Langkawi in 4 days

A 2.2 km ride up to 708 metres over primary forest growing on Machinchang sandstone, the oldest rock in Malaysia.

Seven natural pools stepped down the sandstone and linked by water-polished slides; the name means seven wells.

A curved 125-metre walkway at 660 metres, hung from a single 82-metre pylon, with glass floor sections over the drop.

Two kilometres of pale sand on the west coast, the busiest beach on the island, shallow a long way out and facing the sunset.

A freshwater lake on a southern island, cut off from the sea by a thin ridge, named after the shape of its hills.

Mangroves and limestone pinnacles in the north-east, explored by motorboat along the channels, with a bat cave in the 490-million-year-old rock.

White sand fringed with casuarina trees in the north; at low tide sandbars appear and you can walk to two nearby islets.

Four protected islands south of Langkawi where fishing is banned, with hard coral, clownfish, moray eels and blacktip reef sharks.