were a big letdown, as it was just like a small puddle spewing out warm water. But we did get excellent foot massages for 10 RM each. Highly Recommended.
We then visited the Tanjung Rhu resort, as we had heard a lot about the beach there. It was very isolated, and altough the beach was gorgeous, I prefer seeing a few people on the beach! We also visited the Kuah town on our way back. There is a shopping mall called Langkawi fair, near the jetty point. The Langkawi Eagle at the jetty point was fantastic. It was much bigger than what I had imagined. By the time we finished with this exhausting day trip, it was almost dinner time.
We went to the Pelangi Beach Resort next to Casa Del Mar for dinner. It has several restaurants...we went to Spice Market, as it had the most vegetarian options, and we are vegetarians. The food was good, but extremely spicy, even for our Indian taste.
4. The next day we went on a day trip, which was already planned, to the Pulau Payar Island for snorkelling. The price was 80 RM per person, which includes the ferry ride to the island, which is 90 nautical miles from Kuah, and lunch. I suggest that you consider buying your own, or renting better equipment from them for 10 RM.
It was an excellent experience overall, the island was beautiful and the water was very clear. We saw innumerable baby sharks (which don't bite) and also shark feeding. We also saw a barracuda. The water around the island is rich in marine life. I do suggest however, tthat if you are vegetarian, you tell the tour operator in advance, cos they only had chicken for lunch. By the time we returned, it was almost 6 pm, and we decided to hit the beach for some water sports, like parasailing. We planned to do jet-skiing etc the following day, but didn't end up doing it.
For dinner, we had dinner by the beach at Casa Del Mar, which was included in our package. The food was good, and the so was the service.
5. The next day was out last day in Langkawi. We had appointments in the Casa Del Mar Spa for Aroma Massage. It was pretty good, altough my wife liked it more than I did. Very pricey though! We then lazed around on the beach and left for the airport at 5 pm.
6. Pentai Cenang beach is the best place to stay in Langkawi. There are a lot of other hotels/resorts/motels on the beach, and also excellent restaurants. We especially liked a Indian place called Papadum's, which serves very cheap, yet genuine, home-made south-Indian cuisine. The people are very nice too. The waiter was ecstatic on receiving a 2 ringgit tip on our 20 ringgit check. We really liked the place. We also did a bit of shopping at the stores along the beach.
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| A Fairclough |
24 January 2003 |
Stayed at Casa Del Mar - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Hire a car. Take in the Chinese village and Cable car up to the top, walk down to the middle station and then ride down. Walk along the beach to the bar next door for a cooling drink & chat with the locals. Turn right out of the hotel & within a couple of hundred mts is a great Chinese restuarant for fresh fish & prawns.
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| A Kleinberg |
18 January 2003 |
Stayed at Tanjung Rhu Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a convenient island to reach from Malaysia, Singapore or southern Thailand, and the transport to the hotel is an easy drive. Underwater exploits (i.e. Scuba diving) are disappointing on Langkawi, though, as the Straits of Malacca don't lend the cleanest water.
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| B Oleg |
12 January 2003 |
Stayed at Casa Del Mar - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a beautiful island. We took two tours: visiting Pulau Payar island and "Mangrove tour". All other places were visited by taxis which are quite cheap there.
I especially recommend to visit the Oriental village (it is a shopping center) not for shopping (it is expensive there), but for a cable car ride. You will get the spectacular panoramic view point from the top of mountain.
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| L Tan |
07 January 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Villa Langkawi - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Beautiful island! Definitely go to Pulau Payar as a day trip. Utilise the expensive tours as there is a big difference in terms of quality. I went with Langkawi Coral which is the premier provider there. They were excellent! Food is plentiful if a little expensive, cars are widely available for rent. I got a Proton Iswara at 50 ringgit/day. I think I could've gotten it at a lower price. :)
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| K Watkins |
05 January 2003 |
Stayed at Holiday Villa Langkawi - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We found some excellent restaurants nearby - Bon Ton, T.Jay's & The Lighthouse - breakfast - Breakfast Cafe & Red Tomato. We didn't eat in the hotel restaurants as we were keen to explore elsewhere but our son enjoyed the food from the room service menu some evenings.
We hired a car from the restaurant across the road from the hotel - 6 days RM600 - 1.6ltr - excellent value - enabled us to have a good look around the island. Joined the island tour that took us to the Marine Park well organised, supplied lunch, only complaint was there were too many people trying to enjoy the same spot.
For those who want to avoid the crowds swim to the left of the pier - you'll be herded to the right because that's where they give you lunch. Good selection of tropical fish but not much colour in coral. Our 13 year old son enjoyed the go kart track near the airport, shopping in Kuah, jet skiing, snorkelling at the marine park, sliding down the water falls at Telaga Tujuh, cable car ride nearby, bird park, underwater world & snake park.
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| H Struksnaes |
31 December 2002 |
Stayed at Tanjung Sanctuary Langkawi - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi was what we expected - warm, humid and beautiful, but beware the weather in December/January is quite wet.
Recommended tours:
Hire a car. Malaysian cars (Proton) are available for MYR220 for 3 days. Gas is almost free. See water falls, local markets, the crocodile farm, and find your own beach.
Island hopping (half day) was also great.
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| M Shimokawa |
29 December 2002 |
Stayed at Tanjung Rhu Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We took a tour to Payar Island and would recommend it. There are various and lots of fish and you could feed them! Our children enjoyed it the most. Also, night market tour is good to experience.
We went on Friday, to Kua town by taxi - as the night market tour bus was already fully booked - but it was not inconvenient at all. Hotel concierge arranged us the taxi and the return fee to and from Kua town was MR40, and it would have costed us the same, if we, 2 adults, would have gone on the tour. Kua town itself is good to see, apart from the heavenly Tanjung Rhu once, there are many people, shops, and local restaurants.
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