Malaysia · WHITE WATER & ADVENTURE IN KOTA KINABALU
The 11 white water & adventure in Kota Kinabalu below are the ones we would put in a first Malaysian week, each with what it costs, how long it takes and who it suits. Start at the top.
Review of the 2D1N Mount Kinabalu climb from Kota Kinabalu, with meals, dorm stay, guides, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“Climbed with my 13 year old son. Very organized tour. From pick up to drop off. Plenty of communication leading up to tour. Clean vehicles, kind and helpful staff. All the information we needed was shared with us. Plenty of food and dietary requests covered. Our guide Shukki was wonderful!!”
Review of the 2-day Mount Kinabalu Walk the Torq trek, with itinerary, price value, fitness advice, inclusions, and booking tips.
“Great organization from Borneo Calling Sky. Fast response, quick booking. Throughout the trip from start to finish was smooth with no hiccups. Thank you.”
Review of Kota Kinabalu’s ATV, Mount Kinabalu dairy farm, and paragliding day tour, with itinerary, value, safety, guides, and booking advice.
“I spent really enjoyable time! My tour guide Vince made a lot of wonderful photos and his timing and sightseeing places arrangement was very good. Will definitely recommend the tour guide next time.”
Review of Kiulu River rafting from Kota Kinabalu, with prices, itinerary, river conditions, lunch, transport, and practical booking advice.
“Fun guides who tried to enhance the experience there’s parts to swim parts to jump into the water and my favourite bit was going down the rapids out of the boat. The lunch provided was tasty the only bad thing was the changing rooms were very basic and dirty, no shower just an empty room with dirty chair”
Review of Sabah’s Kiulu River rafting and ATV day trip, with practical advice on timing, safety, lunch, value, and what to bring.
“Activity was definitely worth it would love to come again! Would defo recommend. Andy our rafting guide was funny and really friendly made the experience. Communication was really quick and efficient. Edixon our driver was really lovely and helpful. ATV was really fun. And the duration for each activity was good value for money and experience.”
Review of Kiulu River rafting from Kota Kinabalu, with gentle rapids, scenic views, safety guidance, river swims, lunch, and practical tips.
“istruttori super simpatici, divertente per tutte le età, lo rifarei! adatto soprattutto ai più piccoli”
Review of a 3-day Mount Kinabalu climb from Kota Kinabalu, with guides, permits, meals, lodging, transfers, costs, and practical tips.
“Thank u John for the arrangement, that made the trip so seamless and comfortable leaving us with lovely memories to last a lifetime. Will be back with TYH to explore many more parts of Sabah!”
Raft gentle Kiulu River rapids near Kota Kinabalu, enjoy rainforest views, swimming stops, a local lunch, and hotel transfers.
“Absolutely amazing day! John picked us up from our hotel, and was so helpful stopping at shops and giving tour advice. Once we got to the river our guide Andy took us for the 8km ride, he was hilarious and stopped at points to let us swim and dive into the water, (do not believe him if hes pointing stuff out, hes distracting you before pushing you in). At the end we had a huge dinner waiting for us which was amazing. 10/10 day out”
Review of Sabah’s Kundasang ATV tour, with dairy farm, markets, lunch, mountain views, costs, timing, tips, and practical advice.
Review of Padas River rafting from Kota Kinabalu, with train journey, Grade 3 and 4 rapids, timings, costs, risks, and booking advice.
“Local operator cancelled last minute with no satisfactory explanation. Left us without sufficient time to book an alternative activity for the final day of our holiday. Avoid at all cost!”
Ride Sabah’s old railway to Padas River for seven Grade 3 to 4 rapids, jungle scenery, lunch, and a professionally run full-day adventure.
“We enjoyed the river rafting very much and our rafting guides were funny. The rafting starts off slow then gets stronger the further we go. Only wish that the rafting was longer considering how long it took to get there and a lot of waiting times in between.”
Pick a cave, a coastline or a hawker street.
