Mari Mari Cultural Village
An open-air museum outside Kota Kinabalu that keeps alive the traditions and history of northern Borneo's indigenous peoples. Its houses represent five communities: the Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, Rungus, Lundayeh and Bajau.
- Where
- Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 5.9739, 116.2037
Get the Mari Mari Cultural Village stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mari Mari Cultural Village. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Sabah volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mari Mari Cultural Village
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque 11 km
The city's second main mosque after the state mosque, in Likas on the edge of Kota Kinabalu. It is built beside a lagoon, and when the water lies still around it people call it the floating mosque.
Atkinson Clock Tower 14 km
The oldest standing structure in Kota Kinabalu, a timber clock tower alone on the bluff along Signal Hill Road above the seaside city. It began as a memorial and was first called the Atkinson Memorial Clock Tower.
Sabah Museum 15 km
The state museum of Sabah, on 17 hectares at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu. Its main building has a longhouse-style roof, and its galleries cover the peoples, history and natural history of the state.
Gaya Island 19 km
The largest island of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, 1,483 hectares of forested ridges just across the water from Kota Kinabalu. Its backbone rises to about 300 metres, with beaches and resorts in the coves below.
Tunku Abdul Rahman Park 23 km
Five islands lying 3 to 8 kilometres off Kota Kinabalu, among them Gaya, Sapi and Manukan, in a park that is two-thirds sea. They were once part of the Crocker Range on the mainland until rising seas cut them off.
Mount Kinabalu 41 km
At 4,095 metres, the highest mountain in Malaysia and in all of maritime Southeast Asia, rising over Sabah's west coast. Climbers spend a night on its slopes to reach the bare granite summit plateau at dawn.
Kinabalu Park 53 km
Malaysia's first World Heritage Site, a park set up in 1964 around Mount Kinabalu. Its forests climb from lowland jungle to mountain scrub and hold more than 4,500 species of plants and animals, among them 326 kinds of bird.
Mantanani Islands 83 km
Three islands off the north-west coast of Sabah, opposite Kota Belud: Mantanani Besar, Mantanani Kecil and Lungisan. Divers come for the reefs, and the surrounding waters are known for their dugongs.
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Questions
Where is Mari Mari Cultural Village?
Mari Mari Cultural Village is in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kota Kinabalu City Mosque (11 km), Atkinson Clock Tower (14 km), Sabah Museum (15 km).
How do I get the Mari Mari Cultural Village stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mari Mari Cultural Village and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sabah volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mari Mari Cultural Village before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sabah volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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