Penampang District
The Penampang District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau and Tuaran.
The Penampang District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Putatan, Ranau and Tuaran. The capital of the district is in Penampang Town.
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Worth seeing in and around Penampang District
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St. Michael's Church, Penampang
St. Michael’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Donggongon, Penampang District, Sabah, Malaysia.
1.3 km · church in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 02Pogunon Community Museum
Pogunon Community Museum is a museum located at Pogunon Village in Penampang District of Sabah, Malaysia.
3.2 km · museum in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Penampang District
- Airports
- Kota Kinabalu (BKI), 8 km · Brunei (BWN), 170 km
- Bandar Seri Begawan → Penampang District172 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · $21–28
- Kuching → Penampang District804 km · quickest by air, 4h 33m · RM320–490
- Puerto Princesa → Penampang District513 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · ₱4,820–7,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Penampang District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Penampang District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTerminal 1 serves full-service airlines such as Malaysia Airlines, Asiana Airlines, while Terminal 2 serves air cargo, a tourist helicopter service, and charter flights.
- Get inYou can also catch buses/minibuses doing the shorter run to Ranau.
- Get inMinibuses leave once full from Terminal Bas Bandaran Berjaya (Updated August 2022).
- Get inYou can also make the journey by minivans but you may have to change at Beaufort or even at Papar and Sipitang.
- Get inCatch them from the minivan station opposite Wawasan Plaza.
From Wikivoyage: Kota Kinabalu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Penampang District – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Penampang District
Penampang District is 8 km from Kota Kinabalu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Donggongonhuman settlement in Malaysia1.6 km