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. Gunung Mat Cincang is located to the west of Langkawi island, close to Telaga tujuh (Seven Wells) and Berjaya Langkawi Beach Resort.
Mount Mat Cincang
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If you look hard at Gunung Mat Cincang located at 700m above sea level, you can actually see it is smiling to its 850m high neighbour, Gunung Raya (the island's highest mountain)."
If you look hard at Gunung Mat Cincang located at 700m above sea level, you can actually see it is smiling to its 850m high neighbour, Gunung Raya (Langkawi Island’s highest mountain).
According to folklore, these two mountains together with Bukit Sawar (Sawar Hill), a smaller mountain, were all human beings at one time. Such good friends they were that they all shared the same martial arts 'guru.' As the story goes, Mat Cincang's daughter was engaged to Mat Raya's son. However, due to some differences in opinion, they quarrelled.
As the wedding day approached, things became worse between the two childhood friends. Even their fathers fought with each other. Several pots and pans, plus other kitchen utensils were sent flying at each other's family.
One day, a pot of curry flew through the air and landed on a place now known as Belanga Pecah (Broken Cooking Pot). The gravy from the broken pot seeped into the ground at Kisap and stopped at Kuah (Gravy), Langkawi's capital.
Even the pot of hot water was sent flying. As a result, the water fell to the ground at Air Hangat (Hot Springs) while the pot itself with its ring handles fell into Selat Cincin (the Straits of Rings). The straits now separates Langkawi from Terutau Island in Thailand.
Eventually, Mat Sawar was able to stop the fight and both Mat Raya and Mat Cincang apologised for the damage incurred. In remorse, they chose to be transformed into mountains, immobile and benign. Soon, Mat Sawar followed suit. If you look at the two mountains today, you will notice that little Mat Sawar Hill is wedged in between, probably to prevent another fight between the two.
For more information, please contact the Langkawi Tourist Information Centre at +604-9667789.
""Since the opening of the cable-car ride,many tourists has flew into this legendary island for its beautiful scenary.The view from the top of the peak look even greater!"" by Shan
"ok for a heavily-touristed island, looks even better from the air" by wan
"actually i need more information about gunung mat cincang. how?and where can i get the information. this is because i am doing a study on this place. And i also want to know about the feedback of the local and foreign tourism that had already come to this place"
