Mount Kinabalu News & Updates

15 Sep 2022

A teacher from Kedah recently made a police report after she and her two friends suffered a loss worth RM18,000 to a man claiming to be a Mount Kinabalu guide.

12 Sep 2022

A 90-year-old man recently scaled Mount Kinabalu, breaking the record for the oldest Malaysian to do so!

22 Jul 2022

Climbing mountains is often used as a metaphor for life. These “sleeping giants” of the natural world can represent not only our life’s obstacles and challenges, but our perserverance and ability to overcome despite the odds. Today, we are honoured to share with you the giants who conquered a mountain. Individuals who have overcome the metaphorical mountain of life achieving yet another summit - that of Mount Kinabalu.

21 Jul 2022

Mount Kinabalu in Sabah will soon have a historic Fire Station at the Gunting Lagadan Hut area on Mount Kinabalu. It will be the world’s highest fire station at an altitude of 3,382 metres above sea level and will be the operations centre of The Mount Kinabalu Search and Rescue Team (Mosar), a team of firefighters specialised with competent expertise to conduct rescue tasks in mountainous conditions.

08 Aug 2022

Updated: Please take note that all the trails in Kinabalu Park are now open as usual.

26 Apr 2022

A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale was detected in Kundasang at 9.28am today.

28 Feb 2022

Lucky climbers were greeted by snowfall over the summit of Mount Kinabalu early this morning at approximately 7:00 AM!

01 Mar 2022

A new ruling came into effect whereby travellers who are fully vaccinated and recently recovered from Covid-19 infection need not undergo quarantine.

24 Dec 2022

Summit Closure Dates for 2022
- January 7
- April 8, 9, 10, 28
- July 7, 10, 28
- August 16
- September 18
- October 17, 18
- November 1, 22
- December 11, 24

26 Jan 2023

Mount Kinabalu is now open for booking, and we welcome all travellers. Please follow these SOPs.

26 Jan 2023

The wait is finally over! Mount Kinabalu has officially reopened for climbing activities for all!

In addition, Sabah Parks has issued a new list of SOP guidelines for Mount Kinabalu operations which will take effect from 1st January 2022 onwards.

16 Jun 2021

In accordance with the "Conditional Movement Control Order" issued by the Malaysian Government to curb the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases across Sabah, Kinabalu National Park and Mount Kinabalu Climb Operations will be temporarily closed until 28 June 2021.

We are contacting our guests whose tours are impacted during this tour suspension period to offer suitable alternatives for their travel plans. For those who have made bookings with us on the above-mentioned dates, you may reschedule your tour to a new date before 31 December 2021. We urge our valued guests whose trips are impacted to hold off from calling or contacting us unless your climbing dates are within 48 hours due to possible waiting time.