--- title: Temple of Charm description: At the Temple Tree resort, www.templetree.com.my, in Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago, purring cats are ready to trail you everywhere. If you allow it, a friendly four-legged... canonical: https://time.com/archive/6937914/temple-of-charm/ author: JOAN KOH article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2009-03-25T04:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-22T07:27:53.486Z og:title: Temple of Charm og:description: At the Temple Tree resort, www.templetree.com.my, in Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago, purring cats are ready to trail you everywhere. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-sub-2026q3/newsletters?i=5a18196c-e735-47f2-87a0-8d692bbad42c&cr=time-sub-2026q3-v1) * TIME Subscriptions: [time.com/subscribe-agent](/c/time-sub-2026q3/subscribe?i=5a18196c-e735-47f2-87a0-8d692bbad42c&cr=time-sub-2026q3-v1) by [JOAN KOH](https://time.com/author/joan-koh/) Mar 25, 2009 4:00 AM UTC  LIVING MUSEUM: Antique houses make up the resort's accommodation LIVING MUSEUM: Antique houses make up the resort's accommodation Courtesy Temple Tree by [JOAN KOH](https://time.com/author/joan-koh/) Mar 25, 2009 4:00 AM UTC At the Temple Tree resort, [www.templetree.com.my](http://WWW.TEMPLETREE.COM.MY), in Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago, purring cats are ready to trail you everywhere. If you allow it, a friendly four-legged fur ball will curl up at the foot of your bed, or rest on your shoulder as you make yourself a cup of tea. And if you get really attached, you can sponsor the little cutie for as little as $14 a month. Australian resort owner Narelle McMurtrie’s 15-year-old animal shelter, the Langkawi Animal Shelter & Sanctuary Foundation, has grown so enormous — yielding, at last count, 130 dogs and 150 cats — that she opened Temple Tree, her second hotel, to help finance her all-consuming charity project. ([See pictures of high tea in Malaysia.](https://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1821332,00.html)) The property lies on Pulau Langkawi, the largest of the islands. Like McMurtrie’s Bon Ton resort next door, Temple Tree is a collection of antique timber houses from all over the country, and its 2.5-acre (1 hectare) compound looks somewhat like a museum of traditional Malaysian architecture. These nine houses, mostly derelict and abandoned when McMurtrie saved them, have been painstakingly disassembled, moved and reassembled in what was once a field thick with reeds. Original features have been lovingly restored. ([See 10 things to do in Singapore.](https://www.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1845806,00.html)) Every house is idiosyncratic. The most stately is the five-bedroom Colonial House built by Arabian goldsmiths in the 1920s. The sexiest is the two-bedroom Penang House with a wooden bathtub parked in the living room. The most compelling is the richly decorated, century-old Chinese farmhouse overlooking the mountains and Temple Tree’s 110-ft. (33.5 m) pool. There are also five “estate rooms,” built into a 1940s longhouse from a rubber plantation in Ipoh. It used to house Indian workers, but not, one surmises, in the same style that guests now enjoy. A 1920s Eurasian house that once stood on Penang’s York Road is the location of the resort’s reception and restaurant. You can also book yoga and culinary classes here (McMurtrie is a great cook and her desserts are legendary). And if you need to escape this leafy idyll for a while, your cat will walk you to reception, where you can charter one of McMurtrie’s yachts for a sunset cruise. Rates at Temple Tree start from around $135 a night. [See 10 things to do in Hong Kong.](https://www.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1850110,00.html) _Got an awful travel gripe? The Avenger may be able to sort it out for you._ [Click here to tell us your problem.](https://www.time.com/time/travel/avenger/form) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6937914/temple-of-charm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6937914/temple-of-charm/"},"headline":"Temple of Charm","datePublished":"2009-03-25T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-22T07:27:53.486Z","description":"At the Temple Tree resort, www.templetree.com.my, in Malaysia's Langkawi archipelago, purring cats are ready to trail you everywhere. 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