Sabah Road Trip: Sapi Island

The Tunku Abdul Rahman Park was named after Malaysia's first Prime Minister. It consists of 5 islands, their surrounding reefs and of course the sea!

An interesting fact:

• Geologically, the islands are part of the Crocker Range but became isolated from the massif when sea levels rose after the last ice age.

Sounds interesting right. These islands are a MUST! You cannot not visit at least one of these islands during your visit to Kota Kinabalu (KK). If you are travelling with a toddler and a baby, like me, then an island or two would suffice. As I mentioned earlier, there are 5 islands:

• Gaya Island


• Manukan Island


• Mamutik Island


• Sulug Island


• Sapi Island

We visited Sapi Island. Check out our ride : ) We bought our lunch at Jesselton Point, Nasi Campur (Malay mixed rice) and ate it at the island. Yummy!

At the island you can rent large tikars (mats) for RM15, tubes for kids (RM5) and so on. What's great is that they don't take advantage and charge you hourly. Instead it's a flat rate.

There are many operators at Jesselton Point offering rides to the islands. We bought ours from Green Holiday. We left at 2.30p.m and they said when we wanted to leave the island all we had to do was call them and they would get us! What a bunch of bollocks! We saw a storm brewing and wanted to leave the island and when we called them at 3.45, they said there wasn't anyone available to get us and we had to wait until 5pm when the last boat leaves. Then, around 4pm they were rushing to get us off the island as it was already raining heavily at the jetty. It was a rough ride and I truly believe the Lord's hand was upon us guarding us and keeping us safe. The rain was beating hard on our faces and bodies, ruthless bullets as we held our precious little ones close. I praise God for His mercy...Yup it was that bad..

I'm definitely going back to the islands someday but I'm definitely not going with the 'Green Holiday'.

Yup you're Green alright...Unripe in the brains!