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Langkawi Island
My Langkawi Island trip
Langkawi Trip Part IV : Langkawi Crocodile Farm
Aug 24th
Continued from Langkawi Trip Part III : Oriental Village
About 10-15 minutes drive away from Oriental Village we reached the Crocodile Farm, located on a small hill. We were greeted by this big Welcome signboard, with a big crocodile replica on top. The 20-acre Langkawi Crocodile Farm is the largest crocodile farm in Malaysia and houses more than 1000 crocodiles, with most of it the “Crocodylus Porosus” species. Entrance fee is RM10 per adult and an extra RM1 for each camera brought in. The place looks deserted, not many tourists were visiting at that time.
We were lucky because as soon as we arrived, a crocodile show was just about to begin. FYI, there are two crocodile show sessions in a day at 11.15am and 2.45pm. The crocodile show took place in an area close to the size of a basketball court with two small pools. There were 3 crocodiles in the water with their sizes from small to freaking huge!
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Langkawi Trip Part III : Oriental Village
Aug 23rd
Continued from Langkawi Trip Part II : Cable Car Ride
When we were on our way down from Gunung Mat Cincang, we saw a small area where children were feeding rabbits and deer. It was a mini feeding zoo of sort within Oriental Village. Entrance is free and we bought a packet of rabbit food for RM1.
The rabbits are really fluffy and I particularly liked the grey one, I found it to be the cutest. When not eating, the rabbits would either lie around on their tummy or dig up some holes lol.
The deer was lazing comfortably under a tree, but came after me when saw my packet of food 
The deer’s saliva was all over my palm after that lol. There’s a basin and a soap for visitors to wash their hands after feeding the animals, how thoughtful! Besides feeding the animals, you can also shoot some aarows in the small archery range here at RM5 for 10 shots. Don’t worry if you are bad at it because an instructor is there to guide you.
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Langkawi Trip Part II : Cable Car Ride
Aug 22nd
Continued from Langkawi Trip Part I : Getting There
After we settled down, we immediately set out. Bringing along only a small map given by Mr.Che Di we drove to the latest attraction in Langkawi Island, cable car ride to Gunung Mat Cincang. The cable car is located in Oriental Village – 东方村庄. Besides serving as an entrance to the cable car, Oriental Village also provides a lot of shopping and dining options as well as a holiday resort.
Admission fee to Langkawi Cable Car is at a low RM15 per pax and the cable cars arrive very fast. Hence, waiting time is minimal. Initially we were quite worried that the visibility on the hill top would be poor. This was due to the earlier rain and a sticky on the ticket counter stating that weather condition could be cloudy. Luckily when we reached the top, the weather was clear and the visibility excellent! These are some interesting facts regarding the cable car,
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Langkawi Trip Part I : Getting There
Aug 22nd
This is the first part of our Langkawi Trip last weekend. Siang Leng and I started our journey from Bukit Mertajam at 5.45am to reach Kuala Kedah’s jetty 1.5 hours later at 7.00am. It was drizzling on the way and we were worried sick that it would be raining in Langkawi too. When we reached the junction to the jetty, there were a lot of motorcyclists ushering us to use their parking services. It was a scary experience because we thought they were robbers or rempits.. they just flag you down by the road <_ <
We parked our car at RM10 per day (no shades provided) and had to walk for around 300m before reaching the jetty. There are 4 different ferry companies available and all tickets are sold at RM18 per pax. We took the earliest ferry which leaves at 7.15am. While filling in our particulars, we asked for car and chalet renting services with one of the travel agents (booking chalets in Langkawi incurs extra RM20) Actually we had originally booked a room in City Bayview Hotel (RM150 per night) but decided to cancel it to save costs.
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