After a morning at the hotel pool, we ventured out mid-afternoon to visit Langkawi Cable Car, also known as Langkawi SkyCab, one of the major attractions on rhe island.

The cable car provides an aerial link from the Oriental Village at Teluk Burau to the peak of Gunung Machinchang, which is also the location of the Langkawi Sky Bridge.

On arrival we took the opportunity to take some photos of the oriental village before making our way to the cable car.

The cable car takes a steep ascent up through the rainforest and as it reaches the summit the vertical climb becomes even more pronounced, making the eventual arrival a welcome relief. More so for Andy given his fear of heights!!

‘Sadly’ the eagle look out point was a hidden extra, so we decided to give it a miss and instead focused on the next cable car to the bridge link.

The views down to the sea below are breathtaking and you appreciate just how steep the climb is to get to the summit. It’s incredible how they constructed the cable cars with the lack of infrastructure and uneven ground. Added to this the heat of the day, even at these heights is intense and quickly we were both sweating even before we started any proper walking.

Once we got across the second summit link, we had a steep climb down into the rainforest before meeting up with the sky bridge.

Once we were back at the oriental village we manager to get a Grab taxi and spent an enjoyable 45mins in the company of a friendly Malay driver called Zaidi. He explained that since Covid tourist numbers have remained low as a result of reduced direct overseas flights to Langkawi, meaning that business was challenging and they were keen for a change of government to help improve the visitor numbers.

As we got close to our hotel we came across some rare black monkeys who were sitting on a telephone line next to the road.

As soon as we slowed the taxi down we were bombarded with local grey monkeys who are a lot braver and approached the car for food!

There was more wildlife later into the evening with birds and more monkeys in the trees close to the hotel all vying for attention and food.

Tomorrow is our last full day on Langkawi and we have booked to do a sunset cruise from the yacht club out into the harbour and beyond, This may be our last chance to see the islands and wildlife from a boat, so we plan to make the most of it.