Location: Tawau
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The 6 Best Nature & Parks in Tawau, Sabah
Tawau (Malaysian pronunciation: [ˈta wau], Jawi: تاواو, Chinese: 斗湖; pinyin: Dǒu Hú) formerly known as Tawao, is the capital of the Tawau District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the third-largest town in Sabah, after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. It is located on the south east coast of the state in the administrative centre of Tawau Division which bordered by the Sulu Sea to the east, the Celebes Sea to the south at Cowie Bay and shares a border with North Kalimantan. The town had an estimated population as of 2010 of 113,809, while the whole municipality area had a population of 397,673.
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1. Tawau Hills Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By IanG1967 - York, United Kingdom
Visited with family and friends for 2 nights. Organised by 1stopborneo and Shavez doing a top job of it. The park was fantastic, waking to the sounds of the gibbons and rhinoceros hornbills gets your day off to a magical start! Saw troops of red leaf monkeys at close range, 3 types of hornbills, loads of frogs on the night walks and 5 snakes in total during visit and just so many fascinating insects. Lots of easy walking trails and as someone who has visited jungles many times, I highly recommend visiting this gorgeous national park. Very close to Tawau and good accommodation within park, it is absolutely essential that every square inch of this park be protected for the future as so much of Borneo has tragically already been trashed by greedy palm oil companies.
2. Maliau Basin Conservation Area
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By georgevlad - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Maliau Basin is the only location I've visited in Sabah where there weren't any oil palm plantations nearby. Great for wildlife and conservation.
3. Table Waterfall
4. Tawau Hot Spring
5. Teck Guan Cocoa Village
Teck Guan Cocoa Village is about 45 minutes away from Tawau town. Located in Quion Hill, the fertile volcanic soil begets the robust cocoa trees. Here, you witness the whole cocoa cultivation chain from beans to pod harvesting and the unique fermentation process that creates our Hoko flavor. At Cocoa Cultural Spring, a 75-foot falling waterfall is a part of Balung river showing the 27,000-year-old
6. Ulu Kalumpang Forest Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
