Things to do in Pulau Labuan
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Port View Restaurant
An outpost of the successful Chinese seafood franchise in Kota Kinabalu, this waterfront restaurant has air-con indoor seating and outdoor seating that affords a nice view over Labuan’s busy harbour. It’s one of the few proper sit-down restaurants in town (that is, something nicer than a kedai kopi). We liked the baby kailan (Chinese vegetable) with crab sauce and butter prawns, which had the unusual addition of sesame to the sauce. Beware of a secret hidden charge in the form of ‘special napkin’ (tell them at the outset that you don’t need it). Service can be a little slow and erratic.
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Marine Museum
On the coast just east of the centre, the Labuan International Sea Sports Complex houses the Marine Museum. It’s a decent little museum with a good shell collection and displays of marine life found in the area. Don’t forget to head upstairs where you’ll find a 42ft-long skeleton of an Indian fin whale. The real highlight, however, and a guaranteed hit with the kids, is the ‘touch pool’ opposite reception. This has to be the only shark-petting zoo we’ve ever seen (fret not: the sharks are less than a metre long).
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Labuan Museum
The Labuan Museum takes a glossy, if slightly superficial, look at the island’s history and culture. The most interesting displays are those on the different ethnic groups here, including a diorama of a traditional Chinese tea ceremony (the participants, however, look strangely Western). There’s also an excellent diorama of a water village.
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Labuan Marine Park
Pulau Kuraman, Pulau Rusukan Kecil and Pulau Rusukan Besar are uninhabited islands lying southwest of Labuan that are now protected as the Labuan Marine Park. The beaches are pristine, but dynamite fishing has destroyed much of the coral. There is no regularly scheduled transport to the park but Borneo Star Dive can help you get there.
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Borneo Star Dive
Labuan has the best wreck diving around Borneo, with no fewer than four major wrecks off the coast. The only dive operator in town is Borneo Star Dive, which offers two-/four-day wreck packages from around RM750. They can help arrange transport to Labuan Marine Park.
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Choice Restaurant
Forget false modesty, the Choice simply proclaims ‘We are the best’, and this seems to be corroborated by the popularity of the authentic Indian meals with the authentic Indian residents who turn out for roti, fishhead curry and sambal.
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Peace Park/Surrender Memorial
A Peace Park/Surrender Memorial west of the island at Layang Layangan commemorates the place of Japanese surrender and has a Japanese war memorial. It's in a pleasant garden on the seashore. A taxi here will run around RM25.
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Kedai Kopi Fah Fah
With indoor and outdoor seating, an English menu, tasty fresh juice and cheap beer, this simple Chinese restaurant is a good choice. We particularly liked their kway teow goreng (fried flat rice noodles).
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Pantai Pancur Hitam
The Pantai Pancur Hitam is a decent shallow beach that has a picnic area for children. Keep your eye out for monitor lizards. Bus 6 runs to the beach from downtown. A taxi from downtown will cost around RM25.
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Restoran Selera Farizah
If you would like a Muslim kedai kopi, you could try Restoran Selera Farizah, which serves roti, curries, nasi campur, accompanied by the inevitable pro-wrestling videos.
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Financial Park
Tragically, the modern chrome-and-mirrors Financial Park duty-free mall is trumpeted as the town's No 1 'attraction', aiming to seduce shoppers and booze-cruisers into parting with their cash.
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Restaurant Ngee Hing
Restaurant Ngee Hing has a stall that does a good bowl of laksa (it’s directly opposite the ferry terminal and serves as a good place to wait for a ferry).
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Labuan Bird Park
Towards the northern tip of the island, Labuan Bird Park offers refuge to a wide range of species in three geodesic domes, and a swathe of rainforest.
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Syarikat Teck Siong
Self-caterers can do their grocery shopping at Syarikat Teck Siong.
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Kedai Kopi Nam Thong
This Chinese kedai kopi has chicken rice and fried noodle stalls.
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Outdoor Food Stalls
You'll find outdoor food stalls at the east end of Jln Bunga Mawar.
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Labuan War Memorial
The Labuan War Memorial is an expanse of lawn with row upon row of headstones dedicated to the nearly 4000 Commonwealth servicemen, mostly Australian and British, who lost their lives in Borneo during WWII. The most heartbreaking are the last two rows of memorials on the north end that read merely 'a soldier'. The cemetery is near the golf course, about 2km east of town along Jln Tanjung Purun. A taxi to the memorial will cost around RM10.
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