PULAU PAYAR

Payar Island ( Pulau Payar ) is an island in Kedah, Malaysia. Payar Island status as a marine park offers protection for its diverse marine life. It is a very popular tourist destination. It's Malaysia's oldest Marine Park sanctuary. These islands, famous for the varied and colourful marine life that they support, offer the best diving site on Peninsular Malaysia's west coast. At Pulau Payar, the largest of the four, you will find the Marine Park Centre.

The Payar Island Marine Park is situated in the northern part of the Straits of Melaka, 19 nautical miles (35 km) south of Langkawi and encompasses the islands of Payar, Lembu, Segantang and Kaca which are surrounded by coral reefs. The marine park teems with a diversity of marine life and vegetation.



We get in into ticket Jabatan Taman Laut Pulau Paya, that which arranged and will make sure all payar island serounding is save. It's about 30 staff working as a shift. Some from them is really friendly :) 



We just interview with En Razak from JTL Kedah about this island and get some information and instruction. Description of island clusters and surrounding water are provided in the center in the form of charts,poster,maps,pamphlets, slideshow/video to enhance your appreciation of marine enviroment and the island.



As of 2 November 2010, Payar Island Marine Park is just a shadow of its former self. Due to excessive carrying capacity and persistently extreme sea water temperatures for the last six months, the Payar Island Marine Park suffered from widespread coral bleaching at a critical level. The corals there are now dull whitish-grey/black and not the bright rainbow of colours they once were. Even marine life density around the area has been recorded to be significantly lesser compared to previous years.
The Department of Marine Park Kedah has taken drastic action by closing the affected areas in order to minimize human aggravated stress on the corals. The closed areas are the Payar Marine Park Center and the famous Coral Garden. No snorkeling and diving activities are allowed in these areas up till today.
The mass bleaching became even more severe by 2016 due to the prolonged El Nino phenomenon which started in mid 2015 affecting more than half the reefs in Thailand and Peninsular Malaysian waters.


3 way to Pulau payar, Penang and Kuala Kedah but we get to Payar Island from the Kuah jetty point by catamaran or speed boat. The catamaran services operated by Langkawi Coral, takes about 45 minutes to get to Payar Island while the speed boat takes an hour. It is advisable to book the catamaran service a day before the trip. Enquiries can be made with any travel agent in Kuah or at the jetty point for those intending to travel by speed boat. Apart from the fare, a levy of RM5.00 for adults and RM2.50 for children is charged for entry to the marine park. Foreigner is about RM30 for adult and RM 15 for children under 12.                                                                                                                                                                                                        None of the island is inhabited, except by on-duty officers of the Fisheries Department, who enforce the law. Fishing, either for hobby or commercial, is strictly prohibited around the islands. This may be surprising to many legal officials or any criminal defense attorney Cincinnati.                                          You would think that fishing would be popular around the island, but it is much better for the environment to have such activities outlawed. There is no accommodation on the islands. However, for the more adventurous tourist who would like to rough it out with nature, camping is allowed with permission from the Fisheries Department at Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah state. 
Many endangered species of fishes and marine organisms live within the sanctuary. Measuring 2 km long and 1/4 km wide, Payar Island is the most popular of the islands as its sheltered waters are ideal are for snorkelling, diving and swimming. Among the dive spots is the "Coral Garden", an area covered with bright, multi-hued soft corals.
There are several sandy beaches on Payar island for picnics as well as hiking trails for those who wish to explore the island. Just off the beach, one can indulge in the experience of feeding baby sharks. 


Facilities include gazebos, picnic tables, barbecue pits and restrooms at selected areas. There is also a Visitors' Centre that provides information about the marine park. 


You can book your trip at the office of the Langkawi Coral at the Kuah Ferry Terminal, which cost around RM220 per day. For this price, the company will pick guests up from their respective hotels, provide lunch and the use of their reef-viewing platform. All their snorkelling equipment is also at the guests' disposal. 



Some criticism. 
Further efforts to increase tourism development and related activities, are not recommended. They will only cause more damage to the fragile ecosystem, the very attraction that pulls the tourists to Pulau Payar. If this were to happen, Pulau Payar will lose its beauty and eventually no visitor will come.
What possible damage can be done to the Pulau Payar ecosystem? The main sources of the potential damage include:

• Damage to the coral reefs
• Space limitation (or simply crowding) experienced by visitors
• Inadequacy of facilities, especially toilets
• Sewage and solid waste disposal
• Reduced visitor satisfaction

FROM SUBANG MIGRATED TO KEDAH

Assalammualaikum, Hi all my friend,

Let's me Introduce about myself. I'm Miss Pinky, from Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. 

Ok! Now i already migrated to Kedah during last Hari raya Aidilfitri. Just want to share stories about the State of Kedah. In Kedah i'm life at Alor Star Town, people here say Loq Staq according their sleng..hahah :D This is first time I came to Kedah, there is a very beautiful feeling when i came here :)

First day at Alor Star, i was stay at Fuller hotel. The hotel is really near to Aman Central.  It's just take 3 minute to go there.



 This is My room :)  >>



First place i was visit is Alor Star Tower ( Menara Alor Star ) . It tall about 165.5m, the tower function is for telecommunication for Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia, and also caters as a tourist destination. The tower also houses some restaurant and a souvenir shop. All around Alor Star can view from the top of tower, it's really beautiful :)