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Kota Kinabalu with Withlocals

"Our tour guide, Jae Fatima, is great and attentive at all times. She showed us the best and highlights of the city of Kota Kinabalu, explaining everything about its culture and history. We also visited the Sunday market where you can buy some souvenirs and enjoy a delicious ice cream. We also tasted some local dishes for lunch. My whole family enjoyed it and I hope we meet again!❤️"

"The half-day tour in Kota Kinabalu City with our local guide was an intimate experience tailored just for my friend and me. Exploring the city, we embraced the local lifestyle—dressing and dining authentically. The personalized touch made it a memorable and immersive adventure. "

"We booked this experience on our last night in Malaysia, what a way to finish an amazing trip, Jae was amazing! So friendly, felt like sitting down to dinner with an old friend, everything was excellent. Thank you Jae"

"Jae met us on time, took us to see the sunset and then escorted us around the different markets on the waterfront. Jae's english is excellent and she explained all the fruits and vegetables that we don't have in our part of the world. We particularly enjoyed the busy vibrant fish market. We had a superb fish dinner by the sea, guided by Jae as to what to eat and enjoyed a walk down 'durian 'street', looking only! Would highly recommend Jae, she was only too pleased to share her knowledge not only of KK but answered any general questions we had about Sabah."

"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."