Kota Kinabalu - Manukan Island

The most anticipated visit by almost everyone.  We made our trip to Manukan Island on the second day.  My brother arranged the trip with someone, I guess he is a tour guide (?) and charged us RM58 per person for transportation (he collected us from our hotel), the boat ride, the safety vests, goggles, snokeling gear and admission fees.  Not sure if thats expensive or not, but hubby did browse through the internet and found that it would be cheaper to go there on our own, but anyway. 

We reached Jesselton pier/jetty and board the boat.  It was exhilirating trip, it took about 20 minutes boat ride to reach the island.  The weather was just nice, its not too hot and it was windy and made the trip really worthwhile.  We were fully equipped with the trip though, we brought our own towels, extra clothings, some food, water and sunblock.  So all were in order.

Some facts about the island, it  is the second largest island in Sabah and the most developed. Hence, this island probably see the most visitors. The island is one and half kilometers long, crescent shaped. We could see and usee nature trails here and there were chalets and some restaurants around.  We could snorkel, dive, swim, walk or just relax here (like I did, lol)  My family mostly swam and snorkel although there were other activities but since they were all rental, we decided to stick to the swim only and feed the fish!  They love feeding the fish since the fish were really close they just could touched them.  One thing they didnt know though was the corals are sharp.  Hubby and my daughter were both have cuts on their feets.  So have to be very careful.

We didnt stay for the whole day though, we were done around 1pm, happy, enjoying ourselves but tired.



All of us at the Jesselton Pier




Looking forward to the trip




Getting to the boat.




Me, Ayang and hubby on the boat




This is not our boat, another tourists were on their way too




Reaching Manukan Island




Me at the main entrance




Without further adieu, its time to hit the sea




Serene picture - the jetty leading up to the main entrance of the island




People getting up the jetty from the boat




They really enjoyed themselves




But someone was so scared of the fish lol



Fish feeding time!




Lots of fish to feed



Look at those fish!




Since I didnt join them in the water, my job was to take pictures and manned the belongings hehe




Admission fees




My brother was enjoying the swim





Sharp corals




Baywatch?




Me and my daughter ready to leave the island




While waiting for the boat





On the boat on our way back to the main land





Me and hubby



We reached the Jesselton Pier and the trip was over