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A person preparing food on a bamboo mat with various utensils and ingredients. 1
A sign for Mari Mari Cultural Village with a map and legend. 2
A group of people standing in front of a sign that reads "WELCOME TO MAR MARI Cultural Village." 3
A person holding a yellow snake in a forest. 4
A group of people in a forested area with a person gesturing, possibly giving a tour or explanation. 5
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Free cancellation available
Price is ฿2,985 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Learn about traditional Sabahan life and the daily routines of Borneo’s ethnic groups at the Mari Mari Cultural Village. Watch a variety of demonstrations including blowpipe making, fire starting, and tattooing. Eat Sabahan delicacies during a buffet lunch and enjoy some wine tasting. You're accompanied by your guide to this open-air museum, with hotel transport by minivan from Kota Kinabalu.

    Choose from Tour Option   09:00 am / 1:00 pm / 5:00 pm.

Activity location

  • Mari Mari Cultural Village
    • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Mari Mari Cultural Village
    • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Check availability

City Centre Pickup 13:00 pm

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Kota KInabalu Hotels: Pickup & Drop off from Kota Kinabalu City Hotel
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 13:00
Price details
฿2,984.58 x 2 Adults฿5,969.16
Total
Price is ฿5,969.16
Until Tue, 1 Sep

City Centre Pickup 9:00am

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Kota Kinabalu Hotels: Pickup & Drop off from Kota Kinabalu City Centre Hotels.

Optional Departure at 09:00 hrs from hotel lobby

to Mari Mari Cultural Village
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
฿2,984.58 x 2 Adults฿5,969.16
Total
Price is ฿5,969.16
Until Tue, 1 Sep

Outskirt Hotel Pickup 1:00pm

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Surcharge for pickup & drop off Hotels located outside of Kota Kinabalu City Centre. Outskirt Hotels: Radius of 10 km and above from City Centre.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 13:00
Price details
฿3,084.07 x 2 Adults฿6,168.14
Total
Price is ฿6,168.14
Until Tue, 1 Sep

Outskirt Hotel Pickup 9:00am

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

Kota Kinabalu Outskirt Hotel : Surcharge for pickup & drop off Hotels located outside of Kota Kinabalu City Centre. Outskirt Hotels: Radius of 10 km and above from City Centre.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
฿3,084.07 x 2 Adults฿6,168.14
Total
Price is ฿6,168.14
Until Tue, 1 Sep

K.K Intl Cruise Terminal

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

International Cruise Terminal : International Cruise Terminal Kota Kinabalu Pickup & Dropoff

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 12:00
Price details
฿5,637.54 x 2 Adults฿11,275.08
Total
Price is ฿11,275.08
Until Tue, 1 Sep
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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Hi Tea for 1 pm session
  • Inclusions
    Driver/guide
  • Inclusions
    Transport by air-conditioned minivan 6 pax & above
  • Inclusions
    Buffet lunch for 9 am session
  • Inclusions
    Transport by Innova 5 pax & below
  • Inclusions
    Live Borneo Cultural Dance Performance
  • Inclusions
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses

Know before you book

    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • No refunds for cancellation received within 24 hours' notice
    • Cruise Passengers take note Morning Session starts at 10.00am
    • Cruise Passengers take note Afternoon Session starts at 2.00pm

Activity itinerary

Mari Mari Cultural Village

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
Mari Mari Cultural Village is located deep in the countryside away from the city. The village operates a museum that preserves Borneo's ethnic cultures. it aims to share the knowledge , history , culture and tradition of Borneo with you so it it not forgotten.

Sabah

  • 20m
The Kadazandusun of Sabah are traditionally paddy cultivators. While those living in the hills and and further inland cultivate dry paddy, the inhabitants of coastal plains and valley grow the wet variety.

Sabah

  • 20m
A Rungus Longhouse is made up of 7 to 15 family apartments. Traditional longhouse house is build from wood, bamboo and atap (palm leaves). To avoid flood and wildlife such as snake, the house is lift off the ground by stilts made of hard wood such as bogil, belian ironwood, mangrove wood and manzalangan. The roof is dry palm leaves of sago or nipah and needs to be replaced every 3 to 5 years.

Sabah

  • 20m
Lun Bawang people are traditionally agriculturalists , rearing poultry , pigs and buffaloes. Lun Bawang are also known to be hunters & fishermen. Meat & Fish are brined or pickled using salt and is stored in hallow bamboo stalks for a duration of a month. Meat & Fish are also preserve by smoking. Salt is obtain from evaporating brine from salt springs.

Sabah

  • 20m
Bajau are commonly known to westerners as Sea Gypsies. Originally seafarers, their are now two distinct groupsEast Coast Bajau & West Coast Bajau. The west coast Bajau has settle down and learn the art of farming & cattle rearing. Their skills in horsemanship is very known locally. They are the famous cowboys of Sabah. The east coast Bajau however still live i traditional ways. Fishing is their main activities and some are still nomadic boat dwellers. The Bajau are skilled fishermen.

Sabah

  • 20m
The Murut were the last of Sabah ethnic group to renounce headhunting. The Murut were shifting cultivators or hill paddy & tapioca , supplementing their diet with blowpipe hunting and with some fishing. They live in communal longhouses usually near rivers , using the rivers as their highways.

Location

Activity location

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    Mari Mari Cultural Village
    • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Mari Mari Cultural Village
    • Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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