CANCIELLO TRAVEL OFFICE: Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu, formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia, as well as the capital of Sabah’s West Coast Division. The city sits on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea, with Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park to its west and Mount Kinabalu—after which the city is named—to its east. MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS • Atkinson Clock Tower • Signal Hill Observatory • The Green Connection Aquarium – the best place to see Borneo’s aquatic wildlife without leaving the city • Tanjung Aru Beach – Kota Kinabalu’s most popular beach • Likas Bay Beach • Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park – a group of five islands (Gaya, Manukan, Sapi, Sulug, and Mamutik) just off the city’s coast • Double Six Monument – a memorial at the site of the 1976 plane crash that killed the state chief minister Tun Fuad Stephens and other state cabinet members • The northern coast of Kota Kinabalu, including Karambunai and Dalit Beach, with scenic, undisturbed landscapes and a lagoon-like estuary behind them formed by the Mengkabong and Salut rivers

Recommended airport

Kota Kinabalu Intl (BKI)

Points of interest

Kinabalu National Park

Nearby destinations

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Kota Kinabalu Malaysia