Mari Mari Cultural Village - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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Mari Mari Cultural Village is located in a remote forest approximately 35 minutes drive (23km) from Kota Kinabalu International Airport. There's two sessions everyday - morning at 10am or afternoon at 2pm. 6pm session will be automatically open when booking made with 30 pax and above. It's a guided tour which will take approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. At the village, you will be ushered to 5 different homes of Sabahan ethnic communities:

1. Dusun House
2. Rungus Long House
3. Lundayeh House
4. Bajau House
5. Murut Long House

Tour package includes:
1. English speaking guide
2. House tour with demo activities
3. Cultural performance (30 minutes) - 11.45am / 3.45pm
4. Welcoming drink
5. Meals - lunch / hi tea / dinner - 1.00pm / 5.00pm

Standard menu for lunch / dinner
1. Salad
a) Tambatus (tomato)
b) Balatong (long beans)
c) Sangop (cucumber)
d) Kubis (white cabbage)
e) Bintorung (egg plants)
f) Ikan masin (salted fish)

2. Main course
a) Takano Tinanok (steamed fluffy rice)
b) Sinalau Manuk Mari Mari (grilled chicken with special Chef's herbs)
c) Sada Ginuring Nonsok Onsom (fried local tuna fish cooked with Tamarind)
d) Ginuring Sada Bosungan / Uji Rashid (deep fried fish)
e) Sayur Kampung-Kampung (vegetables cooked in local style)
f) Sawi masak bawang putih (mustard leaves cooked with garlic)
g) Sup Tarajun Mari Mari (beef soups with local herbs)

3. Dessert - Bong Tingeriki (fried banana)

4. Fruits - watermelon / papaya

5. Beverages - coffee & tea

(Price - RM 100 per adult own transportation or RM 180 per adult free pick up and return from hotel in Kota Kinabalu)

We brought Shyan and Leo to this Mari Mari Cultural Village since they never been to one before. We decided to go for the 10am session as they need to catch their flight back home at 6pm. Our tour guide is a friendly guy named Ben. We were lucky because there's only six of us in a group. So, Ben showed us all the different homes of Sabahan ethnic communities and told us stories as well. The fun part of this tour is we get to have free food and drink tasting. Bamboo rice was good! Apart from that, we get to try honey, lihing, rice wine, tenom coffee, pandan juice, kuih jala and kuih pinjaram. At the end of the tour, there's a 30 minutes cultural performance before we have our lunch at 1pm.



Mari Mari Cultural Village


Mari Mari Cultural Village


Mari Mari Cultural Village


Complimentary drinking water


Hanging bridge


Hanging bridge and waterfall


Dusun House


Process of making Lihing


Lihing tasting


Dusun House


Bamboo cooking


Bamboo rice tasting


Tuhau and bosou


Rice wine


Montoku (rice wine) tasting


Rungus Long House


Rungus Long House


Honey


Honey tasting


Rungus Long House


Rope and vest making


Cassava


Lundayeh House


Bajau House


Kuih jala


Pandan juice


Pandan juice


Kuih pinjaram


Bajau House


Murut Long House


Tenom coffee and steamed banana


Murut Long House


Tenom coffee


Henna tattoo


Cultural performance


Lunch


Ginuring Sada Bosungan / Uji Rashid (deep fried fish)


Sayur Kampung-Kampung (vegetables cooked in local style)


Sinalau Manuk Mari Mari (grilled chicken with special Chef's herbs) and Sada Ginuring Nonsok Onsom (fried local tuna fish cooked with Tamarind)


Sada Ginuring Nonsok Onsom (fried local tuna fish cooked with Tamarind)


Sinalau Manuk Mari Mari (grilled chicken with special Chef's herbs)


Sawi masak bawang putih (mustard leaves cooked with garlic)


Salad


Fruits - papaya and watermelon


Dessert - Bong Tingeriki (fried banana)


Lunch area


Address:
Mari Mari Cultural Village
Inanam,
88450 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah
Operation hours: 9am to 9pm

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