Langkawi: Dayang Bunting Island

Island of The Pregnant Mermaid

LANGKAWI

Pulau Dayang Bunting (Island Of The Pregnant Mermaid) is the second largest island of the Langkawi archipelago, second only to Pulau Langkawi itself. Located at a distance of about 17.6 km from Kuah Town, Pulau Dayang Bunting is accessible from Kuah Jetty or Pantai Cenang through a 15 minute boat ride.

The island derives its name from Tasik Dayang Bunting (Lake of the Pregnant Maiden), the largest lake on Langkawi. The lake and the island are shrouded in legend. Tales of Mambang Sari and Mat Teja's ill-fated love story loom over one's mind as one cools off in the scintillating waters of the lake. The story of Mat Teja's courtship of his beloved and their sweet romantic endeavors take the tourists back into the world of nymphs and genies. Their love child did not survive long and the anguished mother bid her son farewell. The child is believed to have assumed the form of a white crocodile as she placed him in his watery grave. This crocodile guards the lake till date, natives hold, and is said to appear only to the pure at heart. Mambang Sari, overflowing with maternal affection and distraught at such a fortuity, blessed the waters that took her son into their fold with magical qualities. Since then, the natives believe that a sip of the waters of Tasik Dayang Bunting endows fertility to any childless woman.
Source: Langkawi

The islands in Langkawi

The Lake: very deep but really nice to swim

Legend: The Dayang Bunting Lake

Enjoy nature in Langkawi

You can also visit to the residential area at Pulau Dayang Bunting

Kg Selat Bagan Nyiur, located at Pulau Dayang Bunting

float with speed boat to Kg Selat Bagan Nyiur

Dayang Bunting Island from main island

it is real village

and beautiful

make it as one of your destination

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