Is it possible to visit Kinabalu park and Poring hotspring in 1 day? Has anyone been to Selingan Turtle Island near Sandakan before? or the Probroscis Sanctuary near Sepilok? Aiyo I was born in Sabah but grew up in KL... I am going for 6D5N trip to Sabah in July... and have done some researches online about Sabah... only now I realised that Sabah has got loads to offer!!! So many places to go... now i got headache...

Hi eksk86, thanks for your reply!!!! Gosh finally I got some reply here haha! Wow, I will reach KK on the 9th man! I have a friend in KK but maybe because she is local, so she does not travel so in depth like non sabahan... I did some researches on where I would love to go but I realised Sabah is a GEM! So many places to visit... However, I have time constraint and probably budget also... I read from other travellers travelblog and other forums online, it cost you around RM 20 (not sure one way or two ways) to get to manukan beach by boat of course and the snorkeling mask rental is RM 10.00. Sapi and Manukan islands are not too far from each other... not to worry... My Sabahan friend said Manukan is nicer... I read that Sapi has got white sands though...

Erm I will be spending on whole day on Manukan Beach for photography session or something (might do a bit of snorkeling) but not spending a night there... I plan to go to Kinabalu Park and Poring Hot Spring for a day or might spend a night in either place... Then would love to try to go to Klias river to view the Proboscis Monkeys and the fireflies and another day is gone... I found the price to be RM 185.00 that covers meals, transfer from KK - Klias river per person... why lah so damn expensive... all tourists price one... adui...

Initially planned to go to Selingan turtle Island but no time and too expensive, i dropped the plan... Also has anyone been to Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary? I plan to spend a night at Sepilok Jungle Resort in Sandakan after visiting Labuk Bay. Then morning time I will go to the Orang Utan Centre for the morning feeding session... Sepilok Jungle Resort provides transfers to and from Labuk Bay Monkey Sanc for RM 185 per person that includes a guide, entrance fee and transfers. That is expensive lah... The entrance fee to the sanctuary costs you RM 65.00. But maybe the problem how are you going to travel between the two places... get a taxi? How much will that cost?

Anyone knows any freelance driver or tour guide ke? Maybe can get cheaper price...

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Added on June 3, 2008, 2:47 pmHi again eksk86, from jetty to Manukan Island is only about 15-20 mins boat ride.

Source:

http://www.beautifulkk.com/2008/03/15/manukan-island/

This post has been edited by rotigal: Jun 3 2008, 02:51 PM

Wah speedy reply! Cool cool! I will be traveling with a friend. Then gonna meet my friend in KK and her 2 friends (also from KL - they arrive the day you arrive! You taking air asia?). Thanks for your info too! Now this is what I call interaction! Haha! Nice one! You never know, we might "brush by" each other in KK...

Maybe after the trip we could share some photos to the people out there esp those who want more infos on what to see and do in Sabah! Cool Cool!

Wah so many infos! Thanks tornad0 for the info on the shopping mall... I will go and have a look if time permits! Cool cool! I agree that RM 20 is quite expensive... maybe because we are not used to pay such price for a taxi esp me in KL... I guess I will have to spend overnight lah after hot spring since I bet the car journey will be so damn tiring!

To eksk86, hope you have loads of fun there too! Cant wait to see the pictures...!

I see a lot of tours going to Manukan Island that include BBQ Lunch... I read somewhere online that the lunch should be pre-booked! I am actually interested in the BBQ Lunch but until now, I still havent found the infos on the restaurant there. I was thinking of going there myself and not with the tour so that I can stay there longer and not leave that soon as planned by the tour agent (I think they leave around 3 or 3.20 pm)... Does anyone have any idea about this?