Another trip to Ranau, Sabah again. Bringing the kids, which their Aunty had promised to them for swimming in Poring. Along the way, we stop over to a few places, for the local fruits...durians...duku, langsat... We reached Poring around noon time, but that doesn't stop the kids to jumped and played in the pool. Every where I saw parents, senior citizens, children, teenage, and even a Tour Guide bringing and explaining the tourist, well such a heavy crowd in Poring on that particular day. I can say that this is a good spot for a family outing cause everybody can have the credit from this area, where the kids and young people enjoying the water, swimming while the adult and senior citizen enjoying the fresh air from the forest, they just soak their feet with the spring's hot water.
Actually, Poring Hot Spring is situated 40 kilometers (25 miles) slightly northeast from the Kinabalu Parks HQ in the district of Ranau, Poring is situated in lowland rainforest, contrasting with the montane and submontane rainforest of Kinabalu National Park. The name Poring comes from a Kadazandusun word for a bamboo species found in the area. De-stress and soak away the sores and aches of your muscles in the spring’s hot sulphuric minerals, deemed to have healing properties and very popular among the locals.
