Lazing at the beach, drinking fresh coconut juice, enjoying the sea breeze, getting a good sun tan and watching girls passing by with bikini’s have always been a dream for me. This is what I am wishing for during my retirement time, nothing to worry about life and financial, dining without looking at the figure and so on. Well, this is my long term goal of life.
(Stefanie Chuah, Miss Malaysia/World 2009, Runner Up)
However, there is a break away which can fulfill all the requirements above. Packing up a few dresses which include your swimwears, prepare RM180 for the ticket and heading to Pulau Payar.
There are only 2 places that able to depart to Pulau Payar, one is Langkawi and the other one is Swettenham Pier, near Penang port.
It is indeed quite a long journey to depart from Penang port to Pulau Payar. The duration of travel takes approximately 2 1/2 hours. My advice, prepare some snacks and breakfast for your journey would be a wise choice.
Instead of sleeping during the whole journey, you can always walk to the deck of the boat to have a wonderful view back to Penang. What a beautiful island, from far.
If you are feeling tried after watching scenery, you can always take a short nap during the journey. Remember to beware of your outlook, someone is dripping saliva when sleeping.
The boat will drop you at the Pulau Payar platform upon arriving. The platform is quite big and stable.
At the side of the platform, you are allowed to snorkelling within the safety range to enjoy underwater coral and fish.
Fishes gathering around you once you step into the water. This underwater pictures are contributed by Waco Chan.
We were told by the safety guards that they always see naked ladies swimming at the island nearby, which I am very doubtful of.
There is also an underwater observation on the platform that allows you to enjoy the underwater world if you are not used to snorkelling.
There are many fishes under the sea which I am not sure of the species too.
There was also a mermaid who followed us to Pulau Payar for the modeling photo shooting session. Her name is Stefanie Chua, the winner of Miss Malaysia/World 2009 Runner Up.
Special thanks to Patrick Soon, the owner of Studio Moon Spell for the great arrangement so that I have the chance to brush up my shooting skill.
After first half, lunch was served at 12:30pm. There were 20 over varieties of food available to choose from. Anyway the taste of some of the dishes still have room for improvement.
After the lunch break, the second half session was to Pulau Payar Marine Park, to reach there we were taken a ride on a small motor boat.
The surrounding of the beach was very clean and picturesque.
You can see through the sea bed with its crystal clear sea water.
In fact, you can see dozens of fish swimming by.
The only drawback at this place is they have stopped the shark feeding session. As the life guard claimed there were too many casualties and also accidents happened. This program needs to be terminated. Therefore, not much sharks can be seen around nowadays.
Overall, this is a great place to relax and get away from the bustle city. There are many species of fish around and it was very comfortable to walk under the soft white sand beach. Other than the quality of the food that needs to be improved, the rest is up to standard.
Wow! Sexy Model! Do you really concentrate on your shooting :p
wah! nevermine knew u kena poison badly! 😀
The taste of the food here already soon soon for many yrs.
awesome.. wish i had the chance to join you…
ya man… poison by Say Leong lah… btw, not just soon soon but so so instead. I really hope they can improve on their food instead.
Allie, any posting for you?
Aww… I missed going to the other side of the island. I wished I had more time to explore further onto the land. Well… at least I did capture some rare sightings other than the “mermaid” of yours.. LOL!
Got male model one boh? Next time I nak pi! 🙂
Hi, I intend to go Langkawi this coming June holiday with my 2 teenager girls for a 4D3N thr. Cld U tell me which agency do U join the Pular Payar Marine Park Snorkel pakage and how much do U paid for it ?
It’s yr package included the snorkeling PLATFORM and will thr b dangerous for those who just know a little bit abt swimming ? Did they provide life jacket for us so that we can float in d water while in d sea seeing those fishes ? How deep is d sea ? 5ft or 10 ft ?
Since U signed up the Platform pakage, will U be given time to play at the beach with little fishes as well ?
Hope U can let me know more abt those so that I know whether which 1 more suitable for my kids. Thx for yr NICE blog abt Langkawi 🙂
Hi Cute, you can visit http://www.mrain.com/pgcc/content/view/162/69/ for more details. They offer nice packages to Pulau Paya and also Pulau Langkawi. You can even book online for the packages as well.
Thx 4d web site, Steven !
However, d price of RM280 (Adult) / RM180 (child) seems R only to Malaysians & d departure point is fr Penang pier.
We R Singaporeans & I stayed in Mutiara Burau Bay Beach, Pantai Kok, fr 9th-12th June 10.
Do U hav more infor ie a better rate with lesser grp of people so that my kids can really enjoy their Langkawi Coral Snorkeling trip via Jetty Kuah ?
Hi Cute, I had mentioned your issue here to Penang.cc which work very closely with Langkawi Coral. If you would allow me to pass your contact to them, I will get them to contact directly with you. Is that ok?
Thx Steven. Didn’t know yr site also got such kind of community ctr.
Wd b appreciated if U cld allowed them to let me hav various web or infor relating to Langkawi 🙂
Hi Steven. I really like the way you narrate your travel story about Pulau Payar.
Another drawback I wonder about the island is accommodation. It seems that the visitors cannot spend the night on that Pulau Payar Marine Park.
Hi Sapawi, you can’t over night on Pulau Payar. You can either over night at Penang Island or Langkawi Island that is near by.