Natural Fish Massage at Kg. Luantin, Ranau

I got to know about fish massage through an ex schoolmate in March this year but the one she went to in Kuala Lumpur was a man-made thing.

The fish massage available at Kg. Luantin is in the river. We were welcomed and briefed by the village head.

At present there are only three types of fishes that have been trained to massage the feet, back and front of the body, though not at the same time. They are as follows.

Garap/Pelian

Lontong

Buintol

On seeing that there were so many of us, the village head said that the fishes had been overworking and therefore may not be able to cater for all of us.

In the end only the boss’s second son who has smelly feet (also known as Hong Kong feet) went for the dip in the river for RM3. For someone who just wants to view the process, RM3 will be charged as well and RM5 is charged for a camera. Everything is too commercialised!

The people in our car decided not to stay and started our journey back to Kota Kinabalu.

Before we reached Kundasang, the rain was pouring. When we passed by the fruits and veges stalls, we were glad we did not leave it until on the way back to stop by to buy fruits and veges. Most of the stalls were closed due to the heavy downpour.

The rain and the mist caused visibility to only a few metres and therefore the journey back home took us almost two hours.