Boat Tours – Kota Kinabalu

Experience Boat Tours in Kota Kinabalu

Best things to do: The actual city may not hold much to entice you, but the surrounding area certainly will. The domed mosque of Masjid Bandaraya offers tours. Sabah State Museum is a place to explore art and exhibits. Signal Hill has an observatory tower, and Tanjung Aru Beach is the place to go, after your boat tour of course, for the sunset views.

Best time to go: You’ll find that the weather is fairly uniform when you visit Borneo. The rain falls throughout the year and increases from May to August. The best months to visit are between August and September, and if you want to try and avoid the wet weather, then steer clear of the east coast of Sabah between October and December, and stay on the Kota Kinabalu side to the west, as it’s drier here.

Getting around: Kota Kinabalu is a compact city, so getting around shouldn’t be a problem. It’ll take you around 30 minutes to get from one end to the other. If you are walking around exploring, just be careful when crossing the road. It can be an issue in places. Keep those eyes peeled!

• Speak to a local, and you may hear the words Api Api. It’s what the locals lovingly call Kota Kinabalu. As the gateway to your Borneo adventures, well, your friendly welcome from the locals will make you feel at home.

• Kota Kinabalu was once known as Jesselton. When the region was under British rule. That lasted until 1963, although, sadly most of the original town was destroyed during World War II.

• The Borneo rainforest is over 130 million years old! And if you get a chance to visit, check out the tallest tropical tree, it’s a species called Shorea faguetiana (Yellow Meranti). They can reach heights of 88.1m!