Holiday in Langkawi, Malaysia. Part 2

Holiday in Pulau Langkawi, Part 2
There are a lot of land and sea attractions in Pulau Langkawi. Some of the land attractions are Crocodile farm, Kilim geoforest park, Galleri Perdana, Mahsuri Tomb, Underwater World aquarium, Dataran Lang, Argriculture park (Taman Mardi) and many others which some becoming more of souvenir center such as the Beras Terbakar (burnt rice) and hot springs. The sea attractions are Pulau Payar marine park, coral island tour, with plenty of snorkelling, diving, surfing, para-sailing and unspoilt natural beaches not yet encroach by concrete jungle.

I am glad I took the Kilim Karst Geoforest Park day tour. It was on 9 Jun 2014, supposed to be very hot and dry in Malaysia, but suddenly it was raining in Pulau Langkawi. Well, unpredictable weather! This tour includes mangrove swamp cruise, eagle feeding, mouth of river, bat cave, crocodile cave(subject to tide), fish farm, and open sea round island cruise.  It cost RM140 per pax, including a cable car ride in Oriental Village. It started from hotel pickup at 9.00 am to be transferred to Kilim Geoforest Park jetty and finished around 6 pm with lunch included.

Holiday in Pulau Langkawi, Part 1

Holiday in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. Part 1

Pulau Langkawi is one of the many beautiful islands off the west coast of Peninsula Malaysia. There are a total of 99 islands with the main island Pualu Langkawi  consisting of 478.5 sq. km. There are still idyllic rural homes among jungle clad hills. Natural pristine beaches, fine sands and swaying coconut trees is synonymous in most tropical islands, but in Pulau Langkawi one can witness the wild Eagles feeding! 

Eagles feeding. It was raining so I was lucky to see about 8 eagles, should be about 20-30 eagles on normal days.

There are over 500 species of wild eagles and it is a common sight of eagles flying around in this island. Therefore, it is correctly stated as still not over developed by Lonely Planet .