Today's destination was a visit to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park south-east of Kota Kinabalu. The Bell Boy of our Hotels showed us several ways of getting there. The easiest is to take a taxi. This costs a fixed price of MYR 50 (EUR 11) for the approx. 25 kilometres. As he said there was no taxi rank there, the taxi driver would wait for us at the park entrance and then drive us back to the hotel. The whole journey would cost MYR 150. There is also an organised tour (including entrance fee of 20 MYR/person). However, this costs MYR 190 (EUR 44) per person. Both options were too much of a financial outlay for a wildlife park. So we decided in favour of suggestion number 3 and rented two scooters.
We were able to negotiate a "happy hour" price of 30 MYR per scooter with the hire station for the rest of the day. After a familiarisation lap in the car park, we set off into the traffic. The left-hand traffic in Malaysia caused us some minor difficulties for the first few kilometres. But we got used to it quite quickly.
Lok Kawi Wildlife Park
The Lok Kawi Wildlife Park is operated by the Sabah Wildlife Department and covers an area of 113 hectares. There are currently over 100 different animal species in the park, as well as a botanical garden. The circular route can either be walked on foot or travelled on a small "Bimmel-Bahn" (4 times a day, cost: 2 MYR/person). We decided to walk through the zoo on our own. Many of the animals are native to Malaysia and Southeast Asia. We were particularly fascinated by the Malaysian tigers and the orangutans. Unfortunately, the enclosures are very small and have a close-meshed wire fence. As a result, we were unable to take photos of some of the animals.
During the afternoon, the animals are fed in front of the public. As the park was only moderately busy today and we were probably the only Europeans to attract attention, we were allowed to feed the orangutans with papaya. The otters were also funny, some of which ate four fish at once.
City Mosque in Likas Bay
After an animal show with parrots, monkeys and snakes, we travelled back to Kota Kinabalu on our scooters. We took a look at the City Mosque in Likas Bay. It is said to be one of the most beautiful in Malaysia and is similar to the Nabawi Mosque in Medina.
