That's a place in Langkawi (near the Oriental Village). The whole place is known as Machinchang Cambrian Geoforest Park (and is available in Garmin GPS). Within that area, we could go up the mountain top via the cable car. There are two stops. We visited the sky dome, which is an indoor entertainment center. Then continued to the cable car. There are three stations for commercial photo shoots. We got one at the first station at RM 30. We shun the next two to save money.
There are plenty of packages for cable car (or Skycab), e.g. Most basic cost RM35 for adult and RM25 for child (2 to 12 years old).
Pic. Different rates for different packages of SkyCab.
Pic. Ticketing counter and child is considered as 2 to 12 years old. Free entry for below 2 years old.
The hill top was cooler than the valley. I think at
the bottom it fared 34 degree Celsius. The top was at 25 to 26 degree
Celsius. It was windy and cooling that we were tempted to overstay there
the whole day.
Going to the toilet costs RM 0.30 to RM 0.50. There is no tissue paper/toilet roll and you have to buy them from the counter before going to the washroom/toilet.Drinks are not allowed to be carried during SkyCab and visitors will be to leave their drinks before traveling up the Skycab. You can keep your drinks in your bag in order to prevent them from being "confiscated". The rationale for disallowing drinks could be due to making sure visitors who needed drinks (afterwards) may patronize the shops that sell them at the stops. It's more of business sense rather than safety or other reasons.
The scenery at the top is beautiful. The ride up there is a little scary for me, and is considered the steepest cable car ride in Malaysia. The skybridge is still under maintenance and I was told that it will be ready next year 2015. Hopefully it will be open soon.
For adventurous visitors, they may opt for hiking along "animal tracks" and enjoying the trees, flora and fauna, and probably food for mosquitoes (remember to bring along repellents as there might be Aedes mosquitoes although I'm no expert to be certain).
After the cable car ride, we travelled by car to the nearest Telaga Tujuh Waterfall (or Seven Wells Waterfall). The climb was too far for my family and we ended up at the base of the waterfall. It was fun for kids. The pebbles were a little sharp for my liking, and kind of painful to walk on (I'm 74 kg). There were fishes in the stream and the water was cooling. There was no mosquito there, although during the walk to the waterfall, we encountered plenty of mosquitoes. I'm a B+ bloodtype and a magnet to mosquitoes.
There isn't much to do at the Oriental Village. We took plenty of photos. We fed the fishes in the man-made pond. There was a Japanese restaurant with air-conditioning and we had our lunch there (surprised that there wasn't any patron). There were plenty of shops selling souvenirs, clothing, hats, shades, snacks, etc. There was a horse ride but I opted not to take the ride because the horses looked exhausted. I dared not think about the well-being of these horses in the care of the staff there (I hope they are treated well). At the village, there is also a place where you can pat animals (we didn't visit that place).
Do note that there isn't sufficient parking bay for cars and you will have to park elsewhere which is near the bus parking bay. Before entering the Oriental Village, there is a Duck Tour which we did not try. For those who would prefer to travel under shelter and away from the scorching sun, I guess the duck tour is okay.
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- What to expect upon landing Langkawi Intl Airport.
- Car rental while in Langkawi.
- The hotel we stayed while in Langkawi.
- We visited the largest Langkawi Underwater World.
- We visited the Cenang Beach nearby the Underwater World.
- We visited and enjoyed the hospitality at Mardi Agrotechnology Park in Langkawi (highly recommended and if you like durian, then wait for the season, e.g. from June to August)
