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Choosing a Mount Kinabalu Package is an important step into making your stay a very pleasant one. If you’re traveling to Malaysia or touring the island of Borneo, then you want to make the most of your trip. Planning ahead will ensure that you get to see everything and do all that you possibly can in the short time that you have.
First of all, let’s take a look at the map and see where Mount Kinabalu is. If you look in your atlas, first you must find the island of Borneo. You will then see the area of Sabah, on the western coast. The tallest peak around is Mount Kinabalu, located in the beautiful Kinabalu National Park. To make sure you get the best experience possible when climbing the mountain, you should get a Mount Kinabalu Package. The most common option is a "3 days, 2 nights" package. This way, you will get to explore a bit of the national park and relax instead of simply running up and down the mountain.
First of all, let’s take a look at the map and see where Mount Kinabalu is. If you look in your atlas, first you must find the island of Borneo. You will then see the area of Sabah, on the western coast. The tallest peak around is Mount Kinabalu, located in the beautiful Kinabalu National Park. To make sure you get the best experience possible when climbing the mountain, you should get a Mount Kinabalu Package. The most common option is a "3 days, 2 nights" package. This way, you will get to explore a bit of the national park and relax instead of simply running up and down the mountain.
_When choosing a Mount Kinabalu Package, check that it will offer at least the following:
- Transportation from your hotel in Kota Kinabalu to the Kinabalu headquarters and back
- Park entrance fee included, as well as climbing permit
- A mandatory guide, which speaks English
- Insurance, which is very important, given that you are going hiking
- Transfers from the Mesilau or Timpohon gate to the headquarters and back
- 8 meals for the three days and 2 nights of your trip
- Two night lodgings, one of which should be at Laban Rata, from where you will start the climb to the peak early in the morning
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A typical Mount Kinabalu Package should have a clear and set itinerary, looking
something like this:
- Day 1: hotel pickup and transfer to the national park, where you get to explore a bit of the park and its botanical garden. You should get lunch and dinner this day.
- Day 2: breakfast, then bus transfer to one of the gates, depending on which trail you choose. Begin the trek with a packed lunch, and have full dinner at the Laban Rata shelter, where you will spend the night. During the hike itself, you should be allowed to rest every kilometer.
- Day 3: it should begin extremely early; you begin the last 2.5 km of the trek to catch the sunrise on top of the mountain. You then return to the shelter for breakfast and then descent to the gate. Once back at the headquarters, you get your final meal and are taken back to your hotel in the city of Kota Kinabalu.
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Keep in mind that
you need very good hiking shoes, trekking boots that have been worn in, as well
as a headlamp for the early morning trek to the summit and a strong windproof
jacket, for the chilly morning and evening wind. Other than that, bring your
good mood and camera and the Mount Kinabalu
Package will take care of the rest.