So aside from some sight seeing in the city, you could do some island hopping when in Kota Kinabalu. Point of entry is here at Jesselton Point.
This is where you plan your itinerary and buy your tickets as well.
The islands are what Tunku Abdul Rahman Park consists of. Basically, there are 5 islands namely: Sulug, Gaya, Manukan, Sapi and Mamutik.
The weather was not so good in the morning, so the staff told us it's better to go to just 2 islands *bummer*. That being said, he recommended Manukan and Sapi (which I think was the most popular out of the 5 islands)
We paid around 125 MYR for our island tour which includes a snorkeling gear.
Once you get to the island, you will also need to pay 20 MYR for conservation fee.
It took us around 20 minutes via speedboat to get to our first destination, Manukan Island.
The water was a beautiful emerald green <3
There are available villas if you want to stay overnight in Manukan Island.
We got here around 10 am already but there were only a few people which is good!
I suggest you start your island hopping early in the morning so you could enjoy the island all to yourselves muahaha
The pine trees remind me so much of Nagsasa and Anawangin cove in Zambales ;)
What I love about most here is that you don't need to swim so far to do snorkeling!
There were a lot of fish you could see just off the shore.
I even saw a clown fish! yea~
Some of them are really friendly too, swimming so close to us ~nice!
Too bad our underwater camera broke suddenly so we weren't able to take more pics after :(
I guess I need to get a GoPro now lulz
Around 12 noon, lots of tourists started coming in so we decided to go to our next island.
It took us around 15 minutes to get to Sapi Island from Manukan.
The bridge divides the beach coast into 2.
You could see the other half with emerald green water while the other half....
is a mix of turquoise to cobalt blue :)
This side of the beach is much longer actually.
Unfortunately, it was already crowded when we arrived.
There were no available tables or seats we could occupy so we just stayed at the other side where we placed our things at the stone wall :(
This is why it is sooo much better to start early ok?? =P
Anyway, you could snorkel here as well.
Not so much fish compared to Manukan but maybe on the other side you could see more lol
While waiting for our speed boat to head back, some kid was feeding the fish from the bridge and they went crazy! Perfect for a photo op! heehee
Anyway before heading back to Jesselton Point, we dropped some tourists at Mamutik island. Gosh, it was so peaceful and not crowded unlike Sapi! Grrrrr. Oh well, I hope we could visit again and go to the other 3 islands!
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