Island Hopping

The boat
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Island hopping is a good way of getting a feel for Langkawi's surrounding waters. This is one of the must-do activity when visiting Langkawi. Gurl enjoyed it very much especially when the boat hit the strong wave. We really had a great time. We chartered the whole boat for this activity which cost us RM200.

This trip will take you to three different islands which is Pulau Singa Besar, Pulau Beras Basah & Pulau Dayang Bunting. The whole trip takes about 4 hours. We took off from Pantai Tengah @ about 3 pm. The first destination is Pulau Singa Besar. We dont really alight from the boat. Here, the boat man throws the chicken skin into the water.. hold your breath and watch the eagles gracefully swoops down for their meals! However, there are not so many eagles around at that time. According to the boat man, there are more aegles in the morning....as many as 200 of them! By the evening, most of the eagles are well fed already.

Island Hopping - a good way of getting a feel for Langkawi's surrounding waters.

Pantai Tengah
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The next island is the Pulau Singa Besar. We we left here for 1 hour to appreciate the place. It an amazingly beautiful place - clear water with a smooth white sands. There are a Banana Boat ride available here but we didnt check out the price - must be expensive. We just lazed around the beach while enjoying the superb panorama in front of us.

The final destination is of course, the Pulau Dayang Bunting. The island itself looked like a pregnant woman who is lying down on her back. In the centre of the island lies a large and beautiful freshwater lake called Tasik Dayang Bunting. The lake is surrounded by mountains and their reflection on the lake is worth watching.

Pulau Dayang Bunting
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There's a little bit of hiking up the hill to get to the lake. We are welcomed by a few monkeys which did frightened us. It is advisable not to carry any plastic bags with you as these monkeys will snatched it away into the jungle.

We spent aboun an hour there - riding the paddle boat & swimming in the cold water lake. Another attractions to this island is the catfish massage but we missed that too coz the fishes is too full to surfaced. So, if you wanna go for Island Hopping, be sure you do it in the morning.