Tanjung Aru Beach

🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🏖️ Beaches

🆓 Free☪️ Surau

Why go

KK's most famous sunset spot, a wide stretch of sand beside the city with a lively food-stall strip. Bring a picnic or grab satay and ikan bakar while the sky turns orange over the islands.

⭐ Don't miss: Sunset with Mount Kinabalu's silhouette on clear evenings

Entry fee: Free
Opening hours: 24 hours (check before you go)
Best time to go: 5-7pm for sunset
Time needed: 1-2 hours
How to get there: 10 min by Grab from KK city; free parking along the road, busy on weekends.
Address: Tanjung Aru Beach, 88100 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Area: Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Facilities: 🚻 toilets🅿️ free parking🍽️ restaurant☕ cafe
Muslim-friendly: 🕌 Prayer room (surau) on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Many halal stalls; surau nearby
Accessibility: Mostly flat; sand is soft
Kids: Kids love the open space; swimming not recommended near rubbish after rain

☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.

⚠️ Safety & weather

Water can be murky after heavy rain
Sea swimming is not encouraged near boats

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Also nearby

🏛️Kota Kinabalu

🌺🌺🌺Highly Recommended

Sabah State Museum

🏛️ Museums · Bukit Istana Lama, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

☪️ Surau🧒

A hilltop museum complex with a Heritage Village of traditional Sabah houses, a vintage steam locomotive and the Sabah Islamic Civilisation Museum. The big longhouse-style Main Building has been closed since September 2024, so plan around the outdoor village and the other galleries.

Don't miss: The Heritage Village of traditional Sabah houses

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