Sandakan Memorial Park
A quiet park on the grounds of the wartime prisoner camp at Sandakan, remembering the prisoners who died on the marches to Ranau. It also recognises the suffering and sacrifice of the local people, and a memorial service is held here each 15 August.
- Where
- Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 5.8885, 118.0472
Get the Sandakan Memorial Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sandakan Memorial Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Sabah volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sandakan Memorial Park
Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre 11 km
A centre next to the orangutans at Sepilok that cares for, rehabilitates and releases Malayan sun bears, the smallest bears in the world. It was set up in 2008 by the wildlife biologist Wong Siew Te.
Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre 11 km
A centre about 25 kilometres west of Sandakan where orphaned orangutans learn to live in the forest again. From the viewing platforms you can watch them swing in through the trees at feeding time.
Turtle Islands Park 29 km
A marine park of three islands, Selingaan, Little Bakkungan and Gulisaan, in the Sulu Sea north of Sandakan. Green and hawksbill turtles come ashore on their beaches to lay eggs, and the hatchlings are released back to the sea.
Gomantong Caves 41 km
A cave system inside Gomantong Hill, the largest limestone outcrop in the lower Kinabatangan. Swiftlets nest high on its walls, and their edible nests are gathered by collectors climbing rattan ladders and ropes.
Kinabatangan River 43 km
Malaysia's second longest river, running 560 kilometres from the hills of south-west Sabah to the Sulu Sea. Its lower reaches wind through riverine forest, oxbow lakes and mangrove, where boats pass proboscis monkeys and hornbills.
Danum Valley Conservation Area 116 km
438 square kilometres of lowland rainforest in Sabah, left largely undisturbed. Bornean orangutans, gibbons, clouded leopards and more than 270 kinds of bird live here, and jungle treks, river swims and night walks lead into it.
Kinabalu Park 157 km
Malaysia's first World Heritage Site, a park set up in 1964 around Mount Kinabalu. Its forests climb from lowland jungle to mountain scrub and hold more than 4,500 species of plants and animals, among them 326 kinds of bird.
Mount Kinabalu 166 km
At 4,095 metres, the highest mountain in Malaysia and in all of maritime Southeast Asia, rising over Sabah's west coast. Climbers spend a night on its slopes to reach the bare granite summit plateau at dawn.
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Questions
Where is Sandakan Memorial Park?
Sandakan Memorial Park is in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (11 km), Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre (11 km), Turtle Islands Park (29 km).
How do I get the Sandakan Memorial Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sandakan Memorial Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sabah volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sandakan Memorial Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sabah volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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