Poring Hot Springs

Poring Hot Spring (Taman Kinabalu)

Sulphur springs in the jungle, mostly a foot soak

⚠ Canopy walk closed

Hours

8am–5pm (Sabah Parks)

Tickets

Conservation fee for foreigners RM50 (18+), RM25 (17 and under). Open tub RM10 for 3 hours, private indoor tub RM25–35 an hour, slide pool RM5, rafflesia viewing RM30 when in bloom (Sabah Parks)

Address

Poring, north of Ranau, the hot-spring section of Kinabalu Park

Sulphur-smelling water bubbles up in a valley below jungle hills. There are rows of open-air tiled tubs and pools, though most day-trippers just dip their feet and rest. For a proper soak you rent a private tub by the hour. A short forest walk from the entrance brings you to a cold stream-fed pool and a waterfall trail, and with luck a nearby farm will have a rafflesia in bloom, a flower the size of a human head.