Higher ground

Besides Petronas Twin Towers skybridge tour that I made online reservation and payment, I did 2 more online booking for our holiday in Langkawi. One was Underwater World Langkawi and the other was Skycab and SkyBridge packages. 

We paid RM225.50 for Langkawi SkyCab and SkyBridge through Shopee app. 4-in-1 Skycab packages that included cable car ride, 3D art gallery, SkyRex, and SkyDome. Unfortunately SkyRex was closed due to technical problem and we didn't go to SkyDome as we spent long time for the Langkawi SkyCab. 

Entrance to the Langkawi Skycar attraction. The hanging wooden bridge was Jamie's least favourite here as he was scared of the bounce when he walked over. Took him much courage and time to walk over the bridge, but not without his brother's jeer.

The place was clean and well maintained. Lovely lotus pond and the weather couldn't be any better, but windy. Not a good news for us who wanted to ride the cable car.

It took us more than 30 minutes to queue for the wrist bands eventhough we booked online. However, good news for us as you wouldn't believe the even longer queue for the walk-ins. Anyway, we were told that due to bad weather (wind) on middle and top stations, we were unable to ride the cable car at the assigned time.  So, we were told to come back to queue around 12noon.  

With more than an hour to spare, we went to 3D Art Langkawi first.  Everyone was also killing time at this place, since cable cars operation was suspended due to bad weather. 

The kids (and adults too) had a good time, posing and enjoying the 3D Art. We took quite a handful of photos there. 

Many sections in the 3D Art, from ocean, to beach, fantasy movie and well known tourist attaction in other countries. 

We took our lunch first before heading back to Skycab station.  We spent more than 2 hours in the queue.  Super warm and packed as everyone crowded the entrance.By the time we took our cable car ride, it was around 2.30pm!! Fortunately we had an early lunch otherwise I didn't think anyone could survive the queue in hunger state!!

Some gave up in the queue, too much and long wait for them.  Luckily we persevered although hubby and the youngest boy cannot stand the heat and crowd, and they almost gave up along the way.  But as we went along the queue and into the building and saw the cable cars, everyone started to feel alive and look forward to the adventure. 

 

Does it worth the long wait?? It does.  At least, for us. Maybe because of the school holidays, many families with children, as well as tourists, so it was understandable on the long wait.  And due to delay and bad weather, the early slots were pushed to later time.  

The view from the cable car was breath-taking, and the ride in the cable car was fun yet challenging.  Rocky ride as it was rather windy and at one point, our cable car was stopped for few seconds when we descended the Machinchang mountain. 

We stopped at two stations. First was the middle station where we enjoyed the view from the observation deck. Due to wind, it was rather chilling in both stations.  Luckily we stand by our jackets, otherwise I didn't think we could stand the cold longer.

Skybridge was at the top station, so we took the cable car again to ascend the mountain to the station. From the top station, you have 2 choice to go to skybridge. Either by tram or by foot through the jungle. 

We used the jungle trail to go up to the skybridge.  Not that far actually, but the steps were pretty steep so one needed to be careful when climbing up and down the steps. 

We did reached the skybridge in the end!!!  Beautiful view overlooking the mountain, and ocean!!  Super cool, right?

We spent quite long time on the skybridge before making our way to the skyGlide (a tram or cabin transportation that running on rail track), that took us to the top station. RM10 per adult and RM7 per child for the short ride. We didn't want to hike through the jungle trail again, so we paid for the SkyGlide service.  Then we descended all the way down to the the Skycab station before took a taxi back to our motel.