Langkawi is a 75 minute flight from Singapore and is situated 30 kms of the north western coast of Malaysia. Flying into Langkawi is spectacular as you fly over many of the 104 islands that form the Langkawi archipelago.
The main island is very lush and large mountains dominate the island. One way of getting a better view of the main island and surrounding islands is to ride the cable car up the mountain. The cable car climbs in two sections and covers 2 kilometres in length and climbs to 708 metres above sea level. The ride down certainly felt like you were on a roller coaster as it is so steep. There is also a skywalk bridge up the top of the mountain that takes you amongst the treetops but it was closed for maintenance.
We hired a car for the weekend as it is the easiest way to get around the island and meant that we pretty much covered the whole island. Along the way we stopped off at a spectacular waterfall called Temuran Waterfall. This waterfall is the biggest in Langkawi and has a drop of about 30 metres. Along the path to the waterfall, there were a large group of monkeys waiting for people to feed them or to pounce on people with plastic bags that could contain food.
The hotel we stayed at was the Tanjung Sanctuary Beach Resort which is in the middle of forest and each afternoon monkeys would visit our verandah looking for food before moving on to the next room. We were told not to feed them as there is abundant food in the forest for the monkeys.
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The beach at Tanjung Sanctuary Beach Resort |
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