Friday, 23 September 2016

Langkawi, 3 days 2 nights from 23 – 25 Sept 2016

We flew in the afternoon from KLIA 2 to Langkawi (1 hour journey). When we arrived (exit from the arrival door), we went to the car rental counter to rent a car for our trip. There are several car rental companies to choose from and all of them are giving discounts to fight for customers.

There were so many choices to choose from. The rental for a Toyata Vios was RM80 per day and a Toyota Innova was RM90 per day. We decided on a spacious MPV Nissan Grand Lavina. We paid RM180 for 2 days and a deposit of RM100 (refundable when you return the car at the airport). It’s very convenient to rent a car and the car is parked outside at the airport. All you need to bring is your driver’s license, GPS or your mobile phone for Waze.    

Our rented car
Once we were inside the car, we drove to our resort, Sunset Beach Resort at Pantai Cenang, situated about 15 minutes’ drive from the airport. 

So here were our itineraries during our stay in Langkawi:-

Day 1

Upon arrival at Sunset Beach Resort, we proceed to the reception for check-in. Although this resort is small and it’s kind of a garden resort (all chalet rooms surrounded by plants), this resort is conveniently located in the heart of Pantai Cenang, i.e. 5 minutes’ walk to the Cenang shopping mall and Langkawi aquarium. There are no restaurants at this resort but you can get food easily outside the resort.

Reception at Sunset Beach Resort

We went to the beach behind the resort, toured around Pantai Cenang in the evening and had dinner at Subway sandwich.



                        We also managed to buy alcohol at the nearby supermarket, nearby our resort.
Check out the prices
You can only get it in Langkawi, not in KL and UK anymore
                   
Day 2

We started Day 2 with a trip to SkyCab Langkawi (Langkawi cable car) and a trip to the 7 waterfalls. For details of the:-
Being all sweaty and tired, we continued our journey to Kuah town and a visit to the Eagle of Langkawi. We managed to park across the road and walked through the zig zag park. There are a lot of visitors and we had to queue to get a picture in front of the eagle.


Thereafter, we proceed to the Kuah jetty for some refreshments, i.e. Starbucks. However, the price in Starbucks is the same as in KL Starbucks.

We drove to Kota Mahsuri but the place was closed at 6pm, so we drove back to our resort to freshen up. We had our dinner at a local Thai Malay restaurant.

Day 3:

After breakfast at McDonalds, window shopping at Coco Valley mall (beside Underwater World Langkawi), it was time to check-out from the resort at 12pm.

Since our flight was in the evening, our 1st stop was Kota Mahsuri. For details of Kota Mahsuri, please go to:-

http://onattycan.blogspot.my/search/label/Kota%20Mahsuri

After spending about an hour and a half, we drove to the Field of Burnt Rice (Beras Terbakar). For details of Burnt Field, please go to:-

http://onattycan.blogspot.my/search/label/Beras%20Terbakar

After the Field of Burnt Rice, we drove to Pantai Kok and drove back to Pantai Cenang, where we had our lunch/tea at McDonalds again.

We returned our car at the airport at about 5pm.
           
Details about the resort and other charges:

Beach

A quiet nice beach to walk on and to enjoy the cool breeze at the back of the resort. Not many people were swimming at the beach due to strong waves.







Room

We stayed in a Standard Double Room. Inside the room, it’s spacious and pretty basic, i.e. queen size double bed, TV, towels, shampoo, showel gel, air-cond, mini fridge and water heater shower facility.  

Our room





Wi-Fi

The resort provided wi-fi and the connection is good.

Staff

The staff were quite friendly and approachable.

Activities

The resort provides activities for its guests. We were given the price for the activities and stated that the price is especially for the guests. When we checked at the nearby operator of the activities, the price offered outside was the same as what has been offered by the resort for the hotel guests.  

Price
  1. Return air ticket from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi by Air Asia: Approximately RM 119.90 per person (excluding airport tax, LCCT KL fee, GST and add-ons on baggage and advance seat fee)
  2. Standard Double Room at Sunset Beach Resort: RM380.00 per night
  3. Transportation:
Rented car from the airport – Approximately RM50-RM200, depending on the size of the car and car make.

Taxi – Please refer to the chart below as an indication. It was taken from Langkawi SkyCab

Taxi Fare in Langkawi
Contact details:

Sunset Beach Resort
Jalan Pantai Chenang
Pantai Tengah
07000 Pantai Cenang
Langkawi, Kedah
Tel & Fax: 04- 955 1751
Email: sunset@sungrouplangkawi.com
Website: http://www.sungroup-langkawi.com/sunset/

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Location: Langkawi, 07000, Kedah, Malaysia

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