Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Sanctuary away

Manukan island is a sanctuary to many with beautiful beachline and it is just a 10 minutes boat ride from Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton Point).


A popular island for snorkelling and beach goers, its white sandy beach and crystal clear water were undeniably serene. You could see school of fish in the clear water. I was totally enamoured of its abundance of natural beauty.


We spent more than 2 hours on the beach. Many tourists especially Koreans vacationing or enjoying the beach activities here. 


Those were my kids, they could not wait to jump into the water, feel its cold and had a swim the minute we arrived at the island. Jan and Jay also snorkelling for the first time and were excited to see fishes up close swimming in the water.


Manukan was the first island we visited in our island hopping tour.


Next was Mamutik island. This island is smaller than Manukan but as beautiful as Manukan. The Borneo Divers Sabah was housed here and while we were there, a group of foreigners took diving lesson there.




We were supposed to go to the last island, Sapi island but by then everyone was tired and hungry. Take note, all food and drinks sold on the islands are super expensive. More than triple the normal price!!

So we forwent the last island and headed back to the Jesselton Point. After covering 2 islands for 4 hours, everyone had enough of the sun, water and breeze. It was rest time before we went for our dinner in the evening. 

14 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Beach and sea looks so amazing. That combination of blue sea and sky is amazing. I'm happy to read that you have great time there. Thank you for sharing.

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Sakuranko said...

The beach looks super pretty
xx

suituapui said...

Been to Gaya, twice, never been to Manukan. All nice, the sea and the beaches around Sabah are so so breathtaking!

mun said...

Where did you stay? What a wonderful nature holiday!

Rose world said...

We stayed in KK, a serviced apartment.

PH said...

How relaxing. That's what I call a proper getaway!

Nancy Chan said...

Beautiful place. Water so clear. A wonderful holiday for your family.

Libby said...

Very beautiful islands, what a wonderful and happy getaway

Iwona said...

Amazing place :)

Libby said...

The beaches, seas and islands are as beautiful and nice as the ones in Krabi, we also went island hopping when we went Krabi in 2013.

Libby said...

Jan and Jay were so brave to try snorkelling.

lina said...

What a nice getaway.

Merryn said...

3 islands are definitely too tiring for children. Too bad you had to miss the last island as I heard Sapi Island is very beautiful.