Poring Hot Spring & Nature Reserve

The source of the hot spring is under a big dark boulder in a steaming pond. Located just beside the open-air bath area.
This hot spring was first developed by the Japanese during World War Two. One is able to see and use the many open air and indoor Japanese style baths facilities. The hot water is channeled from the source where the temperature is hot enough to boil eggs. The temperature of the water can be regulated by mixing it with the cold water which is channeled from the nearby river.

The 2nd attraction of Kinabalu National Park is this Poring Hot Spring. (The 1st attraction being Mount Kinabalu). This natural spring where hot sulphurous water emits from the ground. Visitors came here to take bath in it. There are two selections of bathtub to choose from, depends on visitors needs – family or individual. It has open-air and private cabin bath with hot spring water that contains sulphur which believed to be good for skin.

Tourists came here to relax after climbed the Mount Kinabalu. Do come early to try the suspension bridge / canopy walk. Poring Hot Spring has many birds and wild animals such as flying lemurs, monkeys and orang utan.
In the compound are also campsite, restaurant, butterfly farms, orchid centre, cave and waterfalls. From the entrance, visitors walk a jungle path to the hot spring that took around 5 minutes.

Poring is just a small village near Ranau and Mount Kinabalu.
Visitors who visit Poring Hot Springs usually just go to the Canopy Walk and then soak in the hot springs before going back. But there is much more to Poring then just these two attractions. There is also the Butterfly Farm, Tropical Garden, Rafflesia Garden and two waterfalls – Kipungit and Langanan.

Other than the natural hot spring main attraction at Poring Hot Springs, there are also other interesting areas in the park to be visited such as the
1- Butterfly farm,
2- Poring Orchid Conservation Centre,
3- Tropical garden,
4- Poring canopy walkway,
5- Rafflesia flower site.

Point of attraction in Poring Hot Spring :
1- Hot Spring Bath - the main attraction
2- Butterfly farm - Very few butterfly. Close on Monday
3- Poring Orchid Conservation Centre,
4- Tropical garden,
5- Poring canopy walkway - 25 minutes walk from walkway ticket office to the canopy starting point.
6- Rafflesia flower site.
7- Kipungit Waterfall - 30 minutes walk from Hot Spring Bath. Small waterfall.
8- Langanan Waterfall - 2 hours walk from Hot Spring Bath. Big waterfall.

Canopy Walk
at Poring Hot Spring

Poring canopy walkway - 25minites walk from walkway ticket office to the canopy starting point.
A point of attraction in Poring Hot Spring is the Canopy Walk.

Besides the hot spring, one can also explore the popular Canopy Walk. The total distance to complete the circuit is 2 km and the Canopy Walk makes up about 200 metres of the circuit. Built some 50 m above the ground, one has to be bold and stout hearted to do this walk as the canopy can be shaky and looks flimsy at times. Take heart, these hanging bridges are tested everyday before they are opened to the public.

For those who stay overnight in Poring Hot Spring, you can do a bit of jungle trekking along the banks of a winding river. After an hour or so walk (shorter path route), you will be able to see a 10 m waterfall. The longer path route takes 3 hours to complete and ends with the view of a 100 m high waterfall.

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Kipungit Waterfall at Poring Hot Spring	Laganan Waterfall at Poring Hot Spring

1- Small Kipungit Waterfall is a 30 minute walk from Poring Hot Springs.	2- Big Laganan Waterfall, is an 2 hours walk from Poring Hot Springs.

Langanan Waterfall is 120 meter height. 7 km of two ways total hike take 4-5 hour. One way takes two hours to trek to the big Langanan Waterfall.

The small Kipungit Waterfall is much more accessible. It is only a 15-minute walk from the Canopy Walk ticket gate. 400m or 10 minutes walk from the canopy walk ticket gate

This is the highest waterfall in Poring. It is more than 120 metres in height and takes approximately 2 hours trekking through the lowland tropical forest (3.4km).

During holidays when the hot springs can be crowded, and the falls is one of the places where you can escape from the hordes of tourists.
The Kipungit Waterfall is not that high, but the waters can still look beautiful especially after a heavy rain the night before. The waterfall is surrounded by the tropical rainforest, and the cold, (but not icy-cold) waters is a great place for a swim or a frolic in the waters. The pool at the foot of the falls is not very deep (An adult can stand up above the waters), but care should still be taken since the place is deserted at times and you will find yourself being the only one there. It can be quite spooky then.

5 June 2015, an earthquake struck Ranau District with a moment magnitude of 6.0 which lasted for 30 seconds.
18 people died on Mount Kinabalu, 10 of them being students and a teacher from Tanjong Katong Primary School, Singapore while about 137 other people who were climbing the mountain were stranded for almost 2 days.

This Malaysia's First World Heritage Site is 100 km (2 hrs 30 minutes) from Kota Kinabalu City

Kampung Bundu Tuhan is a quiet and peaceful village. A chritian village started in the 1950s

Butterfly Park
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... located in Lake Gardens on the edge of downtown Kuala Lumpur

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Showroom contains thousands of preserved insects from different parts of the world.

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