You may be wondering if the Black Sand Beach or Pantai Pasir Hitam in Langkawi really has black sand, aren't you? Well, there's only one simple thing to do - you must go to the beach yourself.
You can also check out whether the remains from the great battle between Garuda and Jentayu still existed (as some still believe), at Pantai Pasir Hitam Langkawi.
The peaceful Langkawi beach is stained with black sand - you'll find that not the whole beach is black but it's more like a mixture of black sand and normal sand . Unlike other black-sand beaches, this sand isn't volcanic in nature - iron oxide is believed to be the cause of this phenomenon.
Some people also believe that the black sand beach is caused by the the burnt soil from the rice fields that were burnt during the Siamese war. The burnt soil flowed to the sea got washed up on to this beach creating the black sand beach.
Driving to Pantai Pasir Hitam is really easy since there's only one road leading to it. It is just down the road from the
Craft Cultural Complex.
While you are walking at Pantai Pasir Hitam, don't forget to take some snaps at the ancient fishing jetty with its sense of history nearby.
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