Half-Day Geopark Mangrove Kayaking Adventure

The visit to Kilim Geoforest Park and the mangrove kayaking trip was one of the highlights of our recent Langkawi trip. It was truly an awesome kayaking experience going through narrow waterways of the mangrove forest, one which is not possible if you take a boat ride. The mangrove forest so green and alive, so serene and tranquil, the stillness is to be experienced and the water is unbelievable crystal clear. We thoroughly enjoyed the personalised guided tour by Qin of Langkawi Wildlife Buddy, whose passion for this Unesco heritage site and mangrove kayaking are evident. Highly recommended!

Tldr: wonderful tour with a wonderful guide -nothing compares to the serenity of kayaking through the mangroves. Worth every penny! //// Tour also included the batcave visit, accessed by boat. The kayaking was roughly 1.5h long, with only 10 min requiring more rigorous paddling, most of the time it was relaxing, in the mangroves forest with no heat and surprisingly no mosquitoes. Tour includes eagles watch that we didn't know we had, which was a pleasant surprise. Kayaking was followed by lunch on a floating restaurant where we could feed and pet their manta ray. /// The tour started on time, we were also lucky to have the entire tour to ourselves. Our guide Qin was cheerful, helpful and attentive, she was knowledgable in local wildlife and the mangroves, you could see she loved her job and loved sharing all she knew with us. /// We had a great time and would definitely come back!

We are 2 friends from London and Frankfurt, visiting Langkawi for the first time. Qin was our guide and she’s absolutely fantastic! A local to the island, Qin knows the area and people well, she shared interesting insights throughout the tour. Specialising in small groups, we were brought to more interesting routes deep through the mangrove forests, away from the crowds which made the tour feel much more exclusive and customized. Some other highlights for us included watching the feeding of wild eagles in open water with tens of them swooping down from the skies, visiting the bat cave plus a little tour of a floating platform restaurant with interesting fish. Special thanks also to Qin for retrieving my friend’s shades from the bottom of the mangrove swamp, Qin hebat lah!