Sabah සංචාර

We had such a great time on this tour, and a big part of it was thanks to our tour guide, Kelvin! Kelvin was our driver, tour guide and also our photographer for the day. He was very knowledgeable and made the mangrove and fireflies tour really enjoyable. He introduced us to the different animals we saw, including the proboscis monkeys, and shared interesting facts about what they eat, their digestion and their behaviour. It was really interesting to learn about them along the way. He was also very entertaining and took great care of us throughout the whole trip. He definitely went above and beyond, especially when he took the time to help us take photos at the sunset spot. We really appreciated how attentive and thoughtful he was. Also, a big shoutout to his co-tour guide, Gary, who was equally helpful and made the experience even better. Thank you, Kelvin and Gary, for such a memorable day!

Our family and a friend's family, 4 adults and 4 children, signed up for this tour. We were picked up at our hotel at 7:30 AM, followed by a 2.5-hour drive to the Mount Kinabalu viewpoint. The city roads from Kota Kinabalu to Mount Kinabalu were congested, but our guide was flexible and accommodated the children's restroom breaks along the way. After taking many photos at the viewpoint, we headed to Desa Farm. On the way, we made a detour to a local fruit shop. Our tour guide, Jeff, introduced us to fruits we had never seen before, and we bought and ate one or two of each. We were excited by fruits we had never heard of or seen, like apple jelly, avocado cheese, and snake fruit! The avocado cheese tasted like sweet steamed pumpkin, with a texture and flavor unlike any fruit! It was delicious. From there, we went to Desa Farm. Located at an altitude of about 1,500m, it wasn't too hot and was very comfortable! The weather was clear with few clouds, and we took many great photos with the sharp ridges of Mount Kinabalu in the background. Was that a sun halo? Jeff smoothly guided us through recommended activities like soft-serve ice cream and feeding calves and goats. Jeff, who is also a father of four, is knowledgeable about funny TikTok videos, and our children had a blast taking funny videos with him, making it a very satisfying experience. Afterward, we had lunch at a nearby restaurant and then went rafflesia watching. We were worried if we would see any, as they only bloom for 5-7 days a year, but we saw two blooming rafflesias! We also saw buds and withered ones, which was a unique experience only available locally. Nearby, there were also cacao and durian trees! I was surprised to see durians growing on such tall trees. By this point, it was past 3 PM. The children were getting tired, so we decided to change the itinerary and head back. The morning traffic jam was long. On the way back, there was a strange cloud hanging over the summit of Mount Kinabalu. Jeff told us it was a rare sight. The return journey was also a bit congested, but we managed to get back to the hotel around 7 PM. We had originally planned to be back by 5:30 PM, but the road congestion and it being summer vacation season caused delays. I recommend bringing a bit more cash, as there are places at the rafflesia site that don't accept credit cards for insect repellent, and some restaurants for lunch. Thank you, Jeff, for a fun tour! The magnificent scenery and your enjoyable assistance made it a wonderful experience. Highly recommended!

The itinerary was very well organized, allowing us to visit several spots in one trip. The duration at each stop was just right, so it never felt rushed. Our first stop was the observation deck, where there were many fruit vendors nearby selling fresh and delicious fruits! The best part was realizing later in the city that the fruit here was actually the cheapest! The farm was also a lot of fun; for 20 Malaysian Ringgit, you could feed milk and forage to the animals, and the yogurt and milk ice cream were amazing! The fish spa was very entertaining, and the tour guide taught us feeding techniques. It was a bit scary at first. Lunch was better than expected, featuring vegetables, meat, and fruit. The tour included a complimentary ATV experience, allowing us to ride through the wilderness. We were very lucky to see a Rafflesia flower this time; although it had been blooming for five days and was starting to turn dark, there was still an unopened bud right next to it. On the way back, we had roasted wild boar and pulled tea. The roasted wild boar is highly recommended! The two of us shared a portion and were left wanting more. Overall, the value for money is extremely high, and I highly recommend it!

අප 20-30 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් කණ්ඩායමක සිටි අතර, ජපන් ජාතිකයන් වූයේ අප දෙදෙනා පමණි. සහභාගී වූවන්ගෙන් වැඩි දෙනෙක් චීන ජාතිකයන් වූ අතර, සංචාරය මූලික වශයෙන් චීන භාෂාවෙන් පැවතුනද, අප වෙනුවෙන් මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම ඉංග්‍රීසියෙන් පැහැදිලි කර දුන් අතර, නිරන්තරයෙන් අප ගැන සැලකිලිමත් විය. දූපතට යාමට අධිවේගී නෞකාවකින් පැයක් පමණ ගත විය. එය ඉතා වේගවත් වූ අතර, බොහෝ සෙලවෙන්නට විය! 😂 නමුත්, නෞකාව ඉතා වේගවත් වූ නිසා, මුහුදුබත් වීමට වෙලාවක් නොතිබුණි. නෞකාව තුළ මාර්ගෝපදේශකයින් සංගීතය වාදනය කරමින් අපව උද්යෝගිමත් කළ අතර, ගමන් කාලයද විනෝදජනක විය. දූපතේ පහසුකම් අලුත් සහ පිරිසිදු විය. වැසිකිළි, නාන කාමර සහ කෙස් වියළන යන්ත්‍ර පවා තිබූ අතර, අපට සුවපහසු ලෙස සිටීමට හැකි විය. ස්නෝකර්ලිං කිරීමට පෙර ආරක්ෂක උපදෙස් ලබා දුන් අතර, අප දෙදෙනාට කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජිකයෙකු විසින් ජපන් භාෂාවට පරිවර්තනය කරන ලද උපදෙස් පෙන්වමින් තනි තනිව පැහැදිලි කරන ලදී. අපට නිසි ලෙස තේරුම් ගැනීමට හැකි දැයි ඔවුන් සෑම අවස්ථාවකදීම තහවුරු කර ගත් අතර, ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ ඔවුන්ගේ සැලකිල්ල ඉතා ඉහළ මට්ටමක පැවති බව අපට හැඟුණි. ස්නෝකර්ලිං සඳහා නෞකාවෙන් ස්ථාන දෙකකට ගියෙමු. මුහුද ඇත්තෙන්ම ලස්සන හා පුදුම සහගත විය! 🐠 මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා නිරන්තරයෙන් අපගේ තත්ත්වය පරීක්ෂා කරමින්, ආරක්ෂාව ගැන සැලකිලිමත් වෙමින්, අපට විනෝද වීමට ඉඩ සැලසීය. දූපතට ආපසු පැමිණි පසු, කකුළුවන් සහ ඉස්සන් වැනි රසවත් ආහාර සූදානම් කර තිබූ අතර, බීම වර්ගද නිදහසේ ලබා ගත හැකි විය 🦀🦐 ඉන්පසු නිදහස් කාලය විය. අපි වෙරළේ කුඩයක් යට විවේක ගත්තෙමු. වේලාව පැමිණි විට, අපි නැවතත් එම අධිවේගී නෞකාවෙන් ආපසු ගියෙමු. එය උදෑසන සිට පැවති සංචාරයක් වූ නිසා ආපසු යන විට අප ඉතා වෙහෙසට පත්ව සිටියද, එයද ඇතුළුව එය ඉතා සාර්ථක දවසක් විය. එකම කනගාටුව වූයේ, අපට උදව් කළ මාර්ගෝපදේශකයාට ආපසු යන විට තෑගි මුදල් දීමට අමතක වීමයි. ඔවුන් අවසානය දක්වාම අපට ඉතා කරුණාවන්ත විය. සහභාගී වූවන්ගෙන් 90% ක් පමණ චීන ජාතිකයන් වන බැවින්, ජපන් ජාතිකයින් පමණක් සහභාගී වන්නේ නම් මුලදී ටිකක් තනිව සිටින බවක් දැනෙන්නට පුළුවන. නමුත්, මාර්ගෝපදේශකයින් සහ කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ බොහෝ දෙනෙක් සිටි අතර, ඔවුන් අප ජපන් ජාතිකයින්ට ඉතා හොඳින් සැලකූ නිසා, අවසානයේදී කිසිදු බියක් නොමැතිව අපට විනෝද වීමට හැකි විය. මුහුද ලස්සනයි, ස්නෝකර්ලිං විනෝදජනකයි, ආහාර රසවත්. සියල්ලටම වඩා, කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ උණුසුම් සහයෝගය මගේ මතකයේ රැඳී ඇත. ජපන් සහභාගීවන්නන් අඩු වීම නිසා පසුබට වන අයටද මෙම සංචාරය නිර්දේශ කිරීමට මම කැමතියි! 🌴🐠✨

Although it is an island not far away, you can experience a completely different kind of sea. It was an unbelievably beautiful ocean. I was worried that Sapi and Manukan would be too similar, but perhaps because the weather changed, I was able to feel a different charm, which made it even better. I rode the banana boat; since it was right out on the deep sea, it was a little scary, but they accommodated us well so we had a fun time. Everyone we met was very kind. I would especially like to thank our guide, Nanak. I highly recommend this trip~

රෝයි ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලී සහ උපකාරශීලී විය. පසුගිය මාස කිහිපය තුළ කැනපි වෝක් වසා දමා තිබූ බැවින්, ඒ වෙනුවට දිය ඇල්ල වෙත යන මංපෙතක ගමනක් ආදේශ කරන ලදී.

මාතකින් සහ පොම් පොම් දූපත් වෙත ගිය ගමන විශිෂ්ට අත්දැකීමක් විය. රජයේ සීමා කිරීම් හේතුවෙන් ටිම්බා ටිම්බා දූපතේ නතර වීමට නොහැකි වුවද, අපි ස්නෝකර්ලිං සඳහා ප්‍රදේශයක නැවතුණෙමු. අප වෙනුවෙන් ඡායාරූප ගැනීමට මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා ඉතා උපකාරී විය, ඊයේ අපට බොහෝ මුහුදු කැස්බෑවන් සහ ලස්සන කොරල්පර සහිත නිවර්තන මසුන් දැකගත හැකි විය. සිංහ මත්ස්‍යයෙකු ද දැකගත හැකි විය. අපට ජීවිතයේ එක් වරක් ලැබෙන විශිෂ්ට අත්දැකීමක් ලැබුණි. මෙම සංචාරය නිර්දේශ කරමි!

Just finished a one-day tour of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, and I have to give a huge shoutout to our private guide, Xiaoyang (William)! 👍🏻🙋🏻‍♂️ I originally thought the long drive to and from the mountain would be exhausting and boring, but Xiaoyang was a fantastic conversationalist along the way. He shared a lot of local history and culture of Sabah, guided us on a short trek up the mountain, and even stopped to introduce us to unique plants we saw along the trail 🌴🍃. The content was engaging and fun, and time flew by. 🥹 We were super lucky to catch a glimpse of Mount Kinabalu and the Rafflesia! The guide truly put a lot of thought into arranging everything for us, ensuring the entire itinerary ran smoothly, and even treated us to Malaysian cuisine for lunch 🍱! He took such good care of us throughout the trip, constantly reminding everyone to stay safe. The biggest surprise was his photography skills 📸. His composition was top-notch, and he was incredibly patient, taking tons of gorgeous photos for us to keep as memories. There was non-stop laughter all day, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. 😆✨ Meeting Xiaoyang this time really added so much value to the whole trip! 🩷 If any of our friends go to Sabah in the future, or if we visit again ourselves, we will definitely ask him to be our guide again! 😍

We had a wonderful time on the mangrove cruise! We were amazed to see animals we had never seen before. The fireflies were also incredibly beautiful. The way they gathered in the trees made them look just like Christmas trees. When the captain called to them, the fireflies gently fluttered over to him. It was like watching magic happen right before our eyes. Our guide, Jason, was also very kind and taught us so many interesting things. We learned for the first time that male and female proboscis monkeys have different nose shapes. We were truly grateful that Jason always treated us with a smile, even though our English wasn't very good. It was a wonderful experience and a memory we will treasure for a long time. Thank you so much!