Coral 'n' Beaches

CORAL 'N' BEACHES

Consists of 5 islands namely, Pulau Gaya, Pulau Manukan, Pulau Mamutik, Pulau Sapi
and Pulau Sulug. The park is approximately 3 to 8 kilometres off Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of
the Malaysian state of Sabah, North Borneo. The park encomprises an area of 4,929 hectares with the
seas surrounding the 5 islands. The island can be visited all year round. Temperatures varies between
23.8 to 28.4 hdegrees celcius and humidity remains relatively highthroughout the year. The surrounding
seas covering a total area of approximately 12,185 acres have been designated as the
Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park.

Geologically speaking, the islands, underlaid by folded sandstone and sedimentary rock and are
part of the Crocker Range that spans from north to the south of North Borneo rock formations.All the
islands feature typical shoreline vegetation such as Pandanus Dubius and Podocarpus polystachyus,
fronting groves of living fossils, a cross between a ferntree and a palm. The largest island, Pulau Gaya
is covered by the only undisturbed coastal dipterocarp forest left in Sabah. Mammals found on the
island include rats, squirrels, monkeys, bearded pigs and the scaly pangolins ( Anteater) . Birds life like
Bulbuls, Sunbirds, White-bellied sea eagle, Sandpipers, Pink necked piegons and the rare Megapodes.

Coral reefs fringe all the islands and are exposed during low tide. The best reefs are around
Sulug, Mamutik and Manukan islands. Excellent reef patches are found between Pulau Sapi
and Pulau Gaya. This living organism are carnivorous animals feeding on plankton floating in the sea.
The different species form coral of different shapes and are named accordingly - stag horn, mushroom,
cabbage, brain, and so on.They come in a variety of colours and shapes--yellow,green,blue and purple.
Coral reefs are home to many kinds of fish, molluscs, giant clam, scorpion shell, sea-cucumber, feather-
starfish,cowry shell,black and brilliant blue sea-urchins. The coral fish include the butterfly, parrot, clown,
dragon, soldier--in all their brilliant colours. Bigger fish, like the red carp, grouper, barracudda and catfish,
and occasionally shark, can also be found in the deeper water.

| Pulau Mamutik | Pulau Sulug | Pulau Gaya |