Payar Island status as a marine park offers protection for its diverse marine life

Payar Island in Langkawi, Malaysia

Discover a reserve park where endangered species of fishes and other marine life are protected

About Payar Island in Langkawi

Payar Island is situated 30 kilometers from the South-east of Langkawi.

It is an exotic and beautiful marine park that protects and safeguards diverse marine life. Payar Island is a group of four islands, the other three islands are Pulau Kaca, Pulau Lembu, and Pulau Segantang. The largest of these four islands is Payar Island. All the four islands are regulated by the Fisheries Department of Kedah to maintain so as to keep the islands flawless, and none of these islands are occupied. This is the first ever marine park in Malaysia with crystal clear emerald waters and colorful reefs.

Things to Do in Payar Island

Snorkeling: It is a popular activity to try in Payar Island marine park. Witness the beauty of the underwater world while snorkeling in the clear crystal waters. Get an exciting and thrilling experience by snorkeling inside the marine park and see the different species of the reef.

Scuba Diving: The best scuba diving can be experienced in the Western Peninsula where you can find an outstanding number of marine and coral life. Payar Island offers the best visibility for scuba diving and has become popular diving spots.

Hiking: There are two hiking trails on Payar Island which are open for travelers to explore, witness the varied flora and fauna of the island on the way.

The highlight of the marine park is the Coral Garden, it is a private place in the park with colorful reefs that are well protected and preserved. One needs to take permission from the Fisheries Department to witness this place and fishing is completely forbidden in the Coral Garden. The entire marine park came under protection in the year 1985 and since then it has been catering to an increasing number of tourists who come here to have a gala time. The park is well-furnished with an ample number of facilities like barbecue pits, restrooms, picnic tables, and gazebos.

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    Rahul's 8 days trip to Langkawi

    Had good experience, every things are planned in good manner except Langkawi Island Tour. all pickup and drops are on time and the representatives are present with our name plates. Overall recommended. we have booked all transfers and sightseeing of Penang, Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur and Genting. Only Langkawi Full Day Round Island Tour was changed to Half Day City Tour(Which was disappointing) Otherwise this had good experience with M/s Travel Triangle and M/s Satguru Travels(Agent). Yes we will suggest for future travels ..

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    Anand's 4 days trip to Langkawi

    A well organized trip...except the Flight ( MALINDO ) it was horrible

    Anand Kumar New delhi

    Somyata's 4 days trip to Langkawi

    It was good. just that on arrival we had to wait and then we were clubbed with other family for their sight seeing instead of taking us directly to the hotel.

    Somyata Sharma Delhi

    Skrishnasoundarya's 7 days trip to Langkawi

    All the arrangements were perfect and as expected. My parents who traveled to Singapore n Malaysia were appreciating TT for the services n arrangements. Thanks to Sumith for all the arrangements n immediate support provided as n when required.

    S Krishna Soundarya Chennai

    Sujeeth's 6 days trip to Langkawi

    Firstly great job done by sumith. Thanks for the good price quote by Satguru Holidays very reasonable and all the properties were five star. Our trip was for 5 nights and 6 days, two nights in lankawi at hotel bay view. The hotel staff was also very helpful and friendly. They gave us early check-in and upgraded our room from hill view to sea view wch had a very beautiful view. And coming to the place mainly climate is very nice daily atleast for half an hour u'll have a rainfall. Places to visit are chanang beach most happening beach there u can find everything and it's open all the night. U can find many duty-free shops in the city it's very cheap compared to airport. It's best place for shopping in Malaysia. Third day we were transferred to kaula Lumpur and the hotel provided was Double tree by Hilton. This was a very huge property and our room was is 23rd floor and had a twin tower view wch was awesome. But they charged 15000 extra for that view for two nights. Kaula Lumpur is a concrete jungle lot of high rise buildings and lot of traffic jam in peak hrs . places to visit are The food street was very gud with all types of seafood,KLCC Tower, Kings Palace, Petronas towers(twin towers), and KLCC shopping mall wch is very huge and all international brands are available. There is a Chennai street where u can find Indian food. But very difficult for vegetarians. Breakfast was very good at Hilton. 5th day we were transferred to Genting Highlands, on the way we had a stop at murgan temple where there is a huge statue of Lord murgan. From there we went to hotel Awana this was also a five star hotel but it is very old, no wifi in room and no room service. (This hotel is suitable for senior citizens or honeymoon couples) After check in we went to Genting Highlands through cable car 3.5km in 20min wch was very gud experience. In Genting we went to first World (Indore theam park) food was not so great but cassino was very huge and it was nice. Next day evening we check out and back to India. Once again thanks a lot to travel triangle and satguru Holidays especially sumit for a memorable trip.

    Sujeeth Reddy Hydrabad

    Falguni's 10 days trip to Langkawi

    The trip was well planned except for some minute glitches in the beginning but later on everything was well organised.Relentless to say the timings n the pick up drop facilities were too timely.Gud team work.Thank u Satguru n Travel Triangle group.

    Falguni Savadia Vishakhapatnam

    Avtar's 6 days trip to Langkawi

    It was my first trip with travel triangle. Everything was excellent. Love to travel again with travel triangle It was a great tour. I alongwith my wife enjoys fully. Everything was perfect as per schedule. Kulalumpur, langkawi and genting all are amazing

    Avtar Singh New delhi

    Mukesh's 9 days trip to Langkawi

    The trip was very well managed and we enjoyed every moment. Except for some logitics issue in last day, all the airport transfers, hotel and sight seeing were very professionally managed. Thanks Sumit for a memorable trip.

    Mukesh Chawda Raipur

    Prateek's 5 days trip to Langkawi

    Just some feedback that Coral island tour doesn't have anything else except snorkeling. So if something else needs to be done then please go to beach in Langkawi.

    Prateek Sharma Delhi

    Jprajan's 4 days trip to Langkawi

    The trip was well organized. Thank you Satguru holidays for arranging this amazing trip. Special thanks to Sumit who customized the package to our needs. Everything was clearly mentioned in the itenary. Only problem I faced was one of the item mentioned in the original itenary was removed in the itenary provided by the transportation partner in Malaysia. Genting Highlands and Shopping in Kuala Lumpur.

    Jprajan Chennai

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FAQ's of Langkawi

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You can choose to stay in Langkawi and Penang, there are a few great hotels and resorts in both the towns. Payar island is an uninhabited island and there are no hotels or resorts available on the island.

You can see the entire Payar Marine Park on a day tour.

Yes, there is a restaurant on Payar Island which usually serves buffet and drinks.

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