Langkawi Island Hopping

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There are countless islands off the coast of Langkawi, making island hopping on Langkawi one of the most popular activities. From freshwater lakes to wild eagles and fabulous beaches, Langkawi’s day trips offer a lot.

Island hopping – a Langkawi day trip

On an island hopping tour from Langkawi, different islands are visited, all of which are very diverse. Which islands you visit, where your island hopping tour starts on Langkawi and what the tour costs, we explain to you in this report.

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How to get to Langkawi

Langkawi is an island and because of that there are only two ways you can get there. The fastest and most comfortable option is the airplane, e.g. from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore or Guangzhou with AirAsia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines or China Southern. A good overview of the times and prices can be found on Skyscanner.

There are also boat connections to Penang or Kuala Perlis and Kuala Kedah on the Malaysian mainland. You can also take the ferry to Koh Lipe or Satun in Thailand. More information about prices and times can be found at our partner 12go.asia.

Accommodation on Langkawi – our hotel tips

During our time on Langkawi we stayed at the Paretto Seaview Hotel. It is right on the Cenang Beach Road with plenty of dining options nearby. It is just a 1-2 minute walk to the beach. The accommodation consisted of a living room, bedroom and balcony overlooking the beach and the ocean.

The staff was very helpful and organized scooters for us as well as an absolutely cheap ride at the end to the airport. We felt completely comfortable and can definitely recommend the Paretto Seaview.

If you want more luxury on your vacation and the budget does not matter much, then we would like to introduce you to the Four Seasons on Tanjung Rhu. The hotel is located on the most paradise-like beach of the island and if you are looking for tranquility, it is just the right place. Find more hotels on Langkawi here.

Langkawi: Tours and tickets

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An Island Hopping tour to the smaller neighboring islands is almost mandatory when being on Langkawi. Some other backpackers that were our next-door neighbors recommended us this trip. So we spontaneously booked this tour for the next day on the very same evening. Price: 25 Ringgit (as of February 2013).

One of these typical white Minivans picked us up (late as usual) at our accommodation “AB Motel” at the Cenang Beach. Then they picked up some more people until, of course, the bus was totally full. After approximately 15 minutes of driving you eventually arrive at a small harbor at the southern tip of Langkawi, from where the speedboats depart. After a little fruits-in-a-bag and Chicken Satay breakfast the tour finally started. It takes 4 hours in total and has 3 stations…

1. Island of the Pregnant Maiden (Pulau Dayang Bunting)

The island got its name from a chain of mountains that remind of a pregnant, reclining woman. On arrival on the island you are immediately welcomed by a mob of wild monkeys that are waiting to be fed. And if they don’t get anything they simply try to meddle with your clothes and bags :D. A roughly 10 minutes walk away there is a freshwater lake where we could stay for about an hour. Here you can swim, rent a paddle boat or just relax and watch the nearby countryside – we chose the last option 😉

2. Pulau Singa Besar

The next stop was the island Pulau Singa Besar (=”island of the big lion”) where we made a short stop off the coast and could watch wild eagles in the air. They could be fed with small pieces of meat when you throw them in the air and then the eagles go for the prey. That’s it. Actually, it didn’t knock my socks off. Next.

3. Pulau Beras Basah and the cheeky thieving monkeys

The last station of the Island Hopping was Beras Basah Island, where we had another approximately one hour stay for snorkeling, swimming, relaxing etc. Too short in my opinion since the island had some nice beach spots and I’d really like to stay here longer. But the highlight this time definitely were the wild monkeys again whose audacity really culminated here! While some people unsuspectingly were enjoying the water, these little bastards sneaked up to their bags and backpacks that were left at the beach and tried to steal stuff from it. And the next thing you see is how the people quickly get out of the water and desperately trying to run after the monkeys :D. Very entertaining as long as it doesn’t affect you 😉

Conclusion: A nice trip that you certainly can do. With the equivalent of €6 the price is totally reasonable! Well, the organization could be better because after the arrival back on Langkawi no Minivan came to pick up the rest of the people – us included – and bring them back to Cenang Beach. Only after a phone call somebody came after a while…