{"id":172,"date":"2025-05-05T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/?p=172"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:53:55","slug":"mamutik-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/mamutik-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamutik Island of Sabah, Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tourists to Kota Kinabalu City (KK) always ask, out of the five islands of Tunku Abdul Rahman Park<\/a> (TARP), which one is recommended. My answer is – if you expect a famous and exciting tourist destination, go for Sapi<\/a> or Manukan<\/a>. But if you only want a quiet beach to laze around and unwind, Mamutik Island (Pulau Mamutik) is a small island with big space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People who want to avoid the crowd will love Mamutik Island<\/strong>, as it is less touristy than Sapi and Manukan, the islands where they would see more people than fishes, and human noise is louder than splashing waves. Being the smallest island of TARP, Mamutik is like an unsophisticated child who doesn’t try to impress you, it may not have charming personality but you feel more open up and relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mamutik is rated by some tourists as an average island because of three reasons.<\/strong> First, the sea there is quite rough and water turns murky sometimes. Second, the strong waves wash many coral fragments to the shore. Stepping on this jagged surface can be a discomfort to sensitive feet. Last, the density and variety of corals isn’t great. All of the above are true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pic: school of anchovy fishes (ikan bilis<\/em>) at the jetty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Mamutik still has one of the most beautiful beaches near KK and its photo is good enough to be used as postcard. Though lack of WOW factor, Mamutik isn’t lack of happy customers who appreciate the ambience of tranquillity and privacy offered by this less-crowded island<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following is a HD video that gives you an overview of Mamutik:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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