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Start
at 7.00am, pick you up from your hotel and drive to Kota Belud.
Rice fields, villages and nice scenery can be seen along the way.
Kota Belud is the land for the Bajau, a local native tribe who
have settled here for a long time. On every Sunday, the Bajau
bring out their local produce, handicraft, and other wares to
be sold in this large open air market. The market is also the
focal point for the locals to socialise and catch up with the
latest. You can see them in colourful costume and mingle in groups.
The Bajau like their horses and have been using them as local
transportation for a long time. Today, you may be able to see
the Bajau horsemen with their traditional colourful costume on
Parade in the field. Buffalo is used widely in the rice cultivation
in the areas around Kota Belud as farming method has never been
modernised. Today, you may also be able to see the numerous buffalo
lined up to be auctioned to the highest bidders. You will be return
to Kota Kinabalu and transfer back to your hotel by 1.00pm. |
