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Kuala Kedah
Mukim in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

Kuala Kedah

Kuala Kedah is a mukim and parliamentary constituency in Kota Setar District, Kedah, Malaysia.

Plan a trip to Kuala Kedah→From Langkawi

It is a fishing port, located at the mouth of the Kedah River, and serves as a terminus for ferries to the tourist island of Langkawi. It is home to a fort, Kota Kuala Kedah. Kuala Kedah is accessible by bus or taxi from Alor Setar.

Get in

Getting to Kuala Kedah

Ferries to Langkawi leave every 1.5-2 hours, the last service is at 7:00PM, a one-way ticket costs RM45 for (adult) foreigners (2025). Ferries arrive to Kuala Kedah Jetty Terminal, from where you can take taxis in all directions. The taxi fare to Butterworth (Penang) is RM 47 (2010). With a bit of luck, you can share a taxi with other passengers.

See

Worth seeing

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    Kuala Kedah Fort

    This fort is also known as the main gate of Kuala Kedah.

How locals move

Getting around Kuala Kedah the local way

  • Get inFerries to Langkawi leave every 1.5-2 hours, the last service is at 7:00PM, a one-way ticket costs RM45 for (adult) foreigners (2025).
  • Get inFerries arrive to Kuala Kedah Jetty Terminal, from where you can take taxis in all directions.

From Wikivoyage: Kuala Kedah, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Marufish from Alor Setar, Malaysia (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.