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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Langkawi, Malaysia
Take a tour of the top places to go in Langkawi, Malaysia. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Kuala Lumpur city guide,
Langkawi city guide,
Melaka city guide,
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| J Shan |
13 September 2003 |
Stayed at Casa Del Mar - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a very beautiful island, the people there are so friendly and innoccent. Cable Car and Craft-Culture Center are two places you need to visit. Shopping is not as good as we thought, although it's a duty free island. It's more for relaxation than shopping.
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| A Al-rasheed |
25 August 2003 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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The best way to see Langkawi is to rent a car from the Airport as it is very convenient way and relatively less expensive as the cost of renting a car is only $12 per day , also Langkawi is very small Island with very limited places to visit but don't miss the Birds Paradise and The Cable Car.
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| L Bosworth |
11 August 2003 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Local restaurants were a good standard, from the local fare (where fun was had deciding what would turn up, once we had ordered) to the more tourist-oriented outlets. We particularly enjoyed the Red Tomato and Champo-Champo, both close to the Pelangi.
We hired a car from the main street, which was cheap and reliable, enabling much sight-seeing to be accomplished at our pace. Hikes up to the Seven Wells waterfall were a good workout, and well worth the effort. The cable car jaunt was good value, as was the crocodile farm. Underwater World was a fabulous experience. There are also some wonderfully-deserted beaches away from the main commercially developed areas that deserve a visit and are presumably kept secret for the islanders to use.
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| G Lim |
21 July 2003 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is not the most exciting of beaches - certainly loses out to Phuket & Bali. While the visit to Coral Island was nice, there were just too many people around. Food was also generally a disappointment.
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| T Addison |
14 June 2003 |
Stayed at Pelangi Beach & Spa Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Langkawi is a fantastic island. The scenery is stunning. It's well worth going on the cable car just for the views - although if you don't like heights, you've been warned! The Barn Thai is a fantastic restaurant set in the mangrove swamps - they also offer a collection service from/back to your hotel. The Lighthouse is another good restaurant to watch the sun go down over the sea from. The island is quite small and we hired a car and explored for a day when it was raining. There isn't much in the way of shopping, although we did find some lovely craft shops. Taxis are quite cheap (although a lot more expensive than KL) and handy.
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| B Hillcoat |
23 May 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Hired a car for RM50 per day at the airport. You can drive around Langkawi Island fairly easily without getting lost. Went on the Cable Car, but unfortunately due to the smokey skies at the time, it wasn't a very good view. Went shopping in Kuah, some great bargains to be had.
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| I Haidmann |
18 May 2003 |
Stayed at Beach Garden Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Very convenient, 15 min walk to the aquarium, "Bon Ton" is very close, and a lot of possibilities for different food around the hotel.
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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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| P Goodman |
04 April 2003 |
Stayed at Langkawi Village Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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the Island its self is very beautiful and the people are so friendly. We hired a car for a few days to get around, we went through a local company they were very friendly and reasonably priced they even had baby seats.
We went all round the Island we would recommend the cable cars, birds paradise and under water world we found all of these attractions intresting and resonably priced. We found the tours quite expensive so glad we hired the car and did it all in our own time. We did not do any of the boat trips or jungle walks as we had a six month old baby with us. I would definitly recommend Langkawi to all of my friends
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