Leigh Travel's Reviews

Shangri La Rasa Ria

Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort is just outside Kota Kinabalu and a 40 minute drive from the airport. Having it’s own nature reserve, the Rasa Ria overlooks the Panti Dalit Bay. The beach was beautiful but there are a couple of problems. Because of the eco policy of the hotel, they do not use any insecticides, which means that sand flies can be a huge problem. Also there are times of the year when jelly fish congregate in this bay. Most days there were too many jelly fish for us to swim in the sea. However, even considering these two issues, we loved this hotel. In the Rasa Ria nature reserve there is a small orangutan sanctuary.

Reviewed on: December 27, 2007