Rasa Ria Sabah

... it isn't so bad.  Then we were taken to Tuaran, the town we were going to be staying in where the apartment was. The Rasa Ria it was not!! The apartment seemed ok at first but got worse as the week went on with various annoyances which I wont harp on ...

Så er det sidste sted på turen. 11 dage på Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort, et luksushotel med pool, strand, 5 restauranter, eget orangutang rehabiliteringscenter, golfbane og meget meget mere. Hotellet ligger ud til vandet med udsigt til Mount Kinabalu.  ...

... with much respect.   For part of our visit we stayed on the beach east along the coast from KK, at the Shangri La Rasa Ria. This is a wonderfully managed resort set on a white sandy beach, and serves delicious food. This of course is not our main ...

... at Da Jia Lai. It is two shop lot behind Supertanker Restaurant. Our crabs had eggs and were yummy! Tip: a good restaurant is Salut. It is near Rasa Ria Resort and Karambunai Resort. They rear their own crabs and shrimps. Seafod is cheap ...

... Resort (30 mins from town) Sun 01AUG Booked local day tour but car did not turn up - broke down apparently, so instead took a cab to visit to Rasa Ria Resort - Orang-utan sanctuary Mon 02AUG Last day relaxing at resort Tue 03AUG Overnight flight ...

We went back to KK via Tuaran as we wanted to have a look at The Shangri-La's Rasa Ria resort, which was having a promotion at the time, as were most of the big tourist places hit by the plunge in tourism since September 11. We had a look around but ...

... killing or keeping them as pets.  Orang utans are the closest to humans in DNA having 96% the same genes.  Currently Rasa Ria has six orphans between the ages of two and four, that are being taught to fend for themselves and will eventually be ...

We spent a lovely couple of days at the Rasa Ria resort on the coast just north of Kota Kinabalu. Located in a huge open sandy bay, the hotel was true luxury for a couple of nights - highly recommended for a romantic getaway - although it wasn't ...

... this time with a backdrop of hills and mountains. Not far was Malaysia's highest peak, the appropriately named Mount Kinabalu.   The Rasa Ria Shangri-La Hotel was opulence to the extreme. It had its own private golf course for God's sake, as well as ...

... the platforms but these were bigger and older than the ones we saw as Rasa Ria.  The group viewing was bigger than at Rasa Ria and the feeding platforms were further a way so it was a less intimate experience.  As the orang utans were older they ...

... they are 7 or 8 years, as they have a lot to learn before they can survive in the forest alone.  The ones at Rasa Ria, stay there until they are old enough to fend for themselves where they are then taken to Sepilok and gradually released back into ...