Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PARK HEADQUARTERS (AT THE BASE)
Restoran Kinabalu Balsam $$
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(dishes RM5-15; 6am-10pm, to 11pm weekends)
The cheaper and more popular of the
two options in the park is this canteen-style spot directly below the park HQ. It offers ba-
sic but decent Malaysian, Chinese and Western dishes at reasonable prices. There is also a
small but well-stocked shop in Balsam selling tinned and dried foods, chocolate, beer,
spirits, cigarettes, T-shirts, bread, eggs and margarine.
CAFETERIA
CAFETERIA
Liwagu Restaurant $$
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(dishes RM10-30; 6am-10pm, to 11pm weekends)
In the visitors centre, there's a huge
range of dishes, including noodles, rice and seafood standards. An 'American breakfast' is
pretty ordinary here.
Getting There & Away
It is highly advised that summit-seekers check in at the park headquarters by 9am, which
means if you're coming from KK, you should plan to leave by 7am, or consider spending
the night somewhere near the base of the mountain.
Bus
Express buses (RM25) leave KK from the Utara Terminal bus station every hour on the
hour from 7am to 10am and at 12:30pm, 2pm and 3pm, and leaves at the same times in
the reverse directions; minivans (RM15) leave from the same area when full. A shuttle
bus (RM40) also runs from the Pacific Sutera (9am), the Magellan Sutera (9.10am) and
Wisma Sabah (9.20am) to Kinabalu National Park HQ, arriving at 11.30am (RM40). In
the reverse direction, it leaves Kinabalu National Park HQ at 3.30pm. There is also a
shuttle bus from Kinabalu National Park HQ to Poring Hot Springs at noon (RM25) and
another at 3.30pm (RM25) to Mesilau Nature Resort. Express buses and minivans travel-
ling between KK and Ranau (and Sandakan) pass the park turn-off, 100m uphill from the
park entrance. You can go to Sandakan (RM40) if the bus has room.
