Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, of Malaysia.

[1] This beach has a lot of Casuarina equisetifolia trees (aru) there naming this town.

[2] It also has its own township called Tanjung Aru Town.

Other notable features include the Perdana Park, the Kinabalu Golf Club, the Kinabalu Yacht Club, and the Tanjung Aru railway station of Sabah State Railway.

[3] The neighbourhood of Tanjung Aru Village served as the 3rd Pit Stop in the 24th season of American edition of The Amazing Race and the 2nd Pit Stop in 4th season of the Asian version.