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Agency
Information
LGM Tour & Travel Sdn Bhd is a registered travel agency in
Labuan. The agency provides travel and tourism related
services on behalf of suppliers such as airlines, car rentals,
cruise lines, hotels and package tours in Sabah.
Labuan
The Federal
Territory of Labuan comprises Labuan Island (75 km²) and six other
smaller islands (Pulau Burung, Pulau Daat, Pulau Kuraman, Pulau
Papan, Pulau Rusukan Kecil, and Pulau Rusukan Besar), which have a
combined total area of 91 km². Labuan Island is mainly flat and
undulating and the highest point is only 85 meters. Over 70% of the
island is still covered with vegetation. Victoria, also Bandar
Labuan in Malay, is the major town and faces Brunei Bay; access is
via ferry service to Brunei and Kota Kinabalu, as well as
Labuan Airport.
Labuan is only 8 km or twenty minute boat ride from Menumbok, a
small fishing town in Sabah. High speed air-conditioned ferries ply
daily to Labuan from Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei. The trip from Kota
Kinabalu, capital of Sabah takes about 3 hours and about an hour
from Brunei. It is roughly equidistant from Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala
Lumpur, Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. There are direct flights
from Kuala Lumpur as well as from Brunei.
There are several attractions and places of interest on Labuan.
The military cemetery contains various war graves and memorials to
the fallen of World War II. This includes British, Australian,
Indian, Sarawakian, Bruneian, North Borneo and Empire troops. There
is also a memorial celebrating the surrender of the Japanese to the
Australian Forces in 1945. There are also remnants of Labuan's
history as a Royal Navy Coaling station, including 'the chimney', a
well known local landmark. There is also a Labuan Maritime Museum.
Labuan is also the base for diving on four popular wreck dives: the
Cement wreck, the American wreck, (the first USS Salute), the
Australian wreck and the Blue Water wreck.
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