"Formerly known as Telaga Air Hangat (Hot Springs Well), it is now a combination spa and cultural experience park."
Air means water and hangat means hot in Malay. Hence Air Hangat literally means Hot Springs. The name is associated with an ancient legend of two feuding families who threw jugs, pots and pans at each other. One of the jugs, filled with boiling water, fell on the ground and immediately a hot spring gushed out of the spot where the village now stands.
Located about 14km northwest of Kuah in Langkawi, Air Hangat Village is a modern complex which has an impressive three-tier fountain and an 18m-high carved riverstone mural, which depicts the well-known legend of the earth-shattering battle between Mat Cincang and Mat Raya.
Formerly known as Telaga Air Hangat (Hot Springs Well), it is now a combination spa and cultural experience park. The village presents shows such as Malaysian and Southeast Asian dances, cultural shows and activities like batik painting, elephant performances and kickboxing. It also offers duty-free shopping, as well as fine Malaysian, Thai and Indonesian cuisine served in its on-site theatre restaurant.
This lagendary site offers four small hot water pools. Watch batik making and shop for souvenirs .
For more information, please contact the Langkawi Tourist Information Centre at 604-9667789.
Last viewed - May 23, 2008
Getting there
By Plane
Langkawi's airport is called the Padang Matsirat airport, located about 20km from Kuah town. Daily direct flights from Kuala Lumpur are available via Malaysia Airlines (Tel: 603-78463000 or 1 300 88 3000). Optionally Air Asia (Tel: 1 300 88 9933) also has regular flights to Langkawi.
By Rail
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) connects Kuala Lumpur to Alor Setar and Arau towns in Kedah. From these towns, you can catch a taxi or a bus easily to Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis respectively and catch a ferry to Langkawi. Please contact KTMB at 603-22747435
Ferries are also available from Penang (Tel: 604-2631943)
By Road From the North South Expressway (NSE), head north to Kedah and take the Alor Setar Selatan exit (Interchange 177) onto the highway headed to Teluk Kechai and on to Kuala Kedah where you can catch a ferry to Langkawi island. Alternatively, you can also catch ferries from Kuala Perlis further north, accessible via the Jitra Selatan exit (Interchange 181) via Kodiang and Kangar on trunk road K3. This route is longer at 48km from the NSE exit. From Kuah town, take Jalan Air Hangat on the east side of the island and follow the sign leading to the village. The journey should take about 20 minutes.
User recommendation
"This is one of the well known place in Langkawi. The hot water is known to cure many diseases." by Scalia
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"" by Abdul Hamid A Majid
"it good if the fare more cheaper"
"place for a hot dip" by simon
"this place is a must everytime I'm in langkawi..it freshen me up..try it dude.." by mahsuraaa
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Pernah melawat sekali. Orang kata air hangat tu elok untuk ubatkan sakit kulit. Tak tahulah betul ke tidak tapi airnya memang hangat." by angah
"Nice place"
"one of the many attractions in langkawi.. have a sore leg from walking all over langkawi..? then dip your leg in the pool and let the water soothe your leg..." by rifdy
"TEmpat ini menarik. Selaon dari Poring dan La di T'ganu, hot spring di sini termasuk dlm top 3 lah di Malaysia.
" by wati
"Kiranya inigin ke sini, perlu menyediakan tuala dan baju extra. Airnya tak panas tapi suam dan elok untuk kesihatan kulit. Org di sini peramah." by mathasan
"Langkawi has quite a number of historical places and this are just one of it worth visiting, and don't forget to visit the spa centre too" by elin
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"It's not like jacuzzi which is mondern made spa, well this is the original spa that promise you a better medicine. " by fuza
"Interesting place to visit. Not like before. More things can be found, such as tradisonal medicine, local cookies and batek shops and more others. But I would like to comment on this hot water spring. Some people wrote here that this hot spring can be jacuzzi or a spa. In my experience, I've tried to boil egg and the egg is well cook.
Now, my question is, if the egg gets cook, the water must be hot. Can this hot spring be use as jacuzzi or spa? Just imagine, the whole of our body parts will get cook. Don't you think so???" by Mami
"huiyoo.. air tu memang hangat..
memang byk tempat menarik di langkawi ni rupanya..." by moose
"Been here 3 times. Such an interesting place. But only tried the spring once. What could I say about it..its warm..n good for your skin. I was told by the locals that its better not to wipe it off." by imran
