Rafting Adventure: Kota Kinabalu to Tamparuli

Set out from your urban accommodation in the morning. Anticipate approximately an hour and a half ride to the vicinity of Tamparuli. Upon reaching the endpoint, a brief pause allows for a snack and an opportunity for participants to switch outfits. Subsequently, proceed to the launching site either at Pukak or Sukang.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tamparuli Suspension Bridge - 0830hrs depart from the city hotel. The journey will take about 1½ hours drive to Tamparuli area.
  • Kiulu River - As you arrive at the ending point, stopover for light refreshment and participants can change clothes. After that, continue up to the starting point at Pukak or Sukang. The river guide will allocate…
What's Included
  • Rafting Equipment
  • Lunch
  • Pick-up and drop-off from Kota kinabalu City Hotels
  • Tour with English speaking guide
  • Life Jacket
  • Transport by Air-Conditioned Car/Coach
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Please take note. Actual pick up time based on hotel location
  • 1 Borneo Hotels & Outskirt Hotels Pick up & drop-off additional charges applied. Additional USD 10-15 per person
Location
Kota Kinabalu
Free hotel pick up & drop off from your hotel located at Kota Kinabalu City Centre (2km radius). An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 1km radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Valarnold
Aug 3, 2024
Fun time white water rafting - Fun guides who tried to enhance the experience there’s parts to swim parts to jump into the water and my favourite bit was going down the rapids out of the boat. The lunch provided was tasty the only bad thing was the changing rooms were very basic and dirty, no shower just an empty room with dirty chair
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Angela_b
May 16, 2024
Wonderful day out!... - Wonderful day out! Water wasn’t very high, but the guides may it a fab day with swimming, jump off rocks and great food. Thanks.
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Sheungyinsean_p
Dec 3, 2023
good - very fun, friendly guides, the environment is good, overall excellent experience. definitely a must try
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Claireru8003um
Aug 28, 2023
White water rafting Kiulu river - We had a great time on this trip. I'm a little afraid of deep water so was quite glad the water level wasn't too deep but plenty enough. The rapids were a grade 2 which was enough. We had plenty of opportunities to get out for a swim too which was nice to cool off. Really lovely lunch at the end and overall would highly recommend this trip... lots of fun and the guides were great fun too.
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Courtney_h
Mar 30, 2023
Highly recommended for beginners - I had a very nice experience with the staffs at Kiulu Rafting. My friend and I booked this tour and 2 staffs joined in the rafting, so it was 4 people riding on the boat-which was almost like a private tour. Paid extra 100 MYR for photographing. The photos were not that good and was overpriced but it was our choice so I don't mind that much. Other than that, we enjoyed swimming and jumping into the river so much. The rafting difficulty level is low, so I recommend this tour to beginners. When I asked the staffs if there is a more difficult one, they said they have a higher level course where the starting point is at a higher place and ends at the beginner level course's starting point.
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T6019yhmariel
Feb 12, 2023
Really fun and beautiful river ride - A very fun activety but be prepared to be soaking wet. Swimware or tights and T-shirt are recommended and don't bring any water sensitive electronics unless you have a real waterproof wetbag. The river ride takes place in middlesized inflateble rubberboats and every participant get equipped with a life jacket, an helmet and a paddle. The ride is about 8 kilometers and takes approx. 1.5 hours. The guides sometimes make a break for swimming. There are many rapids and it depends on the water level in the river how violent they are. A couple of persons fell out of the boat in two or three places so you should be prepared for that to happend. The water is warm and nice and it is just to body surf down the rapid until you reach calmer water where you can enter the boat again. The ride is also very beautiful with lush and high trees on the shores. We four (two couples) really liked this activety. When the ride is over you change to dry clothes and have a complementary lunch that also was very good. A perfect tour!
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Surabhi_m
Jun 27, 2022
Highly recommend - We ended up having our own private tour as we went on a weekday. Our driver was very friendly and our rafting instructor was wonderful. We had lots of fun and then enjoyed a local feast after all the action.
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Joannaky
Jun 18, 2023
Nice experience - The tour operator communicated well on the details of the pick up. It was a first time experience for my teenage kids, they kinda enjoyed it but unfortunately the water level was low as there was not much rain prior so there was not much "excitement". The guide still did made it fun for the kids given the circumstances. A few things to note: 1. This is a level 1 -2, good for younger kids. 2. Bring towels & change of clothes.
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Barry_l
Apr 12, 2024
Lack of water - Unfortunately there was not allot of water in the river ,so no actual rapids ,not the providers fault however should have been told of conditions, we also had to wait for over an hour for another group to join the party. Staff were friendly and supportive,meal provided was average
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