Kota Kinabalu is situated on the tropical island of Borneo, and is the state capital of the Malaysian state Sabah, which is one of the two states of East Malaysia. The location of the city is absolutely amazing; and from the airport it is just a short ride to mostly any hotel. You find a world class sailing marina and championship golf courses as well as both first class holiday resorts and good hotels for the budget traveler.
The food is varied in a way that only a state with 30 ethnic groups can offer. The flavors you will find are excellent and in KK, as Kota Kinabalu is also called. There are gourmet meals in restaurants for elegant dining, but you will also find wonderful tastes and textures in a bowl in a hawker's stall at the night market.
Kota Kinabalu is not only an instant resort city but also the perfect place for business, congresses and meetings. The business district is centrally located - with governments, banks and commercial offices. As a starting point for business in South-East Asia, this is a perfect place, there are direct flights to several main cities in this part of the world.
When you are in Kota Kinabalu, you have to visit the Mount Kinabalu area, even if you are not going to climb all the way to the summit. Up here, you will find Malaysia's first world heritage, Kinabalu Park. The Mount Kinabalu area is easy to reach, it takes only two hours drive by car.
Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain on the island of Borneo. The summit Low's Peak has a height of 4,095 meters (13,435 feet) and is the fourth tallest in South East Asia. Low's Peak can be relatively easily climbed by a person with basic fitness and requires no mountaineering equipment. Other peaks along the massif require rock climbing skills. It is really worth to visit, when you stand there at the highest summit, you can see the splendour of Sabah in all directions.
Mount Kinabalu area is well-known worldwide for its tremendous botanical and biological species biodiversity, with high levels of endemism (i.e species which are found only within Kinabalu Peak and are do not grow anywhere else in the world). The Mount Kinabalu area has one of the world's richest orchid flora with over 800 species, over 600 species of ferns (more than the whole of Africa's 500 species) of which 50 are found nowhere else.
Sabah is also the perfect destination if you want to get the best possible diving experience. The tropical waters around Sabah not only offer highlights for beginners as well as for experienced scuba divers, but also for those who prefer snorkeling. And the amazing wonders of the underwater world is getting better and better every year because here we have a government that constantly protects preserves and rehabilitates perhaps the greatest diving destination in the world.
If you are lucky enough to get to dive at sipadan, you'll experience world class diving. Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600m from the seabed. It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone, and took thousands of years to develop. Sipadan is located at the heart of the Indo-pacific basin, the center of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.
Kota Kinabalu is filled with many, many more interesting things to do and remarkable places you can visit. Don't miss this chance to experience the richness of Sabah. The exotic fauna, mountains and diving equipments are all waiting for you.
Source: www.kotakinabalu.com
