Kinabalu Park

Taman Kinabalu (Ibu Pejabat)

Cool forest below a 4,095 m peak, a World Heritage park

Hours

8am–5pm; botanical garden last entry 3pm (Sabah Parks)

Tickets

Conservation fee for foreigners RM50 (18+), RM25 (17 and under); botanical garden RM5 (Sabah Parks). Park-and-Poring day tours ran about US$45–86 per adult in a September 2026 comparison

Address

Park headquarters on the Kota Kinabalu–Ranau road, about 92 km from the city

Two hours of winding mountain road and the air turns cool, with Mount Kinabalu's jagged granite crown standing right in front of you. Around the park headquarters there are mossy forest trails and the Kinabalu botanical garden, so you get a taste of montane forest without climbing anything. Day tours usually stop at the Nabalu viewpoint and the Kundasang fruit market, come here, then carry on to Poring Hot Springs. After about 10am the peak tends to disappear into cloud.