キナバル公園とポーリン温泉への日帰りガイド付きツアー

An early morning start with our tour guide Michael picking us up at 07:20 and we were a small group of 9 people in a van. The first stop was a market place with an observatory platform and Mount Kinabalu in the background. The 2nd stop was Desa Dairy Farm where we had the chance to feed baby calves and view the mommy cows in the barn. We also had ice cream made from the cow's milk. Traffic was horrible on the way to the 3rd stop, the Rafflesia garden to see the largest flowers but the entrance fee of 30MYR is quite expensive. We had lunch at a restaurant in front of Kinabalu park and it was a good lunch. We spent about 1.5 hours walking around the park, visiting the waterfalls, hot springs and butterfly garden. Too bad the canopy walkway was closed. Afterwards we passed by the fish spa and the market place with barbecued pork for sale. On the way back to KKCC, it was raining so hard and the wind was strong, but our driver brought us back to our hotel safely by 08:00 pm.

The nature in Borneo is so beautiful, I wish I could have spent more time in Kinabalu Park. The guide was kind and made me laugh with jokes. The tour was delicious and satisfying, including the food. The driver is safe, so I feel at ease.

The park was beautiful and our guide was very familiar with local history and botany. However, the hike was much shorter than we had anticipated. The visit to the local market was clearly a money grab and not appreciated. The hot springs were way too commercial and not enjoyable. We had heard that the best part of Proing Hot Springs was the canopy tour and that was closed on the day of our tour. Very disappointing.

Wonderful, the experience is very fun, not recommended for people with vertigo....the only catch is that we could not relax during the trip because the driver was a little tired and seemed to fall asleep. Otherwise all great, the guide was a charm.

Had a great day on the tour. Our tour guide helped me with the hike as I didn’t think I’d be able to finish. He was great and very knowledgeable about all the plants and had a lot of information that he shared. The whole tour was very good and included a lot of different spots and additional options. I really recommend this tour.

I will try to be fair with this review. We did in fact (just about) do all of the things mentioned on the website. We were also able to see a rafflesia blooming as a bonus. Our tour guide didn’t really seem to know much about the flower, nor the history of the poring hot springs. Furthermore, we almost didn’t make it into the Kinabalu park in time and did not have time to see the botanical gardens in time (that would have been a highlight for me). The bus went to the wrong location for our accommodation, and perhaps due to this reason, we left 30 minutes later than scheduled. I felt that the tour guide was poorly organised. I am almost giving a 2/5, but I will (perhaps generously) give a 3/5 because it was just about “adequate”. Any worse and I would have asked for my money back. Sadly, I would avoid this tour.