Kota Belud Sunday Market

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K3/04

Outbound From

RM 105 / USD 31

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

 Drive 75 km north along the Crocker Range to Kota Belud, the horsy capital of the 

Bajau community.  Visit the biggest open-air 'Tamu' (Market) in North Borneo.  Handicrafts and livestock, ranging from poultry to goats and water buffaloes, 

are sold alongside with local native hinterlands products.  

A weekly social event for the rural folk, the Tamu' is of socio-historical significance and provides good photo-opportunities to capture some of Borneo's cultural heritage. 

NOTE

*Duration: 5 Hours

*Minimum - 2 persons

*Sundays Only

Includes refreshment

Rungus Longhouse Tour

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K3/05

Outbound From

RM 210 / USD 58

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

The Rungus, a tribe of the Kadazandusan group are found mainly on the Kudat and Bengkoka Peninsulas in the northern part of Sabah.  Experience the past through the communal longhouse lifestyle that is fast giving way to modernity.  Excellent photo-opportunities as many of the ladies still wear the traditional chest-to-calf black sarongs and other native ornaments. 

OPTIONS

Cultural performances can be arranged on request

NOTE

*Duration: Day Trip

*Minimum - 2 persons

*Visit will also be made to the Kota Belud Sunday Market - if tour taken on Sunday

*Includes lunch

Kota Kinabalu Cultural Tour

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K3/06

Outbound From

RM 140 / USD 40

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

The tour covers the State Museum and a visit to the Monosopiad Cultural Village in the Kadazandusun heartland in Penampang

NOTE

*Duration: 4 Hours  *Minimum - 2 persons

*The State Museum is closed on Fridays

Ethic Villages in a Valley

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K3/07

Outbound From

RM 140 / USD 40

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

90 minutes and a world away from Kota Kinabalu are Kadazandusun rice farmers of the narrow Kiulu Valley. Visit a native market and tour a gloriously unspoilt scenery of terraced rice fields, bamboos, and simple bamboo farmhouses, with the sparkling clean Kiulu River flowing over a stoney bed, spanned by suspension bridges. 

And all around, the steep, lush green slopes of the Crocker Range foothills. 

Cool off with a dip in the river. Visit a pottery on the return trip.

NOTE

*Duration: 5 Hours  *Minimum - 2 persons

*Tamparuli Market on Wednesdays & Tuaran Market on Sundays

Tuaran Cultural Delights

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B3/04

Outbound From

Prices as Below

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

Drive to Mengkabong water village, home to the Bajau fishermen whose houses are built on stilts over the water. Explore the village on foot. Proceed to Tuaran past scenic countryside, padifields and water buffaloes and visit the local market. Continue to Tamparuli and try your balancing skill across Sabah's longest suspension bridge 

before tour concludes.

NOTE

*Duration: 4 Hours (9am - 1pm)  *Minimum - 2 persons

For larger group tours please inquire for rate.

2 Days North Borneo Cultural Safari

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B3/05

Outbound From

Prices as Below

Kota Kinabalu

ITINERARY

DAY 1 

Travel 1� hours North across the Crocker Range to the land of the Bajaus at Kota Belud. Visit the colourful local market and buffalo market (Sunday only). 

Continue 70 km towards Kudat to one of the village longhouses. Witness life inside the longhouse and mingle with ladies in traditional sarongs and foot-long bracelets. 

Observe how they adapt to the change of time. 

Proceed to Paradise beach for a swim before check in at longhouse. 

Dinner followed by a Rungus cultural dance. 

Overnight in twin bed room at traditional longhouse. 

Mattress and mosquito net are provided. (Lunch/ Dinner)

DAY 2 

Wake up to the calls of roosters and tranquility of the village. 

After breakfast, visit a local village and observe the making of traditional gongs before we continue our drive back to Kota Kinabalu. 

Enroute we stop at Mengkabong water village. (Breakfast/ Lunch)

INCLUDES

*Meals as stated  *Transportation  *English speaking guide

*Accommodations - Traditional Longhouse 

NOTE

*Only on Mon, Wed, Thurs & Sun  

*Minimum - 2 persons

For larger group tours please inquire for rate.