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Kampung Titingan
Village in Sabah, Malaysia

Kampung Titingan

Kampung Titingan is a village in the Tawau District of the state of Sabah, in Malaysia.

The village is also known by its nickname of Kampung Ice Box, or Ice Box. The village is a shanty town, occupying a wide area with high population density, and most of its lands belong to the Government of Sabah.

How locals move

Getting around Kampung Titingan the local way

  • Get inThe only ferry connection is to the Indonesian city of Nunukan in North Kalimantan province.
  • Go nextNunukan - an island in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, is just one an hour away by ferry.
  • Go nextAs of 2023, no direct ferry connection exists anymore, you have to go to Nunukan first.

From Wikivoyage: Tawau, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Kurniasan (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.