Sabah Region Travel Guide

When you're in Sabah, visit the world heritage site, Kinabalu National Park and climb Mt Kinabalu!  You will need to do a booking to climb the mountain at least 6-8 months in advance as the compulsory overnight stay at the lodge on the 11,000ft sells like hot cakes! You can make your reservation by calling Sutera Sanctuary Lodges, the company that manages the climbing and accommodation packages at the Kinabalu National Park.  The number to call is (6 088) 243 629 or you may log on to http://www.suterasanctuarylodges.com.my for more information.  And if you're a hardcore nature buff you would love to see more of Borneo's nature and wildlife, try out Danum Valley, the Maliau Basin,Tabin Wildlife Reserve or the Kinabatangan River.  It's worth it! And if your dream is to get a PADI's diving license, try it here in Borneo.It seems cheaper obtaining the dive license here. We have one of the most beautiful diving sites in the world --Sipadan and Layang-Layang Islands being two of the most recommended dive sites.

Whilst in Kota Kinabala we took a wander down to the travel agency offices (in a hexagonal esque building past the shopping mall down towards the sea) and booked the most amazing trip for next to nothing. It was four days, three nights, down in Sepilok with a visit to the orang-u-tan centre and then off into the rainforest for a boat cruise (when I say boat I mean hollowed out tree) experience with two nights sleeps in the jungle. The guys who live in the huts and were acting as our tour guides, cooks and entertainers were fantastic!! They only leave the jungle 3 months out of a year so can tell you what every noise, creature and plant is. We had such a laugh with them and they are more than willing to be relaxed about the whole experience and do what you want when you want....the timetable isn't rigid and with animals this means you usually get to see everything you want! Whilst Sepilok Centre is great and really does good work with the orangs, there is nothing like seeing a baby in the wild that has never had any direct contact with humans....its out of this world! Oh and the Probiscus Monkeys and the males ummm "Bright Pink" appendage are by far and away the funniest creatures I have ever seen! If you get a chance, I would strongly recommend booking yourself on one of these trips as most are sold by multiple agencies but you all end up in the same place...but shop around and find the cheapest as people on the same experience spent way more than us!!!

shagri-la!!!!for those of you with young children you and your kids are going to love it!fantastic mini club!!!they even have a kids pool with a tent for sun protection!rooms FANTASTIC!dont go to the cheap wing where they offer you free drinks at the floor club.i've heared the rooms are not nice.the new wing has massive and beautifull rooms.you can have your own barbeque at the beach at night which is worth it!!beleive me.there is a mini market in the hotel that sell you everything very cheap so you dont need to by everything from the bar.there is an icecream man that is dressed everyday with a different costume that goes arround the pool and sells ice cream,the kids love him!for yous with young children GO!now there are so many options for everyone,there is a small pier at the hotel thet with 2eur or even less you can take a little boat and go to the marine park and see beatufull small tropical islands.there are only like 10 minutes from your hotel.you MUST go and swim and see them.the only bad thing about the hotel are the jelly fishes at the hotels beach but dont worry,many pools but you also have the choice of the boats to the tropical islands.