Tanjung Aru
Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, of Malaysia.
Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, of Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long along with new skyscrapers. This beach has a lot of Casuarina equisetifolia trees (aru) there naming this town.
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Worth seeing in and around Tanjung Aru
10 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.
- 01Sabah Museum
The Sabah Museum is the state museum of Sabah, Malaysia. It is sited on 17 hectares of land at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.
2.9 km · museum in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah · Wikipedia - 02Sabah State Mosque
Sabah State Mosque is the state mosque of Sabah, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. It is located at Bulatan Sembulan on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
2.5 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu
Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, and the seat of its current archbishop, John Wong Soo Kau. The current cathedral was built from 1979 to 1981, with its dedication held on 21 November 1981.
3.2 km · church in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Petagas War Memorial
The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the Japanese occupying forces of North Borneo for their involvement in the Jesselton Revolt. The park memorial plate lists the names of men of various ethnic groups in North Borneo and from various islands in the Sulu Archipelago including the main resistance leader Albert Kwok and those who assisted or died in Labuan Military Prison.
2.8 km · Park dedicated to victims of World War II · Wikipedia - 05Tanjung Aru Library
Tanjung Aru Library is a public library in the Greater Kota Kinabalu area of Tanjung Aru, Sabah, Malaysia. It's also the first "Green" library in Malaysia.
700 m · public library branch in Tanjung Aru, Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 06Sabah Art Gallery
The Sabah Art Gallery is an art gallery in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
3.6 km · art gallery in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 07Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum
Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum is a 2-storey museum building located at Menteri Street in Kota Kinabalu District of Sabah, Malaysia.
3.3 km · museum in Kota Kinabalu District, Sabah · Wikipedia - 08Peak Nam Toong Temple
Peak Nam Toong Temple is a Chinese temple located among housing estate beside Lorong Bunga Bakawali 3 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
2.9 km · Chinese temple in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 09Sutera Harbour
Sutera Harbour is a resort located in the city of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It comprises two 5-star hotels, a 27-hole golf course designed by Graham Marsh, a 104-berth marina and an exclusive golf and country club with extensive recreational facilities facing the South China Sea with a background view of the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park.
2.8 km · building in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 10Sabah State Library
Sabah State Library is a state department under the State Ministry of Education and Innovation Sabah which manages each of the public library branches in Sabah state of Malaysia which is in turn a constituent feeder library of the National Library of Malaysia. The headquarters and the main state library are located on Tasik Road, off Maktab Gaya Road in Luyang of Kota Kinabalu since June 2004.
3.4 km · library department in Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tanjung Aru
- Airports
- Kota Kinabalu (BKI), 1 km · Brunei (BWN), 167 km
- Stations
- Kota Kinabalu International Airport, 1.5 km · Secretariat railway station, 2.5 km · Tanjung Aru railway station, 900 m
- Bandar Seri Begawan → Tanjung Aru171 km · quickest by road, 4h 22m · $21–28
- Kuching → Tanjung Aru802 km · quickest by air, 4h 33m · RM310–490
- Puerto Princesa → Tanjung Aru514 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · ₱4,820–7,470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tanjung Aru
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 Tanjung Aru. 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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Next door to Tanjung Aru
Tanjung Aru is 4 km from Kota Kinabalu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kota Kinabalu Districtdistrict in Sabah, Malaysia3.5 km
- Kepayansub-district, or a neighbourhood, within the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia2.9 km