During CNY this year 2013, my dad suddenly came out with this unplanned trip, we are going to Labuan for the FIRST TIME.
Due to no knowledge and no experience, my dad asked around my relatives how to go, what is the schedule for the ferry, places interesting in Labuan and so on. My relatives were giving all different information especially the schedule for ferry.
My job is to search online about it, i had read so many blog by other people, the review of Labuan is not bad. The information that i got is so confusing, as different year, different company and different places of going had their own different schedule time and price. So, we decided to go to Menumbok ,which is 3 hours far from my house at Kudat and consider the most economic choice for us.
So, on that day, we arrived Menumbok at 8.30am, I queued up in front of the counter. You need to fill in a form which they provided on the desk, and also collect all the Malaysia IC from your whoever you going with. With Malaysia IC, you will get 50 % discount. If you are going to ferry with car, different type of car based on the engine power will have different pricing. For us, 6 adults (and one of them forget to bring IC ) and a Vigo Hilux car costed us around rm 65 if im not mistaken.
Yes, done dealing with all this kind of paper works !!
but the thing is, the ferry only arrived at 10.30am which we still have another 2 more hours to wait. The information that given by my relative 8.30 am and 9 am is wrong !!!!
Menumbok to Labuan schedule is only at 10.30am and 4pm.
i found information from this website is quite reliable, at least the schedule from what i experienced is correct.
but actually Menumbok is not the only place can reach Labuan, i think from Kota Kinabalu Jesselton Point is also not a bad choices for tourists who visit KK and stay at KK.
I found this through this website, updated and reliable , http://jesseltonpoint.com.my
If you want to save more time from waiting the ferry to arrive, you can try going by Speedboat service. Im not sure about the price for each individual.
Saw another small ferry on the sea.
Finally, the ferry arrived.
Before that, they provided a big car park for those who want to bring their car to Labuan.
Each car will queue up for their turn.
All the car arranged nicely with the help of the staff. Total in 5 lines.
The ferry has 3 floors, ground floor is for the cars, second is where there is lot of sitting area for passenger and highest is a wide big space to view great scenery.
The top floor.
Nice sky !
View of the terminal for speedboat from ferry top floor.
Met another old single floor ferry on the way to Labuan.
That day, maybe due to CNY, there is lots of people on the ferry, i couldn't get a seat at second floor, so i sat on the stair from ground floor. Fresh windy sea breeze is so nice and relaxing. Surprisingly, there is lots of people choose to sit on staircase, maybe it is more windy than sitting at second floor.
And also, i found that the toilet is so so clean, cleaner than some restaurant i been before.
Toilet is available at one of the side at Ground floor.
I took a photo of the window which i seldom see.
