Sandakan
North Borneo's old capital, flattened in the war and rebuilt around the memory of the death marches. Sepilok's orangutans and the Kinabatangan river are why most people come.
Sandakan in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Sandakan
Where to stay in Sandakan
Sandakan in a day, two days, three
- Day 24 stops
- Sandakan Heritage Museum
- Sandakan Japanese Cemetery
- Sandakan War Monument
- St Mary's Cathedral
Landmarks in Sandakan
Agnes Keith House is a historic house museum in Sandakan District, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Berhala Island is a small forested island situated in Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 13 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Puu Jih Shih Temple is a Buddhist temple located at the hilltop of Tanah Merah at Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1987 and officiated by Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Chief Minister of Sabah at the time. It is the largest Chinese temple for the town and situated around 4 kilometres west of the town centre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sam Sing Kung Temple (also known as the Three Saints Temple) is a Chinese temple in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Built in 1887, the temple is the third oldest temple in Sandakan, after Goddess of Mercy Temple and Tam Kung Temple. It is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trail.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sandakan Heritage Museum is a museum located at the 1st floor of Wisma Warisan building in Sandakan of Sabah, Malaysia. The museum building is located next to the Sandakan Municipal Council and is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trail.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sandakan Japanese Cemetery is an old graveyard in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Dec 2025
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Sandakan Memorial Park is a memorial site built in the former grounds of the former Sandakan camp in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The site is dedicated as a memory for all prisoners in the camp who died during the Sandakan Death Marches, and to those died during a march to Ranau. It is also recognises the suffering and sacrifice of the native population.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Jul 2026
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St. Mary's Cathedral, or Sandakan Cathedral, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.5.840196°N 118.111502°E Founded in 1883, it is the oldest church in Sandakan.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Agnes Keith House is a historic house museum in Sandakan District, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Berhala Island is a small forested island situated in Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 13 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Puu Jih Shih Temple is a Buddhist temple located at the hilltop of Tanah Merah at Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1987 and officiated by Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Chief Minister of Sabah at the time. It is the largest Chinese temple for the town and situated around 4 kilometres west of the town centre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sam Sing Kung Temple (also known as the Three Saints Temple) is a Chinese temple in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Built in 1887, the temple is the third oldest temple in Sandakan, after Goddess of Mercy Temple and Tam Kung Temple. It is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trail.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sandakan Heritage Museum is a museum located at the 1st floor of Wisma Warisan building in Sandakan of Sabah, Malaysia. The museum building is located next to the Sandakan Municipal Council and is part of the Sandakan Heritage Trail.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sandakan Japanese Cemetery is an old graveyard in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Dec 2025
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
