Booking Accommodation for Staying on Mount Kinabalu - The Mountain Huts

As Mount Kinabalu becomes more and more popular it is essential to pre-book your bed for the nights you stay on the mountain. There is a web site where you are meant to be able to send your bookings but this currently does n't work (as of August 05).

You are also meant to be able to telephone bookings but again this is unreliable. The only reliable way is to head to the Parks accommodation office (pictured below).

This office is not easy to find at all! If you come out of the Sajath curry house and turn right the office is located on the second block on the opposite side of the road.

One word about the overnight accommodations at around 3300 metres. Laban Rata is the only hut that has heating but be warned that the they leave the heating on all night and it is very very hot!

This probably won't be an issue if you are a local but if you are from a temperate climate you may find it uncomfortable. Our advice would be to stay in one of the unheated huts which are near to Laban Rata. It never really gets that cold around the huts.  

Make sure this is the first thing you do in KK - bookings can be tight but be persistent with the people behind the desk. They may tell you there are no beds even when there is!