Kinabalu Park & Poring Hot Springs Tour with Desa Dairy Farm
Description
Journey to the heights of the Crocker Range – the highest peaks in Sabah – and submerge into calming sulfuric baths at Poring Hot Springs. Marvel at majestic sights along the mountains, stroll through beautiful Poring Nature Reserve Park, and walk along the treetops of the rainforest canopy. - Kinabalu Park is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site - Spectacular biodiversity of flora & fauna in the rainforest - Impressive views from a 134-foot (41-m) canopy walk - Chance to take a dip at Poring Hot Springs & Nature Reserve - Serene natural surroundings of the countryside, hills & park - Views of highest peak in Malaysia at 13,435 feet (4,095 m)
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Itinerary
0730hrs depart from city hotel
The drive takes about 1.5 hours through scenic countryside and beautiful mountain range. On the way, stop by at the Nabalu Fruit Market.
Desa Cow Farm is the home of the local Desa milk brand and the farm is popular with both locals and tourists, and it's not hard to see why! With a breathtaking view of the majestic Mount Kinabalu overlooking verdant pastures, it's no wonder it's named 'The Little New Zealand' of Sabah.
Afternoon, lunch at local restaurant. Depart to Poring Hot Spring with another 45 minutes drive through the countryside passing through Kundasang's vegetable growing town
Upon arrival, take a 20 minutes hike to reach the Canopy Walkway. Experience the height of 200 feet above ground from top of the tree.
Or you may just take a dip in the open air Japanese styled bathtub which the hot sulphuric water is believed to have curative powers
Kinabalu Park, the World Heritage Site covers an area of 754 sq km was gazetted as a park in 1964.The basis for the establishment of a protected area in Kinabalu were formed after a report from the Royal Society Kinabalu Scientific expedition in 1962-1964 led by Prof. Corner. It is the first Park in the Malaysian Borneo's state of Sabah.
Enjoy the view of Mount Kinabalu from Kinabalu Park.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Free hotel pick up & drop off from your hotel located at Kota Kinabalu City Centre (1km radius). An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 1km radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Proper hiking shoes, hat / cap, warm jacket, raincoat, personal toiletries etc.
- All entrances are subject to business hour
- 1 Borneo Hotels & Outskirt Hotels Pick up & drop-off additional charges applied. Additional USD 9 per person
- Minimum 4 travelers is required to operate this tour, we have the right to cancel if travelers is not enough
- Surcharge 30% to be applied during super peak / festive season & must be paid on the day of travel
Reviews(4)
A very long day but most of it spent on the road. Kinabalu Park is like a little village centre with market and souvenir shops but all shops sell the same stuffs. Views of Mt Kinabalu is not exactly spectacular here. The gelato at Desa Farm is good, very sunny here though temperature not that high. Poring Hot Spring is just so-so, the waterfall is a disappointment. Overall not enjoyable especially the guide did not give much commentary about the places and history. He's quiet most of the time.
Really good day! Our guide was very knowledge and happy to answer any questions. Great day with a real variety of activities. The canopy walk was the real highlight! Fabulous scenery and views!
Do not travel with this company. We paid over $500 for a tour to mount kinabalu park and botanic gardens. We specifically chose a tour that didn’t go to the dairy farm (we live in dairy farm country and we’re not interested in this). We specifically wanted to go to the botanic gardens and mount kinabalu park which we booked. I even contacted the tour company to check on the pick up time and they told me that we were the only ones on the tour so I was a bit surprised when the bus was full. We got on our tour bus at 7am and they took us on a three hour drive which went to the dairy farm! When we questioned this as it wasn’t on our tour the driver just told us it was on his itinerary. So we thought it was just something that was on all the tours but then we discovered that we went going to go to the botanic gardens or Kinabalu park at all. We were 4 hours into the tour and couldn’t do anything but stay on the bus and complain to the company “Viator” when we got back. This company has refused to refund us for the tour which we paid for but they didn’t provide. They obviously put us on another tour as they wanted to save money as there would have been two half full tours otherwise, even though they were different tours. This is fraudulent behaviour when they take your money and don’t provide the service you have paid for. Don’t go with them. The tour that we went on was 81/2 hours on a bus and all we saw was a dairy warm (really why?), a market which was half closed the only thing open were stalls selling bits of food, and a lunch stop and visit to the canopy wall and hot pools (concrete baths full of hot water). It was not worth the 8+ hours of driving in an uncomfortable bus. We arrived back at 7pm (12 hours later!)
We sincerely apologize for the experience you had during your tour. Your feedback is extremely important to us, and we deeply regret that your trip did not meet your expectations. It is clear from your review that there was a significant misunderstanding and miscommunication regarding the itinerary. We take full responsibility for not delivering the tour you specifically booked and paid for. This is not the standard of service we aim to provide, and we are truly sorry for the inconvenience and disappointment this caused you. Please know that we are investigating this matter thoroughly to ensure such an issue does not happen again. We are committed to improving our services and ensuring our customers receive the experiences they expect and deserve. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We hope you will give us another opportunity to provide you with a much better experience in the future. Safe travels!
Amazing trip. Park Kinabalu is really unique in its nature and animals. The preserved nature allows you to truly experience the very old forest.
