At the Inn (for a little while, a few hours, half-day, or longer)
 

Hiking – I don’t like the word or thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains – not hike! Do you know the origin of the word “saunter”? It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply “A la sainte terre”, “To the Holy Land”. And so they became known as the Sainte-Terre-ers, or Saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not “hike” through them. John Muir.

 

• Guided and independent nature walks (sauntering, as it were) • Mountaineering         • Native cultures and villages • Nature photography • Creativity (painting, composing, writing) • Nature studies and research • White water rafting • Soft adventure tours • Agriculture park and research station

• Orchid Farms • Tea and coffee plantations • Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center • Hot springs • Broad range of local, third party tours for these activities and many others. Visit www.sabahtourism.com for a list of approved tour operators, as well as a calendar of current and upcoming events.

WELLNESS
 

Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however scary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of another mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever. John Muir.

• Experience total relaxation and calm nerves with chamomile tea from our garden

• Get pointers from your host on healthy ageing
• Feel the healing powers of nature
• Practice yoga, (we have yoga mats, and yoga training films)
• Participate in our culinary demonstrations
• Attend country skills workshops
• Lifestyle counseling from visiting professional
• Meditate
• Visit a local, off-site spa
• Practice Kneipp principles (water, exercise, medicinal herbs, nutrition, spiritual balance)
 

GOLF
 

It has been said that trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment rooted in the ground. But they never seem so to me. I have never seen a discontented tree. They grip the ground a though they liked it, and though fast rooted, they travel about as far as we do. They go forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space Heaven knows how far. John Muir

 

At 2000 meters above sea level, Mount Kinabalu Golf Course is the highest elevation golf course in Southeast Asia. The 18 hole, 6,369 meter, par 72 course, designed by Robert Muir Graves, is a test of physical and mental fitness, as well as golfing skills.

The signature hole 14, par 3, 142 meters, is without doubt one of the most spectacular par 3 of golf. The challenge here is to hit the ball across a 500 foot deep ravine – with Mesilau East Creek gushing at the bottom – to a miniscule green perched on the edge of a cliff. The skills will not only require precise calculation of speed and line, but also of determining strength and direction of ever changing winds and shifting fog. From tee box to green is a suspension bridge across the ravine.

Facilities available: buggy rental, caddy, rental of golf clubs, club house, toilets, hot showers, and resident manager.

Golfing enthusiasts may wish to consider the Go for Golf package in our Specials.