Tunku Abdul Rahman (TARP) Marine Park is made up of the islands / palaus of Manukan, Mamutik, Sapi, Sulug and Gaya, that can be easily reached from Kota Kinabalu. You can choose to go on an organised tour or arrange a boat from either Jesselton Point or Shangri-la Tanjung Aru. If you fancy a walk around the lowland rainforest on... more

My friend and i went to kota kinabalu 6-9 Dec 2008. We went to Manukan and Sapi Island. The beach is beautiful.. Many fishes and they are pretty.. ^^ When u go for snorkeling, bring the bread with you. they will like it... but put it inside a bottle, so it will not melt.. At Manukan island, you dont need... more

I've dived over 70 times on visits here over the last three years. The town can seem overshadowed by Mount Kinabalu when viewed from a boat in the early morning. Similarly, the diving gets overshadowed by world-class sites a plane flight out of Kota Kinabalu in Layang-Layang and Sipandan. But I love TARP as it is affectionately known locally. So... more

went on a two islands tour by Wildlife Expedition. the crew was friendly. really enjoyed the time on Manukan Island. the snorkling was really fun, saw lots of fish, some of them are quit big -- 15-18 inches. there is a store, where everyone rent their snorkling equipment. you should get some bread from there also and feed the fish... more

I took the "5 Island Day Trip" here, that stops at 3 islands, and goes close to two others. Really worth it. The snorkling was great at the first two islands, but not that great at the third one, I think called Manukan Island, but it was pretty there. The boat also stopped somewhere where we went fishing for about... more

Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park consists of a number of islands in the South China Sea off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah. It is a magnificient marine park where the diving is apparently world class. We do not dive but the people we spoke to the day we were there were from many different countries and... more