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Kota Kinabalu with Withlocals

"Fatima picked us up with her car at our hotel and drove us to the markets. It was great to see these places with a local person because thanks to her knowledge we learned a lot about the food, customs and life in Kota Kinabalu. She adapted the tour to our requests which was excellent! Highly recommend her. She is a wonderful person."

"I’m so glad we booked our tour with Jae. She is so fun, funny, knowledgeable and flexible. And her English is flawless. We had her tailor the tour to meet our needs (a little shopping and a lot of food). We tried lots of different snack and treats (and bought quite a few to take back to the hotel with us as well). We enjoyed a cocktail together at what would have been sunset time, but it was rainy. And we had dinner at a fantastic fish market where you pick out what you want to eat and how you want it prepared. No worries about food safety - Jae has it covered. Delicious and totally safe. The entire experience was a highlight of our trip. And like others have said, I feel like we’ve made a friend. "

"Jae picked us up on time and showed us around KK. She was great with kids and a safe driver. We enjoyed our time and would highly recommend this experience to those visiting Kota Kinabalu. "

"Had a great time with Jae. Visited many great locations finally ending up having a superb Fish Dinner in the Market. Would highly recommend Jae. Great experience, Thank you Jae"

"Even though we had difficulty with our timing due to the re-booking of a missed flight, we just barely made the tour, and Jae worked with us to make it work out much better than I thought would happen. I was looking forward to good local food and Jae took us to where we could have fresh seafood. We did go to the Filipino market and then I did try Durian (a small one) and frankly I liked it. Then we went out for souvenirs and the night market. Jae was patient with us and I can't thank her enough for giving us probably the greatest first time Kota Kinabalu experience you can have!"

"Jae took me on a tour of the fruit and fish market. We tasted many of the local items that were available for sale. When it was time for really g getting down to tasting the local fare, Jae clued me in on the local secret - while there is plenty of food available in the main market area, the freshest and best is about a block away - it's where the locals go to select the freshest seafood and have it cooked to their liking. Each dish was a local recipe using fresh local ingredients - I was in food heaven. I wasn't too familiar with Malaysian cuisine before, but I'm a fan now! Thanks to Jae's knowledge and willingness to share it. I highly recommend Jae and WithLocals."

"I would highly recommend booking this tour. I wanted to find out more about the Malaysian food/meals and Jae was excellent at answering my questions and helped me order a delicious range of seafood dishes. She explained in depth about the Malaysian culture. Don't hesitate to book this! Xx"

"Jae took us for the half day tour around KK. We covered the major points of interest and Jae really covered material and history related to the points. The tour is a good option if have limited time at KK, also probably not so many really amazing place to see. But Jae made this experience kind of personal saving the day (or half day to be precise)."

"Had a great time with Jae, she is so friendly and knew loads so we had a lovely time. Many thanks Jae."

"We spent a very interesting evening with Jae. She is very easy to get on with and was happy to take us to whatever we wanted to see. We like trying some of the local food and found her guidance invaluable on what we could or shouldn’t eat. "