Roadside Fruits Market in Ranau, Mount Kinabalu

Roadside Fruits Market

Crowded with tourists


King of the fruits, DURIAN





On our way back to Kota Kinabalu, our bus stopped at a roadside fruits market in Renau. The place was crowded with locals as well as tourists. There are many fruits on sale including the king of fruits, the durians.

Poring Hot Springs in Kinabalu National Park

Poring Hot Spring

Map of the Hot Springs area

The Hot Springs baths


The Hot Springs


The Poring Hot Springs, located 40km from the Kinabalu National Parks's Headquarters, has open-air hot sulphur baths set amidst a landscaped garden.

Canopy Walkway in Kinabalu Park

Postcard of the Canopy Walkway

Canopy Walkway

Notice by Sabah Park

Pondok Manggas ( Station)


Canopy Walkway is a canopy of the Menggaris Tree - the king of the tree. (Tallest, Strongest and Sturdiest tree in the Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia's 1st World Heritage Site.

We had to trek through the rainforest for one hour to get up to the Canopy Walkway. We were thrilled to witness life in the treetops as we walked along the 100ft high Canopy Walkway. It was quite an experience in going through the 5 stations and trekked back to the Poring Hot Spring area.

Rafflesia - Largest Flowers in the World

Postcard of Rafflesia

The Rafflesia was blooming in Kg Poring RANAU

Photograph of the Rafflesia

Advertisement on the roadside

The hut is where you pay RM30 each before you can go into the forest with their guide

Deep into the rainforest

The two Rafflesia from a distance

Two Rafflesia flowers blooming












We were lucky that our tour guide managed to find the Rafflesia which was blooming in the rainforest. We had to trek deep into the rainforest for 5 minutes to see the blooming RAFFLESIA, the world largest flower in Kinabalu Park area, Kampong Poring Ranau. We had to pay RM30 each to go with the guide to see and take some photographs to share with you.

There is a foul smell coming from the flowers but the misty air in the rainforest neutralised it. Overall, it was quite an experience to see the World largest Flower, the Rafflesia.

Air Panas - Taman Kinabalu

Hot Spring - Mount Kinabalu













The montane oak-chestnut forest at park headquarters gives way to lowland dipterocarp forest at Poring on the eastern boundary.

Once in the Park, rejuvenate your body and mind at the Poring Hot Springs, a natural health spa where can relax in open-air Japanese-style baths amidst a tropical rainforest setting.