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Sightseeing Tours Kota Kinabalu - Kampung Tour
Leave Kota Kinabalu via the Tuaran highway to drive past rice fields,
rubber plantations, small towns and scattered villages. At Tuaran, 50 minutes
away, visit the native market for a touch of local color. Here, rural produce
such as betel nut, dried and fresh fish, local vegetables and fruits are sold.
A suspension bridge by the marketplace is a point of interest.
A 10-minute ride away is the Bajau Village of Mengkabong, clusters of homes
built on stilts over the water. A latticework of plank walks link the houses
and function as lanes. Small native boats and canoes are the main form of
transportation. The Bajaus, also known as Sea Gypsies, are one of Sabah's many
indigenous peoples. Once great sea-farers, they are today fishermen, farmers
and businessmen.
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