Langkawi Geopark is the  first Malaysia’s geopark and it is located in the far northwestern peninsular of Malaysia. Langkawi Geopark located in northern State of Kedah. It is really unique because she is  in the sense formed on 99 islands that together made up the legendary Langkawi Archipelago.

GEOPARK due to its acquired recognition of being called UNESCO as a World Geopark. Langkawi Geopark includes Kilim Geoforest Park, Pulau Tasik Dayang Bunting (Island of the Pregnant Maiden Lake) and Mt. Machincang Cambrian Geoforest Park.

Langkawi has been dubbed as the birthplace or the fetus land of the region. The various natural landscapes of Langkawi reflects the island’s geodiversity and its complex geological history.

It has the best-exposed and most complete Palaeozoic sedimentary sequence in Malaysia beginning from Cambrian to the Permian period. Later during the Mesozoic, the islands underwent a major tectonic event that resulted in the emplacement of its numerous granitic igneous bodies.

This incredible power generated by nature from the deep mantle beneath the earth has driven up huge blocks of older rocks and somehow placed them above a very much younger terrain.

If you want to grt reach to Langkawi, it could be reach by sea and by air. Kuala Perlis, Kuala Kedah and Penang are jetties accesible to Langkawi. KLIA and several local and overseas airports are easy access to Langkawi.

Are you looking for the adventure travel. Adventure travel could be describe as a exotic and strange destinations , relatively new genre, travel to remote, , and the most important thing is the traveler could not expect the unexpected.
The component of the adventure travel are a physical activity, a cultural exchange or interaction, engagement with nature. These three element will make your adventure travel more happening. It wiil make your enjoy on what you are looking for with your adventure travel.
As you know before, adventure travel just including and could be know only exhausting physical activity. Lately adventure travel can also involve a leisure and educational activity too. So adventure travel nowadays reveal as softer activities.
Extreme and dangerous sporting activities with higher risk factors could be hard adventure such as white water rafting, scuba diving, skateboarding, rock climbing, surfing, skateboarding, parasailing, bungee jumping in remote and exotic and surfing.
Wilderness tours, geocaching, architectural tours, religious pilgrimages, hiking, ballooning and camping are incloud in the soft adventure travel.

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Originally posted 2009-10-30 02:21:46. Republished by Blog Post Promoter