Check in at the most beautiful beach swing on Mataking Island 🏖
by 樂遊記
Sep 22, 2025
Want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and find a peaceful island paradise? A self-driving trip to the islands in Malaysia will take you to experience the dreamlike island scenery and experience the miraculous craftsmanship of nature. Here, you can dance with fish, sleep with corals, and enjoy an unforgettable island vacation.
⭐️Route recommendations
🚩Sabah→Kota Kinabalu→Tawau→Semporna
🌼Daily schedule
DAY1: Cow Ranch-Kamiyama Park-Kamiyama ATV-Boring Hot Spring
DAY2: Mermaid Island—Kawa Mangrove—Firefly Ecological Base
DAY3: Pearl Island-Madabuan Island
DAY4: Bang Bang Island-Mataking Island
🌸The total journey is about 850 kilometers, and the recommended travel time is 4 days. It is suitable for sea view lovers and water sports enthusiasts.
💖Overview of attractions
✔️ Kinabalu Park: Malaysia’s first world natural site and the highest mountain range in Malaysia, with the highest altitude exceeding 4,000 meters. It has an extremely rich variety of animals and plants. Some flowers, plants and trees have a history of hundreds of millions of years. There are more than 100 kinds of orchids alone. Here you can not only get up close to the cows on the ranch, but you can also soak in the beauty hot springs and experience exciting ATV and paragliding.
✔️Kawa Mangrove: One of the must-visit tourist attractions in Sabah, Kawa Mangrove is one of the three largest mangroves in Kota Kinabalu. Due to its late development, it retains a intact original ecological environment. You can watch the endangered proboscis monkeys. It is famous for its tidal flat sunset. It is recommended to go to the nearby Nanamon Beach in the evening to enjoy the most beautiful sunset in the world, and then go to the starry sky at night to enjoy the sea of fireflies.
✔️Pearl Island: Also known as Bohai Dulang Island and Sleeping Beauty Island, it is an atoll lagoon formed by a volcanic crater. There are stretches of coral reefs along the southern edge of the volcano gate. This is the only mountain climbing route in Semporna. When you reach the top of the mountain, you can overlook the breathtaking gradient glass sea.
✔️Bang Bang Island: One of the most beautiful islands in Semporna, with blue water houses and white sand beaches, as well as tranquility and beauty comparable to the Maldives, it is an ideal paradise for travel vacations, honeymoon weddings, and diving trips. The ecological environment here is excellent, the water is clear and calm, and if you are lucky, you can even meet sea turtles and snorkel with them.
☀️Malaysia’s island scenery has always been world-famous. If you are an outdoor expert or want to enjoy a leisurely holiday on the island, feel the undulating waves ringing in your ears, and experience fish and colorful corals snorkeling right in front of you, then go You might as well choose this self-driving route, the dreamlike Semporna will never let you down.
#trip # Self-driving # Car rental # Self-driving tour
Post by Trip.com CarRental | Aug 6, 2024























