Sandakan is a starting point for ecotourism destinations such as the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary, Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary,Turtle Islands Park, Kinabatangan River and Gomantong Caves.

Taman Negara National Park was established in Malaysia in 1938/1939 as the King George V National Park. It was renamed to Taman Negara after Independence, which literally means “national park” in Malay. The total area of Taman Negara is 4,343 km².

KLIA - Kuala International Airport

The award-winning International Airport is located about 45km south of Kuala Lumpur. The airport was opened in 1997.

Many people are surprised that the airport is located so far outside of KL surrounded by palm oil fields. It was built as part of a mega-project called MSC (Multimedia Super Corridor) under former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir in the 1990s. Other projects under the MSC to the south of KL are the Sepang Formula 1 circuit (right next to KLIA), Putrajaya (the new federal capital of Malaysia) and Cyberjaya, which was designed to be the Malaysian Silicon Valley.
The fastest and most convenient way is the take the KLIA Express. The train takes merely 28min to arrive at KL Sentral (Ticket RM35). Buses (RM10) and Taxies (around RM70, buy coupon at Arrival Hall) take about 1h to get to the city centre.

Please note that budget airlines such as Air Asia arrive at the LCCT Terminal (Low Cost Carrier Terminal, opened in 2006), which is part of the KLIA compound but has a separate entrance and road. There is no airport train or shuttle service between KLIA and LCCT at the moment.

Getting There:

How to get from KL to KLIA / LCCT Airport

How to get from KLIA / LCCT to Kuala Lumpur