[Must-visit list in life｜Malaysia’s highest peak] Mount Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu: It is the highest mountain in Sabah, Malaysia and the highest peak in Southeast Asia, with an altitude of 4,095 meters. It attracts tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists to climb every year. 1. Application: You need to apply for a climbing permit, which can be applied through the official website of the Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Department or its approved travel agencies. When applying for a climbing permit, you need to fill in personal information, climbing route, climbing date and other relevant information, and you also need to pay the corresponding fees. Foreigners need to provide passport number, visa information, personal information and other relevant information. In addition, in order to ensure climbing safety, climbers are required to sign a relevant disclaimer. 2. The price of climbing this mountain includes: climbing permit fee, guide fee, accommodation fee, food fee in the mountain house, transportation fee, entrance fee to Kinabalu Park, certificate fee, and luggage storage fee at the counter. 3. The climbing routes include general climbing of Low's Peak or via ferrata. This via ferrata is the longest and highest via ferrata route in the world, called Low's Peak Circuit. The Low's Peak Circuit route is 11 kilometers long and has a climbing height of more than 3,800 meters. It includes some steep cliffs and bridges across narrow cliffs, so a certain level of climbing experience and physical strength is required. Climbers need to undergo some training and preparation before climbing to ensure safety. The Low's Peak Circuit routes are mainly divided into two different difficulty levels, including: (1) Walk the Torq: This is an easier route, suitable for climbers with no climbing experience. This route is 2-3 hours long and has three cliff faces and a suspension bridge. (2) Low's Peak Circuit: This is a more difficult route that requires certain climbing experience and physical strength. The route is 6-8 hours long and features two suspension bridges, a rope net bridge, a pulley, and other challenges climbing and traversing the steep cliff faces. *Climbing the Low's Peak Circuit route requires the assistance of a professional climbing team, who will provide climbing equipment, safety training, climbing guidance and rescue services. The fee usually includes climbing permit, climbing team fee, climbing equipment rental fee and climbing insurance fee, which ranges from about US$500 to US$800 per person. The specific fee depends on factors such as the climbing team and route you choose. 4. Season: The hiking season is from March to August, as this period is relatively dry and stable. 5. Plants: Mount Kinabalu has a rich natural ecology with a variety of tropical rainforest plants, including many endangered and endemic species. (1) Beech (Shorea sp.): is a large deciduous tree that can often be seen on climbing routes. Beech is one of Malaysia's national trees. Its wood is strong and durable and is often used in construction, furniture and shipbuilding. (2) Magnolia spp.: It is a common tree with beautiful white flowers and large dark green leaves. The flowers of the Catalpa ovata are one of the representative plants of Mount Kinabalu. (3) Cycad (Cibotium barometz): Also known as "fern", it is a tropical rainforest plant that can be seen along climbing routes and near mountaintops. (4) Dendrobium crumenatum: an orchid that grows on trees and rocks at high altitudes. The flower of the real Dendrobium officinale has a peculiar shape, described as a "pig nose", and is a species unique to Mount Kinabalu. (5) Flyweed (Nepenthes spp.): A carnivorous plant native to tropical rain forests that grows in moist soil and on rocks. Its leaves have many funnel-shaped organs that attract insects to fly in and then be digested. On the side of a climbing route, it can be seen on rocks or dirt beside the trail. 6. Peaks: (1) Low's Peak: 4095.2 meters high, it is the main goal and highest point of climbing Jinbao Mountain. (2) South Peak: With a height of 3,903 meters, it is another higher peak that you will pass when climbing Jinbao Mountain. The mountain you climb for RM100 is South Peak. 7. Mountain House: (1) LABAN RATA RESTHOUSE: Foreign climbers who do not participate in the Via Ferrata usually stay in this room. The maximum number of occupants per day is 160. It has food, hot water, bathroom, toiletries, towels, quilts, mattresses, bunk beds, double beds, charging sockets, and a shop selling goods (postcards). It is very high-end! (2) PENDANT HUT: All climbers who participate in Via Ferrata stay here. Applications must be made through a travel agency. The beds come with sleeping bags, not quilts. There is also the tallest mailbox in Malaysia where you can send postcards, which will be stamped with the Mount Kinabalu stamp. (3) LEMAING HUT: Cheap, but foreign climbers cannot stay there. It has only 28 beds. #Malaysia #MalaysiaMount Kinabalu #MalaysiaAttractions ##MalaysiaTravel##malaysia #malaysiatrip