The Datai Langkawi

🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🌺 Luxury Resorts

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Why go

Tucked into 10-million-year-old rainforest beside Datai Bay, this is the Langkawi address where hornbills wake you up before room service does. Villas and rooms sit among giant trees, with a calm beach and a rainforest-fringed pool. A MICHELIN One Key hotel in the 2026 selection.

⭐ Don't miss: Dawn rainforest walk with the resort naturalist

Entry fee: From about RM1,500/night (rooms), villas much higher; varies by season
Opening hours: Check-in from 3pm, check-out by 12pm; confirm with hotel (check before you go)
Best time to go: Dec-Mar and Jun-Aug; dry season Dec-Apr
Time needed: 2-4 nights
How to get there: Langkawi airport (LGK) about 35 min by car; resort transfer or Grab; free parking
Address: Jalan Teluk Datai, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah
Area: Teluk Datai, Langkawi, Kedah
Facilities: 🏊 pool🍽️ restaurant💆 spa🧭 guided tours🧒 kids under 6🅿️ free parking
Muslim-friendly: No surau confirmed on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Muslim-friendly status unconfirmed; pork-free not verified. Ask the resort about halal-certified dining. Hotel is in a remote bay, so halal food nearby is limited.
Accessibility: Steep terrain and boardwalks; ask for ground-level rooms. Buggy transfers on property.
Kids: Kids club and nature programmes; calm beach.

☪️ 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.

⚠️ Safety & weather

Monkeys on property - keep food away
Jellyfish seasonally

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