Langkawi History & Legends Tour: Mahsuri Tomb & Beras Terbakar
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
Discover the urban and rural areas of the Langkawi islands, a beautiful archipelago off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. This tour takes you to Eagle Square, the legends of Mahsuri Tomb, the history of Beras Terbakar (Field of Burnt Rice), Atma Alam Batik Art Village and Cenang Street.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Atma Alam operating hours: 9am to 8pm (close every Tuesday)
Mahsuri Tomb operating hours: 8am to 6pm (daily)
Surcharge RM70 per pax for guest staying at outskirt Hotels (if choose the wrong pickup area during booking)
Customers who arrived from Cruise, upon arrival, please proceed to *Guard House* at Resort World. One of our driver will holding paging board. If you cannot find us, please contact our hotline given
What To Expect
Mahsuri's Tomb
After hotel or port pickup at 9.30am, we will visit the legendary Mahsuri’s tomb (the site where Mahsuri died). The legend of Mahsuri supposedly accounts for Langkawi’s relatively ‘newfound’ success and judging by its increasing prosperity, the island has survived the curse. Description Mahsuri Tomb-Makam Mahsuri is a space in the legendary Princess Mahsuri and located at Kampung Mawat, 12km from Kuah, it is also known as Makam Mahsuri. Many natural attractions on the island have attached tales in the style of real English and Mahsuri the legend may be the most famous.
Beras Terbakar (field Of Burnt Rice)
The "Field of Burnt Rice" (Ladang Beras Terbakar) in Langkawi, Malaysia, holds historical significance dating back to the late 18th century. Legend has it that during a Siamese invasion in 1821, the locals of Langkawi, led by a woman named Mahsuri, sought refuge in this rice field. As a defensive measure, they set fire to the rice fields to prevent the invaders from harvesting the crops, leaving nothing behind for them to sustain themselves.
Options
from Datai/Tg Rhu/Andaman
From Datai/Tg Rhu/Andaman - 6 Hours City Tour + Mahsuri Tomb + Beras Terbakar Starting points: Datai Bay, 07000, Kedah, Malaysia Tanjung Rhu Beach, 07000, Kedah, Malaysia Pickup included
From Cruise Pier Langkawi
From Cruise Pier Langkawi - 6 Hours City Tour + Mahsuri Tomb + Beras Terbakar Starting points: Langkawi Cruise Centre, Porto Malai Langkawi, 07000, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia Langkawi Cruise Terminal, Jl. Teluk Baru, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia Pickup included
from Cenang or Kuah Town
Fom Cenang Or Kuah Town - 6 Hours City Tour + Mahsuri Tomb + Beras Terbakar Starting points: Kuah, 07000 Kuah, Kedah, Malaysia Pantai Cenang, 07000, Kedah, Malaysia Pickup included
What‘s Included
Private transportation
Hotel or Cruise Terminal Pickup & Drop off (Please choose the correct pickup area during booking)
English Speaking Driver
Air-conditioned vehicle
Food and drinks, unless specified
Optional
Personal Expenses
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
5 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Would probably be better if not over a public holiday
Sally C,Mar 21, 2026
- Review from Viator
3.00Would have been much better if advised that most things would be closed as day before public holiday. Burnt rice fields didn't happen,. Batik village shut, 1st set of shops shut, last set of duty free open. MASURI shrine open but not all of the shops. Guide was helpful and knowledgeable and spoke good English. Had long enough at places, saw Eagle square and beach and plenty of photo opportunities. So not totally dissatisfied. Just coincided with end of Ramadan., but would be good to know before booked trip so could do another day.
Tour guide unintelligible no experience knew notd
Evelien N,Dec 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00Poor guide was late spoke almost no english asked what we wanted to do while we had booked a tour
very nice and complete half day tour
jeanmarie N,Jul 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Very complete and pleasant tour in Langkawi. We had time to visit a lot of different and interesting places like batik hand made shop, eagle square, matsuri place, Cable car and bird nest. Mr Ram our driver was very helpfull and friendly.
Mangrove trip
EMMA P,Jan 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00What a great day we had with Khairul, After an initial confusion over where we needed to go the trip was fantastic. We took the trip from a cruise ship- walk down to the car park area- do not take the shuttle bus to town which takes 30 minutes. Great boat ride around the mangroves- this was well worth a visit.... Visited the big Eagle statue, tour statue and had lunch and our guide took some top notch photos along the way. We really enjoyed our day
Beautiful Introduction to Lankawi
DavidSimpson,Jan 15, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide Ram communicated arrangements to us beforehand and met us promptly at the Cruise terminal. We were able to tailor the tour and he suggested adding a Mangrove boat tour which he arranged while we were visiting the Mahsuri tomb site. What a beautiful area of the Island and legend. Along our way Ram pointed out landmarks, mountains and explained the history of the areas we travelled through. He was able to answer our many questions and give us a sense of the beautiful Island and it’s people. A much slower pace, less traffic, mountain and beach scenery, friendly people. The private Mangrove tour was excellent and our boatman pointed out many additional facts and legends. The enormous Sea Eagles with impressive wingspans and expansive mangrove forests are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site including fish farm, bat caves and a cave which can be transitted at low tide. At Kuah town we stopped to view the Langkawi Brahmin Eagle statue and “Eiffel tower”, rounding out our trip with a visit to the duty free store near the port. Thank you Ram “of Langkawi” for a most enjoyable day. Would highly recommend this tour!
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