Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Sights & Activities
BANDAR LABUAN
Labuan's main settlement is light on character but has a couple of passable attractions.
MUSEUM
Labuan Museum
( 414135; 364 Jln Dewan; admission free; 9am-5pm)
This museum on Jln Dewan
takes a glossy, if slightly superficial, look at the island's history and culture, from colonial
days, through WWII, to the establishment of Labuan as an independent federal territory.
The most interesting displays are those on the different ethnic groups here, including a di-
orama of a traditional Chinese tea ceremony (the participants, however, look strangely
Western).
MUSEUM
Labuan Marine Museum
( 425927/414462; Jln Tanjung Purun; admission free; 9am-6pm)
On the coast just
east of the centre, the Labuan International Sea Sports Complex houses a decent little mu-
seum with a good shell collection and displays of marine life found in the area. Don't for-
get to head upstairs where you'll find a 42ft-long skeleton of an Indian fin whale. The real
highlight, however, and a guaranteed hit with the kids, is the 'touch pool' opposite recep-
tion. This has to be the only shark-petting zoo we've ever seen (fret not: the sharks are
less than a metre long).
