A UNESCO Heritage site Kinabalu National Park is literally and figuratively overshadowed by the towering Mt Kinabalu, one of South East Asia’s highest peaks. While the latter draws a large number of visitors every year, spending time in the national park and exploring its many walking trails is very rewarding.
The park headquarters houses an interesting interpretation center that gives an overview of the astounding 4500 species of flora and fauna found there.
Our guide took us a short walk on the Silau Silau trail that let us experience the jungles firsthand. There’s something magical about being surrounded by the lush green jungle, reverberating with life!
Here are a few of the many interesting plants that we were introduced to by our guide. I haven’t been able to recollect all their names, and if you identify some that I haven’t please do let me know!
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| Ferns |
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| Alder Berries |
Orchids
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| Showy Asian Grapes |
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| Nepenthes or Pitcher Plant |
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| Jungle stream |
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| Trees that are probably hundreds of years old |
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| Magical Tree Canopies |
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This trip to Sabah was made possible by Tourism Malaysia.
15 Comments
Archana Kapoor
September 30, 2015 at 3:40 amAmazing candid shots Chaitali.. you are really good with the camera dearie
Arun Prasadh
September 30, 2015 at 3:48 amOhh beautiful pictures.
Indrani
September 30, 2015 at 3:57 amAmazing captures. It is a wonderful opportunity for all photographers.
Sri Kri
September 30, 2015 at 4:40 amTerrific Shots.:)
Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga
R Niranjan Das
September 30, 2015 at 5:01 amGorgeous captures!
rupam sarma
September 30, 2015 at 9:41 amBeautiful clicks
Chaitali Patel
September 30, 2015 at 12:12 pmThank you all!
Roohi Bhatnagar
September 30, 2015 at 12:50 pmwow.. great pictures. last one is amazing..
Chaitali Patel
September 30, 2015 at 2:18 pmThanks Roohi! That one is my favorite too, it captures Borneo for me!
Nisha
September 30, 2015 at 5:48 pmCandid shots, Chaitali but KK is more than just flowers.
You haven't mentioned when you went there.
magiceye
October 1, 2015 at 1:14 amBeautifully captured!!
Chaitali Patel
October 1, 2015 at 5:30 amYou made me sit up and look at my post again.
This is a photo story so just shared pictures from around the park. We didn't see any animals though we could hear a 100 sounds. I have a sound clip of that and I tried uploading it but there's some problem with that. I had gone to KK in March.
Chaitali Patel
October 1, 2015 at 5:30 amThanks Deepa!
Mridula
October 5, 2015 at 5:53 amGorgeous captures and to think that I went so close and missed out on all this!
Chaitali Patel
October 5, 2015 at 9:37 amThanks Mridula! How did you miss it?