After being closed off to the outside world for two years due to Covid-related travel restrictions, Malaysia has reopened to international visitors. The Datai Langkawi has used the time to spruce itself up, with two new room categories and a collection of new experiences in its extensive nature programme.
Situated in the northwest corner of Langkawi and surrounded by tropical forest, the resort is now home to five new Canopy Garden Rooms on the lower floors of the main building, each boasting an outdoor patio surrounded by lush foliage; and new Rainforest Premium Villas, which are perched on stilts overlooking the Anak Datai River.
The Nature Centre at The Datai Langkawi is the resort’s conservation hub and scientific research centre, situated in the heart of the rainforest. A trio of new activities gives guests hands-on experience in some of the resort’s conservation and sustainability initiatives, including reef protection projects at the new Coral Nursery, harvesting Trigona itama honey from The Datai’s stingless bees and the chance to learn about the resort’s reforestation efforts at the Native Tree Nursery.
Environmental initiatives continue at The Lab, a sustainable craft-making centre built from 9,000 used bottles that is now home to a new annex where guests can participate in upcycling workshops, while the Poet’s Trail - a naturalist-led trek through the rainforest studded with literary works - features new poems by London-based poet Max Wallis, Lebanese American artist Khalil Gibran and the resort’s head naturalist, Irshad Mobarak.
