Four Seasons Resort Langkawi Offers Extraordinary Eco-Experiences

Explore Southeast Asia’s First UNESCO Geopark on Mangroves & Eagles Safari,
Mangroves & Monkeys Safari and Rainforest Immersion

Langkawi, Malaysia – (June 20, 2014) –Extraordinary Experiences begin at the Four Seasons Resort Langkawi with the Mangroves & Eagles Safari through the dramatic Kilim Karst UNESCO Geopark. Guest depart via private boat from the Resort’s Serai beach and in just a few short minutes are sailing past a maze of 550-million-year-old limestone cliffs, craggy rock formations and tangled mangroves on a thrilling eco-adventure.

Led by one of the Resort’s three Resident Naturalists, guests can sit back and enjoy the journey through one of the world’s most accessible mangrove forests. Exciting up-close encounters are guaranteed with majestic eagles and kites, mischievous macaques, fish that walk (mudskippers), colorful tree-climbing crabs, shy otters, elegant monitor lizards, coiled snakes and hundreds of sleeping bats. With the entire experience conducted from the comfort and safety of the Resort’s boat, this family-friendly safari offers an experience only pure nature can offer complete with Four Seasons-style commentary and refreshments.

With little intrepid solo explorers in mind, an hour-long kids-only Mangroves & Monkeys Safari has also been designed. Aboard a floating classroom, adventurers aged 4 – 12 (young-at-heart parents welcome too!) join the Resort Naturalists for an educational eco-experience to discover the magical mangrove world and watch the antics of hundreds of mischievous macaque monkeys.

The Resort also offers a Rainforest Immersion, a three-hour excursion to the uninhabited islet of Pulau Langgun, where the pristine rainforest encircles a karst lake. Here guests can ascend on foot through the vibrant rainforest, enveloped by thousands of plants and animals, before trekking downhill to the hidden sanctuary of Tasik Langgun – a freshwater lake in the middle of the jungle. To end this extraordinary experience, the return cruise takes in the intriguing Gua Cerita (Cave of Legends) – mythical home of a giant phoenix, a captive princess and a deadly giantess.

Back at the Resort, the newly launched Geopark Discovery Centre serves as an educational tool for guests and the local community, by exploring the Geopark’s key attributes, from the most complete Paleozoic sedimentary sequence in Malaysia to labyrinthine mangroves, lush rainforests and unique animal and bird residents. Through a series of exhibition boards, interactive presentations and display cases, the Resort’s Resident Naturalists guide guests through Langkawi’s incredible natural environment. The Centre also inspires deeper exploration of local wonders, from the Resort’s impressive rock-climbing outcrop to the animal-filled mangroves of the Kilim Karst Geoforest, as well as towering sea stacks and ancient salt-water lakes, linked to the sea by cave tunnels.

For reservations, please contact Four Seasons Resort Langkawi at tel: (60) 4 950 8888 or email: reservations.lan@fourseasons.com or visit: http://www.fourseasons.com/langkawi

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About Four Seasons Resort Langkawi
Four Seasons Resort Langkawi is a luxury Malaysian retreat in the Langkawi UNESCO Geopark, offering 90 pavilions and villas in tropical beachfront gardens, a family pool with private coves, plus a 55-m adult quiet pool, an expansive range of natural and outdoor pursuits and an immersive Geo Spa that draws on Langkawi’s natural healing energies. Dining options include three waterfront restaurants and the atmospheric Rhu Bar.

About Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Founded in 1960, Four Seasons continues to define the future of luxury hospitality with extraordinary imagination, unwavering commitment to the highest standards of quality, and the most genuine and customized service. Currently operating 92 hotels and private residences in major city centres and resort destinations in 38 countries, and with more than 60 projects in development, Four Seasons consistently ranks among the world’s best hotels and most prestigious brands in reader polls, traveller reviews and industry awards. For more information and reservations, visit fourseasons.com. For the latest news, visitpress.fourseasons.com and follow @FourSeasonsPR on Twitter.

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