Private Tour: Half Day Sandakan City Tour Including Local Lunch
Overview
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4 hours
Mobile ticket
Join this private tour with your family members or friends to explore various landmarks of Sandakan. In this tour you will get chance to visit Australian War Memorial, Sandakan Central Market, Puh Jih Shih Buddist temple and Agnes Keith House.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Our driver will pick up you around 9am from your hotel or Airport. We will head to our first stop at Australian War Memorial. It is dedicated to some 2700 Australian POW who died at the Sandakan POW camp and in the ensuing death marches through the jungles of Sabah. Next pay a visit to Sandakan Central Market, the most amazing variety of fresh seafood and agricultural products. Then you will move on to Sim-Sim Water Village. Where houses are all built close to the water surface, which at that time was a narrow, uninhabited coastal fringe of jungle and mangroves. Lunch will be provide at local Restaurant . After lunch continue on to Puh Jih Shih Buddhist Temple. This landmark of ers a breath taking view over Sandakan Bay. Lastly, you will visit to Agnes Keith House. Where a famous American writer of the “Land below the Wind” and “White Man Returns”, today the house turned into a heritage house providing interesting insight to life during British. After finish above mention sightseeing our driver drop off you to your hotel in town area or Airport with sweet memories.
Options
Private City Tour
This is the tour option for private basis. Pickup included
What‘s Included
Local Lunch
Goods and services Tax
Round Trip transportation by AC Car/Minivan
English Speaking Tour Guide
Other Food and Drinks
Any other things not mentioned in the itinerary
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
14 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Interesting and full of history
Wendy M,Jun 19, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Citi and her driver were really nice, great company and knew a lot about the sites we visited. Great views from the Buddhist Temple, a lovely peaceful place to visit as was Agnes Keith House. Citi took us through the orderly but busy Central Markets pointing out the various unique produce and how they are used in cooking before moving on to the Sim-Sim water Village which was an interesting experience too. Highly recommend Citi as your guide.
Highly Recommended
dehawke,May 30, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The sights of Sandakan are diverse and quite spread out and mostly situated outside the town perimeter, so this tour is a great way to see the main points of interest without too much effort. Our guide Sam was terrific. He is knowledgeable and friendly, very patient and happy to go at the pace of the participants, and flexible with the itinerary to try and ensure that his guests have a good time and an enjoyable tour. He has strong local knowledge and was keen to showcase Sandakan and provided a great overview of things to see and do. We had flight changes which could have impacted on our tour, however Sam was more than happy to accommodate us and pick us up from the airport instead of our hotel.
Sandakan city tour
Donna C,Mar 11, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Very informative and interesting. And, the lunch was very good. Guide was knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
Great Afternoon in Sandakan
Paul M,Oct 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00My wife and I had a lovely afternoon with Sita travelling around some of the sites in Sandakan including the Chinese Temple, WW2 Memorial, Agnes Newton Keith House and the floating market. We really enjoyed the afternoon and Sita was very charming and informative so it was really pleasant afternoon. We had some time to kill before we head out to the Kinabatangan River the next day and it surpassed by expectations and I would certainly recommend.
Tour of Sandakan with the best guide
Z6182CVdebs,Oct 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We booked a last minute tour for 2. Our guide Sahar was wonderful, knowledgeable and the perfect tour guide. Would highly recommend.
Sandakan city tour
Companion813311,Aug 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A really great time out with guide Abraham and driver Izzab. Visited local markets, city villages and Agnes Keith house. The two lads were very supportive, fun to be with and made the 1/2 day tour memorable. Finished with a really enjoyable lunch at local restaurant. I highly recommend this tour .
Good & informative tour. An included lunch is certainly a great option.
Eddie L,Jul 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Tourist guide/driver speaks good English and friendly. Told us a lot of the history about the places of interest. The car is very clean & comfortable.
AN INCREDIBLE HISTORICAL TOUR I WILL NEVER FORGET!!
jefferyg237,Feb 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00FAIZHAR, my Tour Guide, was INCREDIBLE!! Being a lifetime resident of Sandakan, he knew EVERYTHING - the inside scoop - on each historical stop we made during this AMAZING 1/2 day tour. Faizhar brought this Tour TO LIFE!! I'd never heard of Sandakan and knew absolutely nothing about the WWII Japanese POW camp that detained 2700+ Australian/English POW's, with only 6 surviving the POW camp death marches at the end of WWII through the jungles of Sabah. WOW!! Agnes Keith?? Had never heard of her but another WOW!!! Being given a private, insider's tour with personal perspective of the Sim-Sim Water Village, where FAIZHAR was born and raised, was eye-opening, humbling and very historic. The Buddhist Temple overlooking Sandakan, all beautifully decorated for the Chinese New Year, the Central Market tour, having lunch with Faizhar at one of his local eatery hangouts, and his willingness to answer EVERY question I had about Sandakan and every stop we made is a travel experience I will NEVER forget!! Please! Take this tour and ask for FAIZHAR. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!!!
Brilliant!
susanaO7661JC,Sep 26, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide Siti (not sure of spelling) was brilliant, kind and particularly knowledgeable. My husband is a very picky eater, but she had plenty of suggestions come lunchtime. Our driver was very good too. I cannot fault anything about our tour, we were amazed.
Wonderful time
vicky k,May 16, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00The guide & driver were very informative. Were able to change the itinerary to suit us. Helped us with supermarket items ay the end of the tour
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