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Botanical Garden at the far end of the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park is an excellent place to have picnic, and spend a relaxed afternoon with friends. A short walk from the entrance of the Botanical Garden, after passing the Ginger garden, and the Nepenthes Garden, visitors will come to a small area that has six nicely built huts. Tall trees of various species, 30 to 50 feet high, surround these huts. These tall trees also help to filter out most of the sunlight, and only friendly light is allowed to come in, making the temperature at this area much to the delight of the park visitors. The sound from a small stream, with clean and clear water, can be heard running through the area which makes this place even more serene and peaceful. At times the scent or aroma of herbs and plants from the therapeutic garden can be smelt too.

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australian sirlion steak

The Lintas Plaza is some 15 minutes drive away from Kota Kinabalu, and is an eatery heaven when night falls. Clarence’s Home Grill is one of the fine restaurants at Lintas Plaza that offers a nice and cool atmosphere for fine dinning. It has a very English interior design. Wooden tables and chair, red and black checker table cloths, nice wall pictures, quiet atmosphere, and very soft lighting. All these make Clarence’s Home Grill a wonderful place to enjoy a hearty Western Cuisine.

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mt. kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu is one of the most modern cities in the Borneo Island, and Kota Kinabalu is also the gateway to the rest of Sabah. Sabah is the No. 1 tourist destination in Malaysia. Wildlife, adventure, nature, islands, and great seafood await those who choose Sabah as their holiday destination. Here are a five days travel itinerary that will help you to explore the West Coast of Sabah.

Arrived at Kota Kinabalu International Airport before 11am. Depart from Kota Kinabalu and travel two hours along the ridges of the Crocker Range to Kinabalu Park Headquarters. Enjoy the superb mountain views as you travel to the Park at 1524 metres. Drive through the scenic Kinabalu National Park and have lunch at one of the leading hotels in Kundasang.

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fish-mixed noodle soup with fresh milk

Fatt Kee, a small little store in Hilltop Commercial area, makes some of the most wonderful seafood noodles along the Lintas Highway. Specialities at this store are mixed fish noodle, fish head mee hoon, and tom yam noodle. Fatt Kee prepares many interesting and tasty fish parts in its dishes, from the common fish balls to less encountered fish lips, customers get to choose and mix what stuffs they like in their noodles. Some uncommon stuffs that warrant a mention are fish stomach, fish skin, fish slice, foo ken fish, and fish wanton. Scallops and prawns are also available. Like most Chinese way of serving noodle, one can order the noodle in soup or in dry black sauce. Two sizes are available, small size starts from RM 5.50, and the big one starts at RM 7.

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sabah tourism board

Kota Kinabalu was formerly known as Jesselton, and it is a rather young city with only about one hundred years of history. Jesselton came into administration at the turn of the 20th Century. The Kota Kinabalu Heritage Walk is centred around three areas, namely Gaya Street, Beach Street and Jesselton Point. This is a relativitely easy walk that will take about 2 to 3 hours. The best place to start the KK Heritage Walk would be the town padang, which cuts into Signal Hill. Located at the back of the State Library which in turn was next to the City Hall Building. Important events, games, parades, and even horse racing had been staged on this field in the past, and it is still being used for important events until this very day.

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