Pulau Langkawi Transportation

Langkawi is extremely easy to navigate. Rent a car upon arrival at the airport or jetty. Car rental at the jetty is cheaper but mainly these are older cars and has manual transmission.

Prices range from RM40 to RM60 per day at the jetty for manual transmission national car (Proton Saga, Wira or Iswara). At the airport, one can get national car at approximately RM80 (auto transmission) but if you know how to bargain, you can get a Nissan Sentra for RM80 per day also. Bargain with them, especially when you are renting for 2 days or more. Petrol is cheap at RM1.80 per litre (H1 2009 price). One full tank will last you round the island for 2 days, depending on which route you take - plan your route, check the map for the shortest route or ensure that the route you take has most of the sights you want to see to avoid backtracking.

Otherwise, you will need to depend on the Island Taxi (in the form of vans) where the prices are fixed and quite costly if you are travelling around or making frequent trips, especially if you are staying in the further beach resorts like Awana or Berjaya. Taxi fare per person from Berjaya to Kuah Town ranges from RM10 to RM15 (bargain if more passengers in group).

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The Langkawi International Airport is located at Padang Matsirat... It is about 20km from Kuah town and 8km from the beach resorts in Pantai Cenang... Direct air services to/from Kuala Lumpur are provided by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia... Firefly service the Penang/Langkawi route daily... Silk Air also flies regularly to/from Singapore... There are duty free shops both within the public area, arrival lounge and departure lounge for convenience of duty free shoppers...

There is no schedule bus services to/from the airport... The only transport will be by taxi... However, the most popular arrangement is to rent a car at the airport since rental is the cheapest in Malaysia as Langkawi is a duty free island... Visitors can rent a car at the airport upon arrival and return the car at the airport when leaving the island... Travel agents and car rental companies can be found within the arrival lounge...

The best way to discover Langkawi is to go around the island with a scooter. There are many shops which rent scooters around Cenang and Kuah. The daily rent ranges from 25 RM to 40 RM. A deposit around 100 RM is expected as well as your driving license. The roads are quite good in condition and natural ventilation while riding your scoter is refreshing during the hot days.

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We arrived by Cruise Ship at Langkawi. Waiting at the dock, are quite a few taxi drivers. Walking onto the Resort, we had a look around there, then asked a taxi driver here for his price. It was cheaper than the others so didn't bargain. Our driver was lovely, "no worries Langkawi" he would say when we wanted to lock the car. He was most obliging, would make many photo stops for me, and took us everywhere we wanted to go. We finished early, seen all we wanted, and gave him a tip for his excellent service. He spoke quite good English

It is advisable to book your hotel in advance. Since you are travelling in November please take note that Malaysia school holidays starts from 15 November 2008 - 4th January 2009. Therefore book your hotel in advance if you are going to Langkawi during this time.

Car rental varies from type of vehicles and price. I rented a car from the jetty point and you can also do it at the airport. They have a brochure of the pricing & car model but you can bargain for cheaper price.

MAS, Airasia and Firefly flies to Langkawi. Firefly is Mas's answer to budget Airasia. At the airport there are plenty of car rental booths. The cheapest cars would be one of those local Proton Sagas or Perodua Kancil (Daihatsu Mira) at RM 50 to RM60 per day. There are plenty of accommodations to suit all budgets in this sleepy island getaway, except when there is a major event or happenings.

Renting a car is very easy in lagkawi on self drive basis.
Drive the car your self :) that is more fun.
Langkawi dont have much traffice so it is very easy to drive thru langkawi, as the roads are easy, less signals and the drive is very pleasant.

You can rent a car from airport.
However, we rented it from outside out hotel.
A small car on self drive basis costed around RMB 40/ day but it was worth it.

Made travelling around langkawi pretty easy.
you can stop at various point and attractions.

Finding a car parking is easy so the car is safe.
Feul in malaysia was cheap so raelly enjoyed my 3 days there.

Budget priced accommodation easily obtainable right on the beach at Pantai Centang.
We found best way to get around was by taxi. Even hired one for whole day and the driver took us to many places he knew about. Very cheap.
Don't miss the cable car ride to the top of the mountain - spectacular views!