Published on Feb, 2025

FAIZHAR, my Tour Guide, was INCREDIBLE!! Being a lifetime resident of Sandakan, he knew EVERYTHING - the inside scoop - on each historical stop we made during this AMAZING 1/2 day tour. Faizhar brought this Tour TO LIFE!! I'd never heard of Sandakan and knew absolutely nothing about the WWII Japanese POW camp that detained 2700+ Australian/English POW's, with only 6 surviving the POW camp death marches at the end of WWII through the jungles of Sabah. WOW!! Agnes Keith?? Had never heard of her but another WOW!!! Being given a private, insider's tour with personal perspective of the Sim-Sim Water Village, where FAIZHAR was born and raised, was eye-opening, humbling and very historic. The Buddhist Temple overlooking Sandakan, all beautifully decorated for the Chinese New Year, the Central Market tour, having lunch with Faizhar at one of his local eatery hangouts, and his willingness to answer EVERY question I had about Sandakan and every stop we made is a travel experience I will NEVER forget!! Please! Take this tour and ask for FAIZHAR. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!!!

Published on Sep, 2024

Our guide Siti (not sure of spelling) was brilliant, kind and particularly knowledgeable. My husband is a very picky eater, but she had plenty of suggestions come lunchtime. Our driver was very good too. I cannot fault anything about our tour, we were amazed.

Published on May, 2024

The guide & driver were very informative. Were able to change the itinerary to suit us. Helped us with supermarket items ay the end of the tour

Published on Apr, 2024

The half day city tour is a must when first arriving in Sandakan. It gives you a great overall view of the city and its highlights, plus helps you get your bearings on the layout of the town. Our guide Siti and driver Ahmad were brilliant. Both speak English very well and were friendly, knowledgeable and entertaining. We had some great conversations but what I liked best was they didn't rush us at any of the stops, allowing us to stay longer at some places if we wanted to. That's the beauty of a private tour, the itinerary is more flexible. By way of example, we visited the Sandakan Memorial Park the morning before ANZAC Day. To Australians, that's a very important national day of remembrance. Sandakan was the site of a POW camp during WW2 and there was a Dawn Service rehearsal at the time we visited the park, so Siti was very obliging and allowed us to stay for that. Given ANZAC Day was our primary purpose for visiting Sandakan, this tour and our visit to the Memorial Park was perfect timing and a major highlight of our trip. Worth every cent.

Published on Sep, 2022

Great tour our guide (Sita) was a really lovely lady who has such a lovely way about her. She was very knowledgeable about everything in Malaysia and Sandakan and made the tour great fun. Our driver (sorry can remember his name) was also excellent great tour and great way to get to know Sandakan