Air Hangat Village

Popular for its hot springs, this village is being upgraded with a long-term masterplan that will eventually see it featuring a health spa and an elephant sanctuary. The village is well-known for its legend about its very own David and Goliath battle. An 18-metre-long handcarved, limestone mural depicts the earth-shattering battle between two giants - Mat Cincang and Mat Raya - after which two hills on the island are named.

Cave of Porcupine

Cave of Porcupine or Gua Landak is just a few minutes' drive from Kuah and is the most accessible cave on the island. You'll find that its fairly large chamber contains an exquisite variety of stalactites and stalagmites with fascinating formations.

Cave of Legends

The Gua Cerita is one of the many fascinating limestone caves situated in the north-east of Langkawi.
It comprises two limestone caves, one above the other and faces the sea.
There are a number of legends associated with the Gua Cerita. Here we provide one of which was related to Merong Maha Wangsa in the episode involving the Roman and the Chinese Emperors. The other is one concerns a strange creature called Gedembai.

Cave of Birds

Our very own batcave! About 30 minutes from Kuah town, this cave of bats is a rare opportunity to see bats in their natural habitat. A wooden jetty with a platform running through the cave allows visitors to view at leisure and up close this untouched batcave. Here too, visitors get a chance to see closeup the mangrove which is an integral identity of this island.

Black Sand Beach

You can also check out whether tha remains from the great battle between Grauda and Jentayu still existed (as some still believe), at Pantai Pasir Hitam Langkawi.

The peaceful Langkawi beach is stained with black sand - you'll find that not the whole beach is black but it's more like a mixture of black sand and normal sand. Unlike other black-sand beaches, this sand isn't volcanic in nature - iron oxide is believed to be the cause of this phenomenon. While you are walking at Pantai Pasir Hitam, don't forget to take some snaps at the ancient fishing jetty with its sense of history nearby. You can also check out whether the remains from the great battle between Grauda and Jentayu still existed (as some still believe), at Pantai Pasir Hitam Langkawi.

Some people also believe that the black sand beach is caused by the the burnt soil from the rice fields that were burnt during the Siamese war. The burnt soil flowed to the sea got washed up on to this beach creating the black sand beach.

Driving to Pantai Pasir Hitam is really easy since there's only one road leading to it. It is just down the road from the Craft Cultural Complex.

While you are walking at Pantai Pasir Hitam, don't forget to take some snaps at the ancient fishing jetty with its sense of history nearby.