About the Kinabalu Park & Poring Hot Spring Tour:
Visit the national park that surrounds Mount Kinabalu on a Kinabalu Park & Poring Hot Spring Tour and experience Malaysia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. This day tour for a personalized experience, so you have plenty of time to hike nature trails, soak in mineral-rich pools, tour the rainforest canopy, and enjoy Borneo scenery at its most dramatic.
The main highlights of the Kinabalu Park & Poring Hot Spring Tour are:
Kinabalu Park: Kinabalu Park is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site, which is also the center of plant diversity for Southeast Asia. It features more than 5,000 vascular plant species and also boasts fauna as well.
Poring Hot Spring: A visit to Kinabalu Park will never be perfect without swinging by Poring hot springs. Here, you can de-stress and soak away the sores and aches of your muscles in the spring’s hot sulphuric minerals.
Nabalu Market: It is a famous market where you can find a rich variety of local products like fruits, vegetables, snacks, and handicrafts while enjoying the spectacular view of Mount Kinabalu.
Itinerary:
08:15 am: Pick-up from your hotel.
10:00 am: Stopping at Nabalu Market to buy local handicrafts and fruits.
10:15 am: Depart to Poring Hot Spring
11:00 am: Upon arrival, uphill walk through the Borneo tropical rainforest to the 41m high tree-top Canopy Walkway bring you back to nature. Hear the chirping calls of birds and insects that will surely relieve the stress of hectic city life.
12:30 pm: Lunch at a local restaurant.
1:30 pm: Proceed to Kinabalu park.
15:00 pm: Depart for Kota Kinabalu.
17:00 pm: Transfer back to the hotel.
Pick-up Time and location:
Kota Kinabalu city North- 8:00 am
Kota Kinabalu city center: 7:50 am
Kota Kinabalu city south: 7:50 am
Airport area: 7:45 am
1 Bornea area: 8:20 am
Outskirt area: 8:50 am
Note:
Not recommended guests with heart diseases to join canopy walk.
The camera/video fee is not included.
Kawa Kawa is located at Kota Belud, and if you are a nature lover, this is a good choice for you to explore the original mangrove.
In more than an hour's car ride away, you will enjoy the afternoon tea with local famous Penjaram pastries. After the meal, the tour guide will take you to get on a boat to start a romantic sunset mangrove tour. If you are lucky, you will have the opportunity to see Borneo Proboscis Monkey.
When the boat arrived in the estuary future, you will be able to board the beach, you do not like the binding on the boat. In order to leave no regrets, you can also take some pictures with friends and family.
Ended after sunset, tour guides will transfer you back to the jetty, and everybody together and enjoy a very nice Malay style dinner. Continue to search for fireflies after dinner. You will be surprised to find groups of twinning fireflies lit taillights perched on a tree, looks like a dazzling Christmas tree.
Itinerary:
13:30 pm: Depart for Kota Belud.
16:00 pm: Arrive Kota Belud Kawa Kawa area, enjoy a light refreshment.
17:00 pm: Expand Tour of Mangrove Creek.
17:30 pm: Transfer back to the jetty and enjoy local style dinner.
18:30 pm: Continue to Firefly trip.
19:30 pm: Transfer back to the hotel/lodge.
21:00 pm: Reach Kota Kinabalu city.
Pickup timings and locations:
Kota Kinabalu city North- 1:30 pm
Kota Kinabalu city center- 1:30 pm
Kota Kinabalu city South- 1:15 pm
Airport area- 1:15 pm
1Borneo area- 1:45 pm
Outskirt area- 2:15 pm