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Ranau Town

View Point Dairy Farmstay & Campground, 89308 Ranau, Sabah

Jalan Mamut, a 35 minutes’ drive from Ranau Town (7 km).
Entrance Fee Rm 15 per night per head

Hounon Ridge Farmstay & Camping, Bundu Duhan
Bezza can reach this campsite
Rm 30 per night per head

Tourism and highland agriculture are the major industries, as the district is at 1,176 m above sea level.

Tourist destinations attracted half a million tourists in 2009.

Tourist Attraction in Ranau District :
1- Mount Kinabalu (the tallest mountain on Borneo)
2- Kinabalu Park
3- Poring Hot Springs
4- Kundasang WarMemorial
5- Death March Trail
6- Mesilau
7- Sabah Tea Garden
8- 'Tagal' Sungai Moroli, Kampung Luanti - Fish Massage (mainly Malaysian tourists)

Ranau's diverse flora ranges from rich tropical lowland and hill rainforest to tropical mountain, sub-alpine forest and scrub on the higher elevations and particularly abundant in species with examples of flora from as far as China, Australia and the Himalayas, as well as pan-tropical flora.

Kinabalu Park has been recognized by UNESCO as a Center of Plant Diversity for Southeast Asia. In December 2000, the Kinabalu Park was designated by UNESCO as Malaysia's first World Heritage Site.
 

Ranau District has 14 Sub-districts and Villages:
1 Liwogu
2 Tanah Rata/Kituntul
3 Tambiau/Mohimboyon
4 Suminimpod/Kopongian
5 Kundasang/Bundu Tuhan
6 Lohan/Bongkud
7 Rondogung
8 Pirancangan
9 Nalapak
10 Karanaan/Togudon
11 Timbua
12 Paginatan
13 Molinsou
14 Kaingaran
 

華山聖祖宮
Temple of  Huashan Holy Ancestor

蘭腦華山聖祖宮
Tarian Singa Pemuda Tokong Chon Chu Kung Ranau
Temple of  Huashan Holy Ancestor

Distance view of Mount Kinabalu from Ranau Town Center

Ranau Fruit Stalls
Fruits such as water melon, salak, orange, banana and mangos.

Ar-Rahman Mosque in Ranau Town
Ar-Rahman Mosque (Masjid Jamek Ar-Rahman) is the main mosque in Ranau town

View of Mount Kinabalu on the way from Ranau to Kundasang.
On a clear morning the view of Mount Kinabalu from Ranau is fabulous.

Mamut Copper Mine
Ranau was home to this largest mining project in Malaysia, the Mamut Copper Mine, before it ceased operations in 1999.
At the peak of its mining activity, Ranau was transformed into a thriving township. The mining company constructed :
1- the Ranau Bridge across Liwagu River,
2- the Ranau Golf Course,
3- donations to school building funds, buses, and bus shelters.
 

The Mamut copper mine in Sabah :
www.thestar.com.my/
 

Barn swallows swarm downtown Ranau in late afternoon.

SK Pinausok, Ranau

Kampung Naradau, Ranau

Junction to Kg. Toupus Makpang

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