Pantai Pasir Tengkorak, Langkawi

L A N G K A W I

Tanjung Rhu Langkawi

Tanjung Rhu is located at the northern-most tip of Pulau Langkawi, about 22km from Kuah town by way of Air Hangat. You can also drive the longer way via the Teluk Ewa coastal road or the inner road that passes Ulu Melaka.

The place can sometimes be deafeningly quiet – just the prescription for tangled nerves. First look gives the feeling that you are no more in Langkawi, but you still are. The wide sloping beach looks gentle and tame but in reality the undercurrents here can be quite unforgiving. Stay close to the shore.

The beautiful beach is fringed by casuarina trees, hence the name. The most prominent feature which has appeared in countless postcards and photos is the rocky outcrop of Pulau Chabang. You can walk over to the island when the tide is out, but please remember to hasten back before it returns.

The many rocky islands that dot the whole area is worth exploring. Boats can be hired for such a trip. Then there are those subterranean caverns that have made Langkawi one fantastic place for cave exploration. Take your pick of Gua Teluk Udang, Gua Siam and Gua Teluk Dedap if you dont fancy visiting the much talked-about Gua Cerita. The tidal creek behind the beach area is mostly made up of mangrove forests. This is where the boats used for island hopping and fishing trips in these parts are moored.

Tanjung Rhu is not especially obvious as a fishing settlement but the area has long been used as a base for fishing boats. Nowadays besides servicing the tourists, the locals also indulge in aquaculture – keeping fishes such as siakap (sea bass) and kerapu (garoupa).

Two very up market hotels have a ‘monopoly’ of the prime stretch of beach here. The older Tanjung Rhu Resort being the pioneer and quite recently, the Four Seasons Langkawi Resort. Unfortunately, however, for the convenience of well-heeled tourists, locals and non-hotel guests are not allowed to saunter on to the hotel beach fronts, although legally they can’t do so, as beaches belong to the state.

Two rows of wooden shops at the end of the road sell cheap clothing, souvenirs and local foods. Lookout for the mee gulung, once very popular in Langkawi. This is actually noodles wrapped in omelette and served in soup. Five-star fine dining is available at both resorts.

Seven Wells Waterfall - Telaga Tujuh

Location: To see where it is, open the Overview Map and look for

("telaga" = wells,
"tujuh" = seven)

This waterfall, situated near to Telaga Harbour is considered by many to be the most beautiful waterfall on Langkawi & has one of the legends of Langkawi associated with it. It is said that the wells, or pools at the very top of the falls are where Fairies come to bathe.

Approaching from Pantai Kok you find a small car park which has a RM2 charge for cars & RM1 for bikes, there are also a number of small shops selling drinks, clothing & food.

From here you can either take the steps on the right hand side of the shops or walk up the very steep incline of the service road to get to the steps that will take you down to the base of the waterfall itself, where the pools provide welcome relief for tired feet & kids love to splash about.

For the more intrepid, you can take the 638 steps through the rain forest to the top of the waterfall & will be rewarded by the beautiful views across to Burau Bay & Pantai Kok.

This climb is fairly tiring so you may need to make use of the rest areas provided & just relax & listen to the sounds of the forest while you catch your breath. Once at the top the seven wells become apparent & you may even wish to bathe there yourself & use the natural rock slides which are suitable for kids of all ages.

Cable Car Ride, Langkawi Island

Langkawi Pantai Cenang

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Underwater World Langkawi

Underwater World Langkawi is one of the largest marine and fresh water aquaria in South East Asia. Since the start of its operation on 26 August 1995, it has become one of the must visit tourist destinations in Langkawi and has attracted a large number of foreign as well as local tourists.

The concept and theme of Underwater World Langkawi are geared towards Knowledge, Education and Entertainment. It is built to raise awareness on the importance of conserving our precious aquatic life forms, thus creating understanding of the deep and inseparable bond between man and nature.

Unique to Underwater World Langkawi is the gigantic 15-meter long walk-through tunnel consisting of 500,000 liter seawater which houses many big fishes and sea creatures including the Giant Green Turtle.

Other attractions include the Freshwater Fish Section, the Seashell Display, the Koi Pond, the Mini Reptilian and Invertebrate Section, the Coral Reef Section and the Poisonous and Venomous Creatures Section.

The 34,701 square foot oceanarium is located adjacent to a shopping centre and the Neptune Caf�. Visitors are thus provided with a one-stop shopping, eating and entertainment package, all of which are available within one area.

A new building (with 60,000 sq. ft built-up area) which displays Tropical Rainforest, Temperate and Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems, and a three-dimensional (3D) theatre with a 200-seating capacity will be opened to the public in early 2005. The Sub-Antarctic Ecosystem Display includes a spectacular �penguinarium� with an underwater tunnel for visitors to view swimming penguins.

Tel:	604-955 6100
Open Hour:	Daily: 10.00am - 6.00pm
Entrance Fee:	Adult - RM38.00
	Child - RM28.00

Langkawi Wildlife Park

Langkawi Wildlife Park was formerly known as the Langkawi Bird Park. It features more than 2,500 birds from 150 exotic birds species.

At this wildlife park, you can see hundreds of exotic birds in the beautifuly-landscaped spacious enclosures. A new extension on the left and rear portion of the Langkawi Wildlife Park has been done to increase the exhibition area.

The new extension on the left is dedicated for a selection of other species of wildlife.

Thick Billed Green Bird
At the Langkawi Wildlife Park, you'll be amazed by hundreds of colourful birds through a walk-thru parakeet house. There are the Macaw Courtyard, Flamingo Pond and so many more!

Watch out also for the clever impersonations of the Cockatoo and Mynah. They're so clever!

The new extension at the back portion of the showcase areas, houses a huge display of rare crafted and raw crystals from Brazil and China. These crystals are dazzling!

And, the best thing is the crystal ornaments are available for sale!

Visiting this crystal showcase area will definitely enrich your knowledge of crystals. The attentive and friendly staff will transfer the knowledge on the curative and therapeutic properties of crystals to you! That's invaluable.

Besides the exotic birds, the wildlifes and the amazing crystals, you can also taste a wide variety of Chinese teas of different grades! There is a traditional Chinese tea kiosk at the Langkawi Wildlife Park offering you a tea pleasure.

Feeling hungry after hours at the Langkawi Wildlife Park? Look for a restaurant near the entrance of the wildlife park. This restaurant serves snacks and full meals. It is also a duty-free shopping area that sells a wide-range of items, including wines, spirits and leather products.

MAP LANGKAWI ISLAND

Area of Interest
1. Mangrove tours
2. Dataran Lang
3. Air Hangat Village
4. Budaya Craft & Cultural Complex
5. Langkawi Crystal
6. Pulau Payar Marine Park
7. Makam Mahsuri
8. Underwater World
9. Taman Lagenda
10.Air Terjun
11.Island Hopping

ISLAND HOPPING

Pulau Singa Besar

Pulau Singa Besar:Area: 636 ha, 6.5km long from north to south and 2.5km from east to west.
It consists mainly of steep hilly land covered by tropical forest. 75% of the land with gradient of 20° or more.
3 primary watersheds. The Sg. Botol and Sg. Pantai flowing down to the east of the island and the Sg. Sepai to the northen coast.
The top soil (kekura series), is thin layered. Towards the southern part of the island the land is rocky and devoid of soil.
Limestone outcrops are prominent on the north eastern part of the island.
The island geology is unique and has a formation called the Singa Formation.

Monkeys, deer, iguanas and peacocks roam about freely on Pulau Singa Besar, a wildlife sanctuary located southwest of Pulau Langkawi. Picnic on the pristine beaches and enjoy swimming in the surrounding waters. To preserve the island's natural surroundings, no hotels or chalets have been built. Instead, camping is encouraged. However, visitors will have to bring along their own tents and camping equipment if they wish to spend the night on the island.

LANGKAWI MANGROVE TOUR.

MANGROVE TOUR

Mangrove Tour in Kilim River, Langkawi is an adventurous trip which may take up from one to four hours to finish. The boat will cruise you along the river (Kilim River) which will make a stop at the Bat Cave. At Bat Cave, you may explore the cave with guidance of the boatman. Inside, hundreds of bat hanging at the cave roof, silently. You can see bats but if you bring camera, you could photograph them with a flash. No worry, they will not fly on your head.

Along the cruise, you can feed the eagle, which called ‘eagle feeding’. Eagle feeding is not difficult but very interesting activities. In minutes, you will see a dozen of eagle flying over your head. The boatman will do his trick to call the eagle (Brown Eagles) from the mangrove forest or the hill side nearby. Maybe those eagles familiar with the sound of the engine and as well as the food thrown in the water, so they come visiting you. Not just the eagle, Tree Crab, Monitor Lizard and Macaques are also available.

As you cruise down the calm, winding river, you will observe the wonders of the park’s marine ecosystem, enjoy the scenic and spectacular views of unique limestone rock formations emerging from the floor of the mangrove swamp and seabed.

Not to miss, enjoy yourself with varieties of fish in cages, floating restaurant, fish farm restaurant or some says Hole in the Wall. What ever it is, they have a nice chef that cook good food for you. The fish is of course from the farm. Very mouth watering meal indeed.

The Langkawi Geopark is made up of 99 tropical islands off the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia covering an area of about 478 square kilometer. These rocky tropical legendary islands are rich in geodiversity, many of which have scientific value of national and regional significant. Langkawi Geopark highlights the region’s most complete Palaeozoic geological history and outstanding beauty of tropical island karst landscape. The Palaeozoic rocks of Langkawi Geopark contain among others the oldest strata in the region, complete Palaeozoic succession from Cambrian to Permian, and best sedimentological and palaeontological evidences affiliating Langkawi and the surrounding region with Gondwanaland. Langkawi Geopark portrays a rich mixtures of surface water, ground water and ocean wave originated karstic landscape including some rare formation of islands and hills, ridges and pinnacles; gorges, wangs and doline lakes; caves, tunnels and their diverse cave deposit landforms; and sea-notches, sea-caves, sea-tunnels, sea-arches and sea-stacks. Langkawi Geopark geoheritage sites are mostly protected within the Malaysian holistic nature conservation concept of Geoforest Park where rock conservation is equally treated as biological conservation and other nature conservation components. Three geoforest parks of Langkawi are the Machinchang Cambrian, Kilim Karst and Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest Parks, each of which highlighting its own unique geology and geological landscape. Other smaller conservation areas are the Recreational Forest and State Permanent Forest Reserves, which hosted several protected geoheritage sites and geological monuments outside the geoforest parks.

Langkawi Geopark Overview

Langkawi Geopark is Malaysia's first geopark and is located in the far northwestern corner of peninsular Malaysia. Located in northern State of Kedah, it is unique in the sense that it was formed on 99 islands that together made up the legendary Langkawi Archipelago.

The total land area of Langkawi Geopark is about 478km2.

It is accessible by sea from Kuala Perlis , Kuala Kedah and Penang jetties or by air from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore and Bangkok.

Langkawi has been dubbed as the birthplace or the fetus land of the region. The various natural landscapes of Langkawi reflects the island's geodiversity and its complex geological history. It has the best-exposed and most complete Palaeozoic sedimentary sequence in Malaysia beginning from Cambrian to the Permian period. Later during the Mesozoic, the islands underwent a major tectonic event that resulted in the emplacement of its numerous granitic igneous bodies.

This incredible power generated by nature from the deep mantle beneath the earth has driven up huge blocks of older rocks and somehow placed them above a very much younger terrain.

In Langkawi geological history, much of its geological development was somewhat linked to what had happened in the old supercontinent Pangea and southern hemispheric Gondwanaland since more than 550 million years ago. It started in the deposition of Machinchang sandstone in a lacustrine environment during much of the Cambrian time, followed by the submergence of the land during Late Cambrian time (--500m.y.) which allowed the invasion of shallow marine fauna into the proto-Langkawi sea. The continuous subsidence of the sea floor resulted in the formation of thick limestone of Setul Formation during the Ordovician. At the end of Ordovician time (--440m.y.), the sea became too deep to eventually stop the limestone deposition temporarily.

Setul limestone continued to develop during Silurian until the Middle Devonian (-370m.y.), followed by the deposition of sandstone and mudstone which sometimes are related to the rafted ice due to the global melting of Gondwana ice cap.

The dropstone bearing black sandstone and mudstone of Singa Formation is succeeded by the limestone of Chuping Formation during the Early Permian (-280m.y.) before the sea was slowly brought up by a complicated tectonic process.

The Chuping limestone is believed to have stopped depositing before the end of Permian (-245m.y.) by this tectonic event that among others brought up a large block of earth crust in the eastern part of Langkawi overlapping the much younger block in the west. The tectonic event ended up with the emplacement of granite beneath the Langkawi crust at the end of Triassic (-220m.y.).

What we have in Langkawi today is a combined result of these various processes and the prolonged weathering process that took place ever since the Langkawi land was brought to the surface around 220 million years ago. As a result, we have a beautiful mountainous range of Machinchang sandstone at the northwestern corner of Langkawi Island, the conical Gunung Raya granite at the center and a rugged karst terrain of Setul Limestone in the eastern part of Langkawi.

In the southwest of Langkawi islands, the Singa formation dominated while the Chu ping Limestone dominates the western part of Dayang Bunting Island. Some of the landscapes are truly outstanding, particularly those of the Machinchang and the karstic limestone in the eastern part of Langkawi.

HOTEL / CHALET RESERVATION

Hotel name	Location	Price from
	Aseania Resort Langkawi	Pantai Tengah	MYR 130.00
	Awana Porto Malai	Pantai Tengah	MYR 178.00
	Bayview Hotel Langkawi	Kuah	MYR 171.00
	Beach Garden Resort	Pantai Chenang	MYR 180.00
	Berjaya Langkawi Beach And Spa Resort	Pantai Kok	MYR 330.00
	Casa Del Mar	Pantai Chenang	MYR 540.00
	Century Suria Service Apartments	Kuah	MYR 230.00
	Eagle Bay Hotel	Kuah	MYR 99.00
	Federal Villa Langkawi	Pantai Tengah	MYR 214.00
	Geopark Hotel Oriental Village	Pantai Kok	MYR 160.00
	Holiday Villa Beach Resort And Spa	Pantai Tengah	MYR 293.00
	Hotel Grand Continental Langkawi	Kuah	MYR 135.00
	Hotel Helang	Padang Matsirat	MYR 135.00
	Kampung Tok Senik Resort	Kuah	MYR 251.00
	Kondo Istana	Kuah	MYR 125.00
	Langkasuka Resort	Padang Matsirat	MYR 135.00
	Langkawi Lagoon Resort	Padang Matsirat	MYR 403.00
	Langkawi Seaview Hotel	Kuah	MYR 118.00
	Mutiara Burau Bay	Pantai Kok	MYR 270.00
	Nadias Inn Comfort Langkawi	Pantai Chenang	MYR 120.00
	Pelangi Beach And Spa Resort	Pantai Chenang	MYR 610.00
	Rebak Marina Resort	Rebak Island	MYR 281.00
	Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort	Pantai Kok	MYR 620.00
	Sunset Beach Resort Langkawi	Pantai Tengah	MYR 160.00
	Tanjung Rhu Resort	Tanjung Rhu Beach	MYR 1050.00
	Tanjung Sanctuary Langkawi	Pantai Kok	MYR 68.00
	The Andaman Langkawi	Datai Bay	MYR 1513.00
	The Datai Langkawi	Datai Bay	MYR 2100.00
	The Frangipani Langkawi Resort & Spa	Pantai Tengah	MYR 452.00
	The Lanai Langkawi Beach Resort	Pantai Tengah	MYR 187.00
	The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa	Kuah	MYR 702.00

mangrove boat trip

mangrove boat trip, a photo by kiki-kana on Flickr.

We offer you trips that will get you close to the beautiful flora and fauna
of Langkawi without harming the environment of Langkawi.

eagle fedding

DSC04542, a photo by itchysolesweettooth on Flickr.

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