Pulau Payar Marine Park

🌺🌺🌺 Worth the Detour · 🤿 Diving

☪️ Surau

Why go

A protected marine park with easy diving and snorkelling, where blacktip reef sharks and colourful fish gather. A day trip from Langkawi or Penang.

⭐ Don't miss: Shark feeding and shallow reefs

⚠️ Not yet re-verified for 2026. Check fees, hours and that it is open before you go.

Entry fee: Separate one-day Pulau Payar marine park ticket (not covered by other marine park tickets); snorkel day trips from about RM295 (Malaysian) / RM310 (international) including park fee
Opening hours: Day trips leave Kuah-area jetties about 9:30am, back about 2pm; operators report closure every Tue–Wed and 1 Mar–31 May (check before you go)
Best time to go: Nov-Apr
Time needed: Day trip
How to get there: Boat from Langkawi jetty or Penang (about 1-2 hr).
Address: Pulau Payar Marine Park, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah
Area: Pulau Payar, Langkawi, Kedah
Facilities: 🧭 guided tours🔐 lockers
Muslim-friendly: 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Halal food on boats; no pork
Accessibility: Boat and jetty access; not wheelchair friendly
Kids: Suitable for supervised snorkelling

☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.

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