Kinabalu is NOT just a mountain

Mount Kinabalu is Southeast Asia's highest.

Kinabalu Park is a protected area in Sabah state, Borneo island.

The park covers 75,370 hectares with many different natural habitats.

Kinabalu Park has six vegetation zones from rainforest to alpine scrub.

Tropical lowland and hill rainforest cover 35 percent of the park.

About 37 percent of Kinabalu Park is tropical montane forest.

Ultramafic rocks cover 16 percent and support unique plants there.

Kinabalu Park holds 5,000 to 6,000 species of vascular plants.

One thousand orchid species bloom in Kinabalu Park’s rich forests.

Kinabalu Park hosts half of Borneo’s birds and mammals.

Ninety lowland and 22 montane mammal species live in the park.

Mount Kinabalu formed 15 million years ago as a granite intrusion.

Tectonic uplift pushed Mount Kinabalu up about one million years ago.

Steep slopes and diverse soils create isolation for new species to form.

Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain between Himalayas and New Guinea.