Weston Wetland River Cruise

Weston Wetland River Cruise is a nature-based river cruise attraction on the Weston River in Weston, Beaufort District, Sabah. Located about 100 km south of Kota Kinabalu, it operates within a mangrove and nipah wetland ecosystem. It is notable for wildlife viewing, particularly proboscis monkeys, long-tailed macaques, birds and fireflies, and for sunset cruises through the wetland waterways.

Visitors board small motorized boats at the Weston Wetland Park jetty for a guided cruise along the Weston River and its tributaries. The setting is a lowland mangrove and nipah palm wetland with calm, brown-water channels. Visitors can expect to cruise through mangrove forests, observe proboscis monkeys and other wildlife along riverbanks in late afternoon, watch sunset over the river, and after dark observe fireflies congregating on mangrove trees. The experience is guided and includes jetty facilities and life jackets.

Weston was an early settlement and former terminus of the North Borneo Railway in the late 19th to early 20th century before the terminus was moved to Beaufort. The surrounding Weston River wetlands have traditionally supported fishing and nipah-related livelihoods and later developed as an ecotourism site for river cruises.

The wetland area reflects the riverine lifestyle of local communities in Beaufort District, with traditional fishing villages and use of nipah palms. The river cruise highlights local appreciation of the mangrove ecosystem and its wildlife, particularly the proboscis monkey which is an iconic species of Sabah's wetlands.