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Oriental Village Langkawi is only 5 minutes away if you walk from Berjaya Beach and Spa Resort. We went there after the mangrove trip and it was in the evening. It’s best to come here in the evening so that you can enjoy the nice sunset at the top of the hill.

There are some shops here where you can easily get clothes and handicrafts. If you like clothes from some famous Italian brands, you can find quite a number of them too, but I didn’t get anything that day. I was not keen to shop anyway. There are some rental rooms available as well, and the environment is quite family friendly.

The main purpose we came here was going for the cable car ride.

The cable car will take you up to a mountain at 42 degree incline and it was quite scary to me.

It’s very windy that evening and our cable car was shaky! You will come to Gunung Macincang and the view at 708m above sea level is breathtaking.

We stayed up there waiting for the sunset and it’s a wonderful experience for me, considering that I’m so afraid of height! Maybe it’s a windy evening, so my knees were rather weak like I’m an old lady that needs assisted living software to run my errands. LOL!

I have some other photos posted on my personal blog. Check them out too! If you are visiting Langkawi soon, don’t you miss the cable car ride. It’s fascinating.

I don’t have a brain which is as good as the IBM memory, so before I forgot everything about my Langkawi trip, I better update everything about it! Here’s the 3rd part of the mangrove trip…I told you the trip is worth is as you will visit lots of places in a go!

After the fish farm, we went to the Bat Cave.

Bat Cave

It’s quite chilly in the cave, and I was quite afraid of the total darkness. We were given a flashlight so we could see the bats hanging upside down at the top of the cave.

The entrance to Bat Cave 

The bats, can see or not? 

I told with hubby that the bats might be waken up by us if we screamed in the cave. LOL! No, I didn’t do that, of course. I would be totally freaked out if they attacked me!

After that, we went to the open sea. We were asked to put on our safety jacket and it’s nice to see Thailand which is located not far away from Langkawi island. I love the boat ride on the speeding boat. It’s quite enjoyable.

Kilim Geoforest Park 

We went back to the port at Tanjong Rhu shortly after. It’s a nice trip and I should bring my kids there one day. They will definitely love to see the eagles!

I updated the 1st part of our mangrove tour in Langkawi some time ago, and I better write about the 2nd part now. We went to a fish farm after visiting the Crocodile Cave.

Fish farm

There is a restaurant here and if you are interested to get a drink or tasting the seafood, just let the boatman know about this. We were not hungry, so we went to see the fishes and other marine lives instead. If I’m not mistaken, we paid RM5 per person for visiting the fish farm and having a stroll in the mangroves.

The name of the farm 

The restaurant 

Some of the marine lives you will see at this farms are:

Puffer fish

Mantis Shrimp

Eel 

 
Stingray 

Horseshoe Crab 

Hubby had a good time feeding the stingrays, especially. I dared not try it, I don’t like fishes unless they are dead and cooked. LOL! I was busy staying away from the side of the platform so that I won’t fall into the sea! It’s too scary to even think of the consequences of  falling into a farm of hungry fishes.

We went on to the mangrove walk shortly after. If it’s a high tide, it’s impossible to walk on the bridge. We went on a low tide, so the walk was quite enjoyable.

The hanging bridge in the mangrove 

Yeap, that’s me 

If you think the mangrove tour ended here, you are wrong! Stay tune for Part 3. So, don’t you think the money paid is worth it? It might be as much as paying for the billet grille of your car, but this trip is truly memorable.

This is the best thing we had in Langkawi. At first, hubby and I just wanted to go shopping in Kuah but the hotel staff advised us to go for the mangrove tour. It cost RM300 for a boat, but it’s worth it. The trip is awesome!

We were driven by a taxi to Tanjong Rhu where we met up with our boatman.

Tanjong Rhu, Langkawi

There are a few activities you can do in this area, just as shown on the board.

List of activities

I will update this mangrove tour in a few posts as it’s quite lengthy. Firstly, here are the boats. You can ask for safety jackets if you don’t feel comfortable with it, but we only put ours on once we reached the open sea after the whole tour.

The boats

We set off into the river where you can see lots of mangrove trees on both sides of the banks. It’s really nice feeling the speed of the boat and having the strong breeze messing up my hair. LOL!

The mangroves

A few minutes later, we came to the spot where there were more than 15 eagles feeding on the river. They are wild, but they won’t attack anyone unless you go too near. Both hubby and I decided on the spot that we got to bring our kids here someday and let them see those eagles. They will definitely love this more than those kids party invitations.

 
Eagle Feeding 

After that, we went to Crocodile Cave where crocodiles were spotted years ago. Our boatman said he hadn’t seen any crocodiles for some time and frankly, we didn’t want to see anyone either.

Crocodile Cave

We went to a fish farm shortly after and I will update that in another post.

I didn’t regret paying for the expensive chalet. It’s a great holiday destination with trees and beaches, just like what I like the most if I want to be away from the city. Our chalet is located somewhere in the wood, and I forgot to leave a note that I preferred the unit to be by the beach! So if I’m going there again, I want to stay at those suites near the sea.

Our chalet for 2 nights

Next time I wanna stay here

It’s great to be near the nature. The staffs were friendly and the facilities are great too. The only thing that bothered me is that the rooms are not equipped with internet connection and I had to log on at the lobby.

Monkeys in the tree

Maybe they just want us to relax and forget about our work huh? Hubby wanted me to practice yoga and he thought of getting some exercise and prohormones but who knows? We were too lazy to move. LOL!