Mamutik Island is Best for Snorkelling

Mamutik island is located in a cluster of islands of Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park. Located approximately 3 km from Kota Kinabalu Jesselton Jetty. With an area of ​​15 acres (61,000 m2), Mamutik Island is the smallest island among the archipelago Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park. If tourists depart from Pier Hotel Tanjung Aru Beach, a trip to the island takes about 5 minutes by speedboat. Although it is a small island, it offers some good beaches and coral reefs. It also has a pier, rest houses 3 bedrooms for rent, and quarters for the station accomplice Ranger. Facilities include a maternity dress, bathrooms, picnic shelter, a table and a grill. Fresh water and electricity are available. Mamutik island famous as a resting place to many visitors at the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park. Corals in the north-east are very attractive. The beach is rocky and swimmers should beware of sea urchins are present in large numbers in the rocky reefs and rocks. Entering Mamutik Island, visitors will be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery that is so quiet, the coast of the island of white sand and the water is so clear visible from the surface. Every visitor who comes to the island Mamutik required to pay the National Park conservation fee, the cost of these payments may also be covered by a dive operator, or travel paid by visitors through packages and activities they love. This tropical island is rich with various types of vegetation that thrives on the island. Crystal clear sea island is also well suited for swimming and relaxation. To snorkeling enthusiasts, there are also some live coral reefs off the island of healthy living, Mamutik Island is also home to coral foreign distichopora. The ocean is also a natural habitat for many fish like Sergeant Major, Parrot fish, Butterfly fish and fish Angle, also habitat for fish Clown Anemonefish. The island is considered to be the hub for most of the rest of visitors who come to Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman for diving, snorkeling, paragliding activities, and speedboats as banana boats, water scooters and more. There are several delis, grocery store and lounge tent offering barbeque food with interesting architecture and comfortable tents. Plenty of chairs, tables were designed and wrapped in a colorful and attractive and clean, ideal for relaxation. There are also public toilets clean and suitable for bathing, and changing clothes. Mamutik Island is the only island that is allowed to relax and build a tent, however, written permission must first be obtained from the Board of Trustees of Sabah Parks, who became an important authority in the maintenance and conservation of National Parks in Sabah. In the middle of the island there are some old graves. It is the grave of the early inhabitants of the island Mamutik before they are transferred to Kota Kinabalu and Pulau Gaya in 1979 as Mamutik Island was gazetted as a national park. Islands in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park is Pulau Gaya, Pulau Sapi, Pulau Manukan, Pulau Penang Mamutik and Sulug