Fancy firefly? Head for Firefly Boat ride in Kuala Selangor

While searching for offbeat weekend getaways from Malaysia I stumbled upon Firefly Boat ride in Kuala Selangor. It took me back to my childhood memories at my grandmother’s place. There was a swampy area near my grandmother’s house and after sunset we could spot a lot of fireflies. I remember she used to warn us not to go too close else they might get into our ears. I still don’t know if she meant it or it was to keep us away from that swamp area. Nevertheless Firefly Boat ride got me excited and in no time I got all the details, hail to the internet.

Langkawi Tour – Day One

I had allocated two complete days for the Langkawi visit. I aimed for not wasting even an hour in traveling in those forty eight hours. We arrived at Langkawi airport at 6:00 PM. We headed straight to the hotel. By that time it was quite dark and late. We took a stroll in the hotel, had dinner and dozed off.

Day one started quite early. I had already figured out the places to be visited on the day one. I had convinced the same taxi driver who dropped us from the airport for taking us to our first destination. So the destination lined up for day one were

1. Mangrove Tour
2. Cable Car Ride
3. Pentai Cenang Beach
4. Cenang Mall

We finished our breakfast at the hotel and left for the Mangrove Tour. The taxi driver settled for 20 RM for taking us to the Mangrove Tour spot from the hotel.  Now the catch is if I will let this taxi drop off and go, I might not get another taxi for my next destination as majority of the tourist take the taxi for the whole day which I didn’t as the charges were way too high. I was scared what If I didn’t get any taxi after finishing the tour. The tour was for complete two hours. I discussed the same with the taxi driver and he agreed to wait for us for charging 10 RM extra. I thought it was a fair deal and I asked him to stay back. I didn’t pay him for dropping till the Mangrove spot as I thought he might leave if he gets another lucrative offer. He also agreed to it.

1. Mangrove Tour

The Mangrove spot would look more like a deck of a ship which is full of people roaming around in their live jackets. I enquired about the packages and they had different prices based on the number of spots you visit during the tour. I went for the standard package as I didn’t want to miss anything. I spent 300 RM for the Mangrove Tour. So the concept is you will get a private boat and a driver. The driver will then take you to all the listed spots as per your chosen package. The boat was big enough to accommodate ten people but we were just three so it went a little out of budget for me. Following spots were covered in the package that I took:

• Bat Caves
• Fish Farm
• Eagle watching
• Anak Tikus Island
• Andaman Sea