Full Day Tour in Mantanani

I do not recommend this excursion because it is very far from Kota Kinabalu, it takes 4 hours by car + 2 hours by boat for the round trip for the day. The excursion offers 1 hour of snorkeling in an overcrowded place where the corals are destroyed, not too much influence from people. The poor fish have nothing to eat because of all these dead corals so they eat the bread brought by the guides. On the other hand, the boat stop on the island is right next to the village overrun with plastic waste. I don't understand how people can leave beaches covered in trash everywhere outside of the resorts. We must react!!

I would not recommend this tour for an English speaking solo traveller. That said, it was well organised, the guides were incredibly helpful when it came to snorkeling and diving. Sadly the coral was quite bleached in comparison to Sapi and Manukan island. If you are traveling as a group this could be a good option. If not, you may want to consider another island trip.

Our tour was organized impeccably from start to finish. We were picked up directly from our hotel by a private taxi and taken to the jetty for boarding. The boat transfer to the first island was smooth, and life jackets, masks, and snorkels were all provided. We enjoyed a delicious lunch at the island's restaurant before taking the second boat transfer at around 12:30 p.m. to the second island, where we had plenty of time to relax until 3:00 p.m. A special thanks to our guide, Max, who was incredibly kind, friendly, and helpful throughout the day. He also gave us great recommendations for things to do in Kota Kinabalu, which we really appreciated. Everything was perfectly organized, and we highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Kota Kinabalu!

Snorkelling two spots and chill afternoon by the beach. Quite remote but nice to be away from the crowd. The coach to Jet point can be a bit far if you live at KK city centre. I am alright cuz we around Tauran.

Beautiful island indeed but it does take 2 hour drive from KK to Kota Belud. We go to the Jetty to take the speedboat which takes less than 1 hour but the sea was choppy, even worse when we were coming back. The beach was nice with turquoise blue waters and swaying palm trees. Our guide Matt was professional, made sure that we got there and back to the hotel safely so kudos to him on that for doing a great job in this area but I do feel he wasn't the most talkative and seemed more interested in listening to his music while on the coach going and coming back which gave me a little negative impression - I guess some people are not as sociable. Overall, I had a good experience

We have no words to describe it! it was an AMAZING day! the whole crew were super duper attentive and with great energy. Rafie and Sabri ( awesome DJ) were new level, specially with our 4 year old twins ! they played in the water, they took them back to the boat so we could snorkel a little by ourselves! We could not be more thankful. Time in the water was not as much as we wished, due to the location of the island, but that was very clear from the moment we were inquiring. Everything they told us would happen it happened. If we go back, there is no doubt we will be exploring the waters with them again. Recommend 100%

We went on a full day tour with the company Lovely tours To Mantanani island , we had a private driver pick us up in a very clean car for a 2 hour trip to the jetty , at the jetty they had a lovely spot for us to wait including very clean toilets and showers , the trip in the lovely pink boat was pretty smooth even though there was a bit of waves the island was beautiful so clean , fantastic toilets and showers , huge undercover area for a big buffet lunch , unlimited water and juice as well as a shop with bathers , rashies , towels , hats ,snack and soft drink A lot of beach lounges with umbrellas and cute swings for photos , the water is so beautiful and crystal clear , they took us out in the boat to two different snorkelling spots , so many colourful fish and coral , the occasional jellyfish but they were always watch from the boat and warning us if one came close by , for people not confident in swimming or snorkelling, life jackets were supplied and worn and the tour guides got in the water and showed them the best parts including a whole heap of Nemo ( clown fish ) then after several hours back to the island for a buffet lunch and then free time to explore the island or relax on the beach Over all it was a really fantastic day 100% I would do it again Take hats , towel and rashie plus lots of sun cream it’s very easy to burn when snorking , you don’t realise because the water is so cool

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The beach is beautiful and the weather was nice! Our guide and the trip have been arranged reasonably, I really enjoyed it:)

The island is tropical and beautiful snorkeling was beautiful so many fish and coral crystal clear waters x however the advertised one hour from Kato turned into 2 hours with traffic on arrival at blue dolphin the toilet facility were disgusting and unusable x the boat had seating for 22 with life vest however with crew and locals another 9 people boarded and the boat was over loaded x lunch was ok if you ate seafood x unfortunately I don’t x the crew were very happy and loud with head thumping music played on boat and on island x on departure once again over loaded boat with original number plus 3 back papers joining x not ideal x back to mainland after 50 minute boat ride again would not use disgusting toilets x bus not there we had to wait x finally on the road back to Kato kinabula 2 hours + with traffic x the island is stunning prepare for a long day

Overall we had fun! It was a memorable trip and Sutera arranged a lot of fun activities for us. The service was on point and the food is mouth watering 💯 definitely worth a visit and we will go back for sure !