Cameron Highlands to Langkawi
How to Travel by Bus, Train, Flight, Car

Getting from the Cameron Highlands to Langkawi is not that straight forward and will require a bit of planning to find the best route that fits into your travel plans.

Whichever way you choose, it will take most of the day to get to Langkawi if you travel overland, so we would suggest you take a chance to visit / overnight in Ipoh or Georgetown in Penang along the way.

To travel by bus from the Cameron Highlands to Langkawi, you first have to decide which ferry terminal you want to travel from.

There are three different ports from where you can get a ferry boat over to Langkawi from Malaysia:

The shortest distance by boat is from Kuala Perlis (near to Kangar) with many departures a day.

Another fairly quick option is to take the ferry from Kuala Kedah (near to Alor Setar), also with many departures a day.

The longest boat trip is on the ferry from Georgetown on Penang Island with only two departures a day.

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Bus from Tanah Rata to Langkawi via Butterworth

Bas dari Tanah Rata ke Langkawi melalui Butterworth

As there are currently no direct buses from Tanah Rata to either Kuala Perlis or Kuala Kedah, we would recommend you first take a bus from Tanah Rata to Butterworth Bus Terminal (Penang Sentral) (15 minutes away from Georgetown by ferry).

For all the best ways to travel from Penang to Langkawi see this page here >

From Butterworth, you can then travel by bus or better still, on the KTM Komuter train to Alor Setar, then take a local bus from the bus station or city centre, or a taxi, to Kuala Kedah Jetty.

You can also take a much less frequent bus from Butterworth to Kuala Perlis (or nearby Kangar), or much quicker and cheaper, take the KTM Komuter from Butterworth to Arau (then take a taxi to the jetty from the train station).

Bus to Langkawi from Cameron Highlands via Ipoh

Bas ke Langkawi dari Tanah Tinggi Cameron melalui Ipoh

Another option is to take a more frequent bus from Tanah Rata to Amanjaya Bus Terminal in Ipoh.

From Amanjaya there are buses heading north to Alor Setar or direct to the Kuala Perlis Jetty.

For more information see our Ipoh to Langkawi by bus page here >

Bus and Train to Langkawi from the Cameron Highlands

Bas dan Keretapi ke Langkawi dari Cameron Highlands

By using a combination of buses and fast ETS trains, this is another good way to travel to Langkawi from CH overland:

1) Take a bus from Tanah Rata to Ipoh Amanjaya Bus Terminal.

2) Take a local bus or taxi from Amanjaya to Ipoh train station (buses go to Medan Kidd Bus Station - 5 minutes walk to the train station).

3) Take an ETS train from Ipoh to Arau (advance booking highly advisable).

4) Take a taxi or bus to Kuala Perlis Jetty (local buses are much cheaper but can take a long time as you have to go via Kangar).

5) Take the one hour 15 minute ferry boat trip to Kuah Jetty on Langkawi Island.

See our Ipoh to Langkawi by train page for more information here >

Flights from the Cameron Highlands to Langkawi

Penerbangan dari Cameron Highlands ke Langkawi

There is no commercial airport in the Cameron Highlands, so if you want to fly, you will have to first go to either:

1) Kuala Lumpur - flights from KUL - KLIA / KLIA2 and SZB - Subang Airport.

2) Penang International Airport - PEN

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Driving / Car to Langkawi from the Cameron Highlands

Memandu / Kereta ke Langkawi dari Cameron Highlands

If you want to take your car over to Langkawi Island, you will have to drive from the Cameron Highlands to Kuala Perlis Jetty (a distance of around 390 km).

From here there are a couple of car ferry operators over to the island.

For more information see our Kuala Perlis to Langkawi car ferry page here >

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Alternatively, if you want to leave you car on the mainland, you can take a passenger ferry from either Kuala Kedah, Kuala Perlis or from Georgetown on Penang Island.

Car parking is available at all the ports for around 10 RM a day.

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