Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The above prices are estimated rates that take in all of the activities mentioned above.
To offset costs, Orou prefers groups of travellers, but single travellers or small groups are
encouraged as well; you will likely be folded into a larger group. In KK, Sticky Rice and
Adventure Alternative Borneo (
Click here
)
are Orou Sapulot's preferred booking agen-
cies.
Beaufort Division
This shield-shaped peninsula, popping out from Sabah's southwestern coast, is a marshy
plain marked with curling rivers and fringed by golden dunes. Tourists with tight travel
schedules should consider doing a wildlife river cruise at Klias or Garama if they don't
have time to reach Sungai Kinabatangan. Yes, the Kinabatangan is better, but packs of
proboscis monkeys can still be spotted here and it's only a day trip from KK. You can
book trips to Beaufort, Weston and the Klias and Garama rivers in any KK travel agency.
BEAUFORT
Born as a timber town, Beaufort has reinvented itself with the proliferation of palm-oil
plantations. A suitable pit stop for tourists travelling between Sabah and Sarawak, this
sleepy township is the gateway to white-water rapids on the
Sungai Padas
and the
monkey-filled Klias and Garama areas. The Sungai Padas divides Beaufort into two sec-
tions: the aptly named Old Town with its weathered structures, and New Town, a collec-
tion of modern shophouses on flood-phobic stilts.
Sights & Activities
Memorial Stone
(Jln Tugu)
There's a small monument to Private Thomas Leslie Starcevich, an Australian
WWII veteran. In 1945, Starcevich single-handedly overwhelmed a Japanese machine-
gun position, for which he received the Victoria Cross, the British military's highest dec-
oration. The stone is at the bottom of a small embankment and is marked by brown signs
and an arch.
MEMORIAL
RAFTING
White-water rafting enthusiasts can book a river trip with
Riverbug
( 088-260501;
www.riverbug.asia
; Wisma Sabah, Jln Fuad Stephen)
, the premier operator in the area.
