Waterfalls in Langkawi
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Seven Wells, Temurun and the Gunung Raya Falls
Here is the list of 5 Waterfalls in Langkawi
1. Telaga Tujuh (Seven Wells), Langkawi
Seven linked rock pools stepping down the western flank of Gunung Mat Cincang, each fed by its own cascade, which is what the Malay name means. Getting to them is a climb of roughly 600 steps from the car park, steep enough to need water and proper shoes, and the reward is a set of natural pools with a worn rock slide between two of them. The Langkawi Cable Car base station sits right beside the entrance, so most people pair the two.
2. Temurun Waterfall, Datai
The tallest fall on the island, in Mat Cincang Nature Park on the northwest coast near Datai. It drops in three tiers over a cumulative height of about 200 metres, though no single drop is anything like that, and the bottom tier has a shallow plunge pool you can get into. Dusky leaf monkeys and macaques are common on the short walk in. It is fed by rain rather than a spring, so it runs hard in the wet months and can thin to a trickle by February.
3. Durian Perangin Waterfall, Gunung Raya
Fourteen tiers coming down the northern slope of Gunung Raya, the highest mountain on the island, in the northeast. It takes its name from the durian trees around it. Only the lower two tiers are an easy walk from the car park; going higher means scrambling on wet rock, and the upper pools are quieter for it. Like Temurun it is rain fed, so it is at its best from about May to October and much reduced in the dry season.
4. Lubuk Semilang, Kuah
A recreational forest park about 10 km from Kuah at the foot of Gunung Raya, and the one on this list that locals use most. The stream comes down through a series of small cascades into cold clear pools, with picnic huts, changing rooms and a car park laid on around them, so it works with small children in a way the others do not. It is also the start of the stairway up Gunung Raya, all 4,287 steps of it.
5. Langkawi Falls, Datai Road
Worth knowing about mainly so you are not caught out: the tall cascade beside the Datai road opposite Temurun is man made. It is about 67 metres, built as a feature with the flow diverted into Sungai Temurun, and it is the one that appears in a lot of photographs labelled as a Langkawi waterfall. Easy to stop at, no walk involved, and no pool to swim in.
Langkawi's falls are rain fed rather than spring fed, which is the thing to plan around: they run hard through the wet months from roughly May to October and can thin out badly by February. Telaga Tujuh and Durian Perangin both involve a real climb, Temurun is a short walk from the road, and Lubuk Semilang is set up as a park with huts and a car park, so it is the one that works with small children. If you want the walk rather than the water, the Gunung Raya stairway starts at Lubuk Semilang.
This post was published by Joysurjya Hagjer
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FAQs on Waterfalls in Langkawi
Which is the best waterfall in Langkawi?
Telaga Tujuh, the Seven Wells, if you are willing to climb about 600 steps for it: seven linked rock pools down the flank of Gunung Mat Cincang, with a worn rock slide between two of them. Temurun is the tallest and the easiest to reach. Lubuk Semilang is the best if you have young children with you, because it is laid out as a park.
What is the tallest waterfall in Langkawi?
Temurun, in Mat Cincang Nature Park near Datai on the northwest coast. It falls in three tiers over a cumulative height of around 200 metres, so no single drop is anything close to that figure, despite how it is often written. The bottom tier has a shallow pool you can get into, and the walk in from the road is short.
When is the best time to see the waterfalls in Langkawi?
During and just after the wet months, roughly May to October. All of Langkawi's falls are rain fed rather than spring fed, so they are at their strongest then. By the dry season in January and February, Temurun and Durian Perangin can both be reduced to a trickle, which surprises people who have booked around the good weather rather than the water.
Can you swim in Langkawi's waterfalls?
In most of them, yes, but the pools are shallow. Telaga Tujuh's upper pools are the best of them, Durian Perangin's lower tiers are easy to get into, and Lubuk Semilang has cold clear pools with changing rooms nearby. Temurun's plunge pool is shallow. The man made Langkawi Falls on the Datai road has no pool at all.
Are the Langkawi waterfalls free to visit?
There is no ticket gate at any of them, though parking is charged at some and the Telaga Tujuh entrance shares its car park with the Langkawi Cable Car, which is busy and does charge. Facilities vary a lot: Lubuk Semilang has toilets, huts and changing rooms, while the others have little or nothing beyond a car park.
How do you get to the waterfalls in Langkawi?
By car or scooter, in every case. Telaga Tujuh is on the west coast beside the cable car base station, Temurun and the man made Langkawi Falls are on the Datai road in the northwest, Durian Perangin is in the northeast on the Gunung Raya slope, and Lubuk Semilang is about 10 km from Kuah. Nothing is more than about 40 minutes from anywhere else on the island.
