Kota kinabalu: Admission Ticket for Bongawan River Cruise

Must do activity

Our tour guide was called John and he was absolutely amazing! We started off with just over and hour mini bus journey where we then had a small snack and cold drink before heading out on the river cruise. John was trying his absolute best to find crocodiles and the Proboscis monkey. Of course this is real life and real nature, you’re not always guaranteed to see them ! But he found them, the boat then stopped for over 10 mins so everyone could look and take pictures. We then head back and was provided with a hot dinner before we then went back onto the river down to the beach for the most amazing sunset. John was offering out his photography skills and got that perfect instagram photo of me and my friend against the sunset. We then watched a fire show before heading back along the river to watch the fireflies. We was then taken straight to our hotel front door. The most amazing day with great tour guides. Would highly recommend this trip.

Fantastic Kota Kinabalu Day Trip

From pick up to drop off Timmy my driver/guide was excellent. He shared his knowledge of Borneo, cocoa, wildlife, climate, food and just about every subject… I learnt a lot. Each stop was planned well, there was no waiting around and the food was great. We got so see a troop of probiscus monkeys, a crocodile, numerous birds and lastly the fire flies… it was amazing. I’d recommend this trip to anyone visiting Kota Kinabalu. 10/10

From pick up to drop off Timmy our driver/guide was excellent. He shared his knowledge of Borneo, cocoa, wildlife, climate, food and just about every subject… I learnt a lot. Each stop was planned well, there was no waiting around and the food was great. We got so see a troop of probiscus monkeys, a crocodile, numerous birds and lastly the fire flies… it was amazing. I’d recommend this trip to anyone visiting Kota Kinabalu. 10/10

Hospitality content and staff

The content was very substantial, monkey, sunset, firefly, and it was great!

If you were having trouble catching a Grab taxi on your way home, a friend of the staff called and dropped you off. They waited with us until our friends arrived, and the tour was filled with very kind and hospitable staff. Thank you very much.

Très bonne activité. Le dîner était très bon Attention aux moustiques le soir pendant la sortie avec les lucioles

Fabulous Bongawan River Cruise

There was torrential rain, but we still saw the huge lizard, two types of monkey, numerous birds, baby Croc and some fire flies. The food was delicious, snack and dinner and the team was excellent thoroughly enjoyed

Great informative tour very enjoyable with the wonderful Timmy as our driver & guide. His knowledge of Malaysian history & culture & spoken English was excellent. The only issue I had about this activity was the weather rain rain & more rain but still a great trip !!

Priceless treasure.

Nice place & friendly hospitality.

The guide is knowledgeable and friendly. Recommended a cheap and nice seafood restaurant after the tour which I miss now.

It was amazing! Everything went very very well! The staff was so incredibly kind and open and I had an amazing time. Thank you so much!!

The overall tour and experience was good and we enjoyed the experience. However, we nearly had to forgo the activity as the River Paradise did not recognise the tickets (with QR code) that were issued. This created unnecessary hassle and stress for us as we had to check with the rest of the service providers in the area for our booking. The issue was later resolved when it was discovered that the date of our tour was incorrectly sent to the operator via WhatsApp as 02 Aug 2026 instead of 01 Aug 2026 which we had booked (booking ref GYG7VKRYMMKK).