About 15 minutes drive from the East Coast town of Sandakan, is the world's largest orang utan sanctuary. Orang utan (Wild man of Borneo) which have been abandoned by their mothers, or which were formerly in captivity, are rehabilitated until fit enough to be returned to the wild.

Watching these charming and entertaining orang utan during feeding time is a sheer delight.

Tanjung Aru Beach

Located six kilometres from Kota Kinabalu is a long stretch of beach lined with picturesque palm and casuarina trees all along its soft, fine sands. Among the popular activities here are boating, water skiing, windsurfing, snorkelling and scuba diving. Wide variety of seafood is available for those seafoods lover.