By ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

With photo contributions from Yusuf Madi, Gab Mejia, and the park management of Kinabalu National Park.

Kinabalu National Park

Kinabalu National Park measures 753.70 square kilometres, covering the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Marudu, and Ranau, Sabah.

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Summit of Mt Kinabalu (2019) by ASEAN Centre for BiodiversityASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

The Mountain

Housing two of the largest mountains in Malaysia, Mt Kinabalu (highest) and Mt Tambayukon (3rd highest), it is one of the most popular attractions of Sabah state.

Kinabalu river (2013) by Rhia C. GalsimASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Its highest peak and the world’s youngest granite pluton, Mt Kinabalu is at 4,101 metres, and it continuously rises by five millimetres per year. 

Meanwhile, Poring Hot Spring is the lowest elevation in the Park at 550 metres, lying close to the Park's southern boundary.

The Park is known to be one of the richest national parks in the world for its immense collection of flora species.

Pitcher plant, N. Villosa, 2013, From the collection of: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
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Sleeper orchid 2, Kinabalu National Park, 2004, From the collection of: ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
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Sleeper orchid (2004) by Kinabalu National ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Unique Flora

Famous slipper orchids; buttercups; climbing madder; Rosaceous trees; pitcher plants; Ficus species; ginger species; Rafflesia pricei and Rafflesia keithii; ferns; Rhododendron species.

Kinabalu butterfly (2004) by Kinabalu National ParkASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Unique Fauna

Deer, bearded pig, gibbon, honey bear, orangutans, squirrels, black shrew, Kinabalu shrew, Kinabalu friendly warbler,mountain blackbird; mountain blackeye; chestnut-capped laughingthrush.

View of Mount Kinabalu (2012) by ASEAN Centre for BiodiversityASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Habitat Types

Hill dipterocarp forest; sub-montane forest dominated by Lauraceae and Fagaceae; stunted upper montane heath rhododendron forests; bare granite massif.

Kinabalu at night (2018) by Gab MejiaASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

The Park is also comprised of six unique major topographical features: peaks and plateaus; gullies, rivers, streams and waterfalls; hot springs and caves; granite slabs at the slopes of the summit.

Peak of Mt Kinabalu (2021) by Yusuf MadiASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Learn more about Kinabalu National Park

Visit sabahparks.org.my/kinabalu-park

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