Tanjung Aru Beach

TANJUNG ARU BEACH - Great place to hang out with friends and family.

How to ge to Tanjung Aru Beach :

1) Bus - No. 16. direction to Tanjung Aru. MYR1.50 per person one way. departure from bus station near Wawasan Plaza.

2) Taxi. MYR15oneway.

Tanjung Aru Beach is a few kilometers south of the city, this beach is popular hang out area for Kota Kinabalu young people.

The First beach is nestled in between the Prince Philip Park and the Tanjung Aru Golf Club, along the 3km long and sandy Tanjung Aru Beach.

People come to Tanjung Aru 1st beach on public holidays and for night outings.

Late afternoon is one of the best time to be here for a drink, and enjoy the cool sea breeze blowing and the sunset at Tanjung Aru Beach.

With cafes, restaurants and numerous stores that sell local delicacies, there are a lot of things to eat and drink at Tanjung Aru First Beach.

The cafes and restaurants also cater to a wide range of customers from the budget conscious ones to the big spenders, which just about satisfy every one’s pockets.

The First beach Cafe serves mainly western and local food, and for drinks there are coffee, juices, and beers.

The First Beach Cafe outdoor wooden garden tables, that offer a scenic view of the South China Sea and Sabah Park Islands, are very well sort after, and there is a live band performing popular songs nightly.

There is a fully scale seafood restaurant called Tanjung Aru Seafood Restaurant, and it is only open for dinner. Live prawns, live fish and live crabs are the main selection, and the live lobster costs a whopping RM 180 per kg. Dinner goers can choose and pick on the many sea creatures that are kept fresh alive in the aquariums. Once ordered these sea creatures will be prepared and go under the wok, the freshness of the seafood is guarantee, and hence the extra delicious. Customers at Tanjung Aru Seafood Restaurant also have the privilege of being entertain by the traditional gongs band performing nightly for the dinner patrons.

Hawker style cafes

At the far end of Tanjung Aru First Beach is a large open building that has many small stalls that are run by the local entrepreneurs. This is the place to shop for the hugely popular coconut drink, steamed sweet corn and steamed ground nuts.

Hawker style restaurants that serve fried noodles and fried rice are a common sight. Cafes that serve drinks like coffee and juices are plenty. Local Malay delicacy beef and chicken satay is also very popular, and one also must try out the yummy BBQ honey chicken.

Also check out the many mouth watering pickles (cucumber, guava, mango, papaya, etc), and local biscuits, that are offer by the many stalls.

Watch the sun go down as you sip coconut water and chow down on satay, chicken wings or hawker-style noodles.

This is one of the best places in Kota Kinabalu to have coconut drinks, and also not forgetting the delicious sweet corns and tasty steamed ground nuts.

A coconut is priced at RM 3, The steamed sweet corn is RM 1 each, and the steamed ground nuts RM 1 per packet.