When you think you have enough of sightseeing and you want to take a day's break idling around to charge your energy, then I suggest you take a 30-minute boat trip to Tunku Abdul Rahman Park. The park is made up of five beautiful islands and is a well-known sanctuary where peace and tranquility prevails. The tropical white sandy beaches are ideal for relaxing and tanning. The crystal clear water is fantastic if you fancy snorkeling or watching sea lives and corals. The park is also a great spot for a BBQ picnic under long hours of golden sunshine. Other activities include windsurfing, fishing, parasailing, kayaking and bird watching.

Golfing Holidays

If golf is your sport, then try numerous high quality golf courses in Sabah. One of courses as described by its designer - "I had to create a masterpiece by combining natural splendor of mountains and seas, with ingenious architecture, and create a first class championship course to provide an enjoyable, yet challenging game for top professional golfers and amateurs alike" - Graham Marsh. Enough words said for quality of golf courses here.

White-Water Rafting

For true adventure seeker looking for an adrenaline-pumping activity, Sabah offers some of most exhilarating thrills in world. My scariest experience, only because I am not a good swimmer, is white-water rafting down Padas River (a grade-3 river). Whilst trying to negotiate rapids along this raging river for a distance of about 5 kilometers, do enjoy breathtaking view that surrounding rain forest does offer. However, be warned, don't take your eyes off rapids and waves too long!

Scuba Diving

Off North Eastern coast of Borneo lies a tiny jewel of an island, Sipadan, with a marine ecosystem so perfect and unique that it is world renowned as one of best dive spots in world. Sipadan Island rises as a pristine Coral Sea mount, 650 meters from floor of Sulawesi Sea. This pinnacle off eastern coast of Borneo is an oceanic magnet for marine life. As soon as you enter crystal clear waters of Sipadan Island, you'll understand why you have endured a journey that has taken you halfway around world. As you begin to descend into this tropical water, you'll also understand why World Wildlife Fund says, "No other spot on planet has more marine life than this island."

In their natural settings, Orang Utan babies stay with their mothers for a period of six years while they are taught skills needed to survive in wild, with climbing as most important skill. At this centre, these babies are paired up with older Orang Utans to learn these essential skills. Meal times are highlights to both Orang Utans and visitors to centre. There are two feeding times each day. This is when about 60 semi-wild Orang Utans swing from their jungle habitat on to feeding platforms for their daily meals of milk and bananas. Once there is no food left, these animals zip back into jungle but occasionally some will come back to pose for last remaining visitors.

There is an Information Nature Education Centre and a mini-theatre within sanctuary where you can watch a documentary video on work of Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre.

Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary The Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary lies within massive floodplain of lower Kinabatangan River. The sanctuary covers an area of 27,000 hectares and is one of richest eco-systems on earth. This area is a must visit for any nature lover wanting a taste of an incredible nature experience. These floodplain forests develop as river meets lowland. Common features of floodplain forests are ox-bow lakes, freshwater swamp rainforests and limestone hills.

These wetlands around lower Kinabatangan link aquatic and terrestrial habitats and help regulate water quality and quantity, as well as maintain ecosystem's ecological functions, forming a sanctuary for a rich and diverse fauna and flora. It has highest density and diversity of wildlife in Malaysia. It is also one of only two known places on Earth where ten primate species, including endangered proboscis monkeys (endemic to Borneo Island), orang utans and Sumatran Rhino. In addition, rich sanctuary is also home to 200 species of bird as well as 50 mammal species.

The best way for you to view wildlife and tropical wilderness of this area is by taking an early morning or an evening river cruise along Kinabatangan River and also a cruise to ox-bow lakes. See also colourful local villagers living along river on stilt houses. You can stay at excellent Sukau River Lodge, which is erected from local materials consisting of wooden huts built on stilts.

Gomantong Caves The Gomantong Caves, located in limestone hills around lower Kinabatangan River, have been popular for their edible birds' nests for centuries. These nests are known for their medicinal values amongst local Chinese community and are collected by using local materials of rattans and bamboo to make ladders that hang over 100 feet above cave floor.

Once these nests are collected, they are soaked in water where all mud and feathers are removed leaving clear birds nest which can be sold to local Chinese community or exported around world. The collectors of these nests can earn a very high amount of money and consequently, collecting of nests is tightly controlled by a licensing system.