Sabah Park director, Paul Basintal, says that the price of accommodation at Kinabalu Park, including on the mountain, is mentioned under Clause 30 of the Agreement between Sabah Parks and Kinabalu Nature Resort Sdn Bhd (now known as Sutera Sanctuary Lodges).
“The company requires approval from the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Parks if it plans to increase the rates,” Basintal says in an e-mail.
The Board includes officials from Sabah’s Tourism Development, Environment, Science and Technology, Finance and Natural Resources Ministries.
“In 2008, the company introduced the mountain climbing package (lodging inclusive of five meals), thus leading to the increase of price.”
Sutera Sanctuary Lodges (SSL) pays an annual rest house fee of RM986, 000 to Sabah Parks in exchange for the handling of lodge operations. However, SSL doesn’t contribute to any conservation or research projects for Kinabalu.From this reply, it looks like the changes are here to stay and climbing Kinabalu is a take-it-or-leave-it option. Either you save up and plan your climb way in advance or drop all your plans and go elsewhere.
I was really surprised by the sudden rise in mount kinabalu climbing price. They should not charge Sabahan that expensive; after all it belongs to us Sabahan too.
The park used to belong to Sabah government but now has been privatised and sold to Singaporean. Sabah leaders are all useless bunch of bloodsuckers; they sold everything that belong to Sabahan, these bunch of bloodsuckers won’t hesitate to sell their own mother.
If this trend continues, most climbers will be foreigner and locals will only know Mt.K by its name only.
Not only kinabalu park prices are going up, poring hostel too. A bungalow rental used to be RM280 a night but now RM400, hostel used to be RM15 a night but now RM35.
The most active person fighting this price hike is Dr Ruhaizad Daud (a Doc who practices in Kota Kinabalu).
The reason given by SSL for the 300% price hike is because of high operation cost and this bastard SSL has a 30 years contract to run this place since 2003.
http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/t ... ement.html
A trip up Mount Kinabalu cost RM500 inclusive of dorm, meals, climbing fees, guide and porter. That doesn’t include transportation to Kundasang and back yet.
Mount Kinabalu no longer belongs to the ordinary folks of Sabah; it belongs to foreigners and rich people. Most Sabahan can only admire it from far without being able to scale their own backyard because Sabah Government has sold them out!
I was thinking of scaling the mountain by myself without guide, no potter, no insurances; bring my own food and sleeping bag. Anyway I know these routes like the back of my hand, I have scale it more than 20times. I wonder will they send me to jail.
"People take different roads seeking fulfilments and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”
“The company requires approval from the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Parks if it plans to increase the rates,” Basintal says in an e-mail.
The Board includes officials from Sabah’s Tourism Development, Environment, Science and Technology, Finance and Natural Resources Ministries.
“In 2008, the company introduced the mountain climbing package (lodging inclusive of five meals), thus leading to the increase of price.”
Sutera Sanctuary Lodges (SSL) pays an annual rest house fee of RM986, 000 to Sabah Parks in exchange for the handling of lodge operations. However, SSL doesn’t contribute to any conservation or research projects for Kinabalu.From this reply, it looks like the changes are here to stay and climbing Kinabalu is a take-it-or-leave-it option. Either you save up and plan your climb way in advance or drop all your plans and go elsewhere.
I was really surprised by the sudden rise in mount kinabalu climbing price. They should not charge Sabahan that expensive; after all it belongs to us Sabahan too.
The park used to belong to Sabah government but now has been privatised and sold to Singaporean. Sabah leaders are all useless bunch of bloodsuckers; they sold everything that belong to Sabahan, these bunch of bloodsuckers won’t hesitate to sell their own mother.
If this trend continues, most climbers will be foreigner and locals will only know Mt.K by its name only.
Not only kinabalu park prices are going up, poring hostel too. A bungalow rental used to be RM280 a night but now RM400, hostel used to be RM15 a night but now RM35.
The most active person fighting this price hike is Dr Ruhaizad Daud (a Doc who practices in Kota Kinabalu).
The reason given by SSL for the 300% price hike is because of high operation cost and this bastard SSL has a 30 years contract to run this place since 2003.
http://mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/blog/t ... ement.html
A trip up Mount Kinabalu cost RM500 inclusive of dorm, meals, climbing fees, guide and porter. That doesn’t include transportation to Kundasang and back yet.
Mount Kinabalu no longer belongs to the ordinary folks of Sabah; it belongs to foreigners and rich people. Most Sabahan can only admire it from far without being able to scale their own backyard because Sabah Government has sold them out!
I was thinking of scaling the mountain by myself without guide, no potter, no insurances; bring my own food and sleeping bag. Anyway I know these routes like the back of my hand, I have scale it more than 20times. I wonder will they send me to jail.
"People take different roads seeking fulfilments and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”
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