Cycling Langkawi Round Island and Gunung Raya, this was our itinerary on Day 5.
After submitting Gunung Raya, my energy was down 50%! But the team self-motivates each other to clock extra 60km to “loop” Langkawi.
I will be sharing our Langkawi Round Island, and ferry roro experience in this blog post.
You may checkout the photos of our 6D5N Klang to Hatyai epic trip at this link
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6D5N Klang to Hatyai itinerary
In short, Langkawi RI and climbing Gunung Raya statistics.
Langkawi Round island should be between 70-80km.
This would require your full attention when you go downhill.
Trailhead photos, and smiles. Before the suffering 🙂
Right from the start, you will already hit 4,5% gradients.
We need to respect the mountain. Soar 800m over 12km is serious.
Once you see this “Gunung Raya” sign, you are around 7,8 km mark, 4,5 km left.
A few km up, you will spot an empty plot on your left. This offers a vantage point to admire Langkawi horizon.
The last 200m will burn your quads and calves, expect elevation above 10 ,11%.
Success, Congrats to all. Photo time.
After submitting Gunung Raya, we knew a huge patch of rain was approaching.
We could jolly well rush back to hotel and rest. But this is group 3S, and they do not need easy routes 🙂
Anyway, we went chill mode to tick off checklist of Langkawi round Island. I remembered it was a pretty warm day. 
Celebration with nice food, cake and beers in the evening.
Part 2 – Sharing our Roro experience (From Kuala Perlis to Langkawi)
Take note there is only ferry roro service per day!
This is unlike the passenger ferry. Roro is meant for cars, bicycles and other loads..
The ferry terminal is actually 12 km away from the main ferry terminal at Kuah. (refer the map distance here)
By now, you should realised that you can only Ferry or fly to , there is no bridge from the main peninsula
Video: Taking the Ferry to Langkawi
Cycle towards to Ferry Terminal “Roro”.
Buy your tickets, and roll up the Roro (ferry).
Loading will start 60mins before departure, you do not want to be late!
There is no specific corner for bicycles, we were directed to park under the staircase. Just secure your bikes with bicycle hooks.
Ferry ride is slow, take a nap.
Or enjoy the scenic views.
After reaching, we cycle to our hotel. Expect some rolling slopes.
Photos below from our return trip
Next, Hatyai.
We are so near to ending our 6D5N epic journey.
Refer to our 6D5N Klang to Hatyai playlist (6 videos)
