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Sunset Bar and Grill at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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I love lazy beach holiday, to do absolutely nothing but laze around the resort and beach. There's no hawker centre or fast food nearby the resort unless you are driving yourself to the nearby town. We wanted to spend more time at the resort, so we decided to have our dinner here at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai. There's few restaurant for you to choose from - Sunset Bar and Grill, Kingfisher Restaurant, Penyu Restaurant, Olives Restaurant and Noble House Restaurant. We choose Sunset Bar and Grill because this restaurant is located beside the beach. You can hear the sound of waves lapping the beach while enjoying your dinner. The restaurant was quite empty on a weekday. Only three tables were occupied including ours. Such a relaxing dinner as you can eat slowly while enjoying the sea breeze. We ordered two main dish - chicken and seabass. Chicken was good. It was tender and juicy. Grilled spring chicken served with potato chips, mushroom in garlic cream sauce on cri...

Nexus Lagoon Park Water World Karambunai - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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Nexus Lagoon Park Water World is managed by Nexus Resort and open for their in-house guest only. Operation hour: 9am - 3pm daily. It is located a short distance away (around five-minute drive) from Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai . You need to make a reservation at the hotel lobby tour desk before you proceed with the rides. We just took a short stroll and spotted plenty of tourist mainly from Korea. They were celebrating 2016 Winter festival from 19th to 24th April. Types of activities available: Viper ride, Membakut Mangrove tour, sunset or firefly cruise, batik painting, pottery painting, archery, water world park, blow pipe, lunch, parasailing, banana boat ride, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, water skiing, jet ski, boat ride, fun fishing trip, volleyball court and kayaking. Road to Nexus Lagoon Park Water World from Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai Lagoon Park Water World Karambunai Jetty & boat Jetty Donut boat ride Beach ...

Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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It's time for another short getaway and here we are at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai. They made us feel so welcomed with their smile and friendly gesture. Every corner when we bumped into them, they will greet us with the warmest smile. We stayed two nights in a Panorama Deluxe room comes with a king size bed, in room safe, study table, wall mounted LCD TV (local channels, BBC, Discovery, Disney, Star Sports, FOX, HBO, Star World, Australian Network, MTV, Phoenix, NHK and KBS World), in room slippers, bathrobe, iron & ironing board, hairdryer, separated hot/cold shower and bathtub, self controlled air conditioning, minibar with tea & coffee making facilities, 2 bottles of drinking water, mini fridge and toiletries. Spacious room with balcony facing the botanical garden. However, hotel and room looks a bit old and our bed blanket smells musty too. Spacious bathroom with good water pressure but inconsistency in the hot water flow and forceful massage due to the fixed...

Sunset at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

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Panoramic view - beach at Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai White sandy beach White sandy beach My shadow :) Spotted rubbish on the shore Rough waves Horseback riding on the beach Sunset Sunset Sunset Sunset Sunset Sunset Sunset blocked by the mountains Sunset Sunset