Kota Kinabalu Vacation

0730hrs Pick up from city hotel in Kota Kinabalu and transfer to Beaufort, a town located 1 ½ hour drive from Kota Kinabalu. Upon arrival at Beaufort, board on a rail car/train to Pangi Station (starting point). The 1 ½ hour train ride shows the beautiful Padas Gorge and the swift Padas river. Stopover at Rayoh Station (ending point) for 10 minutes for storing your belongings and change of clothes. Arrive Pangi Station, light refreshment will be served. A short briefing on safety precautions and rafting techniques by your guide. Commence rafting down the Padas River . The adrenaline rush excursion covers a distance of 9km of this rather muddy 200 km river that holds 7 exciting and tough rapids. Arrive at Rayoh Station, lunch will be served. Depart for Beaufort by rail car/train, transfer back to your city hotel.

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0830hrs Pick up from city hotel in Kota Kinabalu. Transfer to Kiulu river which is located in the Tampuruli district and takes about 90 minutes drive. It is a journey through scenic and refreshing countryside drive, with landscape of paddy fields, water buffaloes and local villages. Upon arrival at Kiulu, a light refreshment will be served. Then, transfer to the starting point. A short briefing on safety precautions and rafting techniques by your guide. Commence rafting downriver for about 9KM to 15KM depending on the water level. The journey will take about 1 - 2 hours of rafting. Take a break at some point where the water is calmer and you can enjoy a swim or body raft. Lunch will be served at the ending point. After lunch and pack up, return to city hotel.

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DAY 1 - Meet and greet by Borneo Divers staff at Kota Kinabalu city hotel's lobby for flight MH 2121 @ 0700hrs/ 0745hrs for Tawau or meet at Tawau Airport at 0745hrs. Transfer to Semporna by van/coach for approximately 1 hour journey. Arrive in Semporna and proceed to Mabul Island by boat around 1000hrs for approximately 45 minutes to 1-hour journey, depending on the sea or weather condition. Expected to arrive Mabul Island at 1100hrs. Then proceed for briefing, registration and check-in. Lunch will be served at by noontime. There will be 2 boat dives on your first day arrival and one of the boat dives will be an orientation dive with our Dive Master. (Subject to 1st Schedule Arrival).

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0730hrs Pick up from city hotel in Kota Kinabalu. Onwards, transfer to Kuala Penyu Jetty for about 2 1/2 hours drive. Upon arrival, buy some refreshment at the Kuala Penyu Town . 1000hrs depart from Kuala Penyu Jetty for a 30 minutes boat ride to Pulau Tiga. Upon arrival, free at own leisure (swimming or snorkeling at own expenses). Then, proceed for 20 minutes guided walk to the Mud Volcano. Upon arrival, soak yourself in the mud which is invigorating for your skin. Return to the beach area to wash off the mud while the BBQ lunch is ready to be served. After lunch, relax at your own leisure. 1500hrs boat departs from Pulau Tiga Jetty and return to Kuala Penyu Jetty. Continue retrace journey back to your city hotel.

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1430hrs Pick up from hotel in Kota Kinabalu and transfer to Klias which located at 110km south of Kota Kinabalu. It will takes for about 2 hours drive from Kota Kinabalu. On arrival at Klias, enjoy the local pastry served with tea. After a short briefing, board on a small boat and proceed to cruise and search for wildlife along the river. Among the wildlife that can be spotted during the cruise are proboscis monkeys, long tail macaques, with some luck silver langurs, crocodiles, moniter lizards, tree snakes and variety of birds. During the journey back to the jetty during dusk, witness hundreds of blinking fire flies lighting the mangrove trees as Christmas trees. Upon reaching the jetty, local dinner will be served. After dinner, retrace journey back to your hotel.

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0830hrs Pick up from city hotel in Kota Kinabalu. Transfer to jetty for 15 minutes boat ride to Manukan Island. Upon arrival, be fascinated by the nature surrounding the island. Free at own leisure on the island. Afternoon, hop to Sapi Island. On arrival, barbeque lunch is served nearby the beach. After lunch, relax and enjoy the sun and sea breeze. 1500hrs, boat transfer back to the jetty and return to city hotel.

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For those who are not so adventure type but still interested to go to Mount Kinabalu, you can go for our full day kinabalu national park & poring hot spring tour.

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You may also wanted to spend the night before the climb at Kinabalu Park's room/lodges or nearby resort/cabin. Then you will get the chances to visit to the nearby attractions such as Poring Hot Spring.

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Basically you will need at least 2 days 1 night to reach to the top of Mount Kinabalu. Beside keeping yourself fit enough for the climb, you will need to book and confirm your accommodation at 11, 000 feet of Mount Kinabalu Rest House in advance. Some might tooks few months to get the booking confirmed but others may only takes few days. It really depends on your luck whether you can get the beds or not. Due to the limited beds at the heated rest house, most booking can only be confirmed at the non heated rest house. No matter how hard or how long it takes, we will try our very best to get the beds for you (As long as you can wait).

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