Proboscis Monkey and Firefly Tour (Kota Kinabalu)

The Jetty at Night

One of the most recommended tourist stuff to do in Kota Kinabalu is the Proboscis Monkey and firefly tour. If you do a search for the Proboscis monkey, you'll find it very weird looking. They are also called long-nosed monkeys. Also known as "bekantan" in Malay, they are reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo.

The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had a similarly large belly and nose.

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Shangri-La Rasa Ria Nature Reserve

If you're planning to go on a vacation in Kota Kinabalu, Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort is the way to go. Ranked number 2 out of 80 hotels in Kota Kinabalu (Trip Advisor Ranking), this resort boasts an engaging range of facilities and activities, including a nature reserve for Orangutans to educate visitors and guests.

For our 5th day in Kota Kinabalu, we arrived at the reserve around 845am. Take note that most activities here start at 9am onwards. Refer to the list of activities and schedule here: List of activities in Shangri-La Kota Kinabalu.

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Kota Kinabalu Island Hopping (Manukan and Mamutik Island)

From our hotel, it was only a few minutes drive to the port where the start of our island hopping tour is. We are not going to the usual Jesselton port. Our tour arranged our island hopping adventure via Sutera Harbor. If you plan to do the island hopping tour on your own, read this.

Weather was perfect but not for us. We don't want too much sun. That's why I decided not to go swimming/snorkeling. I know it's such a waste because we've traveled all the way to KK and do island hopping but not go swimming. We just planned to sit around and relax.

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Little Italy in Kota Kinabalu - 'THE' Italian Food Place in KK

Photo from a famous blogger based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabahbah.com

Coming from day full of shopping in Kota Kinabalu, we returned to our hotel to freshen up. We decided to go to the corner of the block where our hotel was. There, a highly recommended Italian restaurant stands -- Little Italy.

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Kota Kinabalu Shopping Malls and Market

Planning to go shopping in KK? Let us show you some of the malls around Sabah, Malaysia - Kota Kinabalu city in particular. We did this all in one whole day. Yes, it can be done, but be ready for some serious walking.

Chinatown Arch in Kota Kinabalu

Our day 3 was a Sunday. I didn't schedule any activities for the day and we decided to make it our shopping day since the Gaya street market is only open during Sundays. Gaya Street Sunday market is open from 6am to 1pm.

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