Guided Walk Trail
Duration : 30 minutes
This trail may be taken without a guide. Starting from Bishop's Head Hostel, the trail leads into the lush oak-chestnut forest of Mesilau's sheltered valley. Trees are taller and more mossy than at Park Headquarters. Mosses and epiphytes, notably the long leafed Bird's Nest Fern, are abundant. Fallen acorns and chestnuts cover a path flanked by thick growths of wild gingers. Large conifers Dacrydium are an interesting feature. The path crosses a little stream that flows under the restaurant before entering Mesilau River.
Large species of the mountain ginger Alpinia Havilandii and pink blossomed Kinabalu Balsam thrive by the stream. Liverworts and mosses clad trees on the other side of the stream.Ginger flowers attract several species of bees including the Mountain Honey-bee, Apis Nuluensis. Borneo has 5 of the world's 8 known species of honey bees, more than anywhere else on earth. As the trails open out, climbing bamboo of the species Bambusa Gibbsaii can be seen draping the trees. The walk concludes as the path re-enters the oak-chestnut forest near the restaurant complex.
Large species of the mountain ginger Alpinia Havilandii and pink blossomed Kinabalu Balsam thrive by the stream. Liverworts and mosses clad trees on the other side of the stream.Ginger flowers attract several species of bees including the Mountain Honey-bee, Apis Nuluensis. Borneo has 5 of the world's 8 known species of honey bees, more than anywhere else on earth. As the trails open out, climbing bamboo of the species Bambusa Gibbsaii can be seen draping the trees. The walk concludes as the path re-enters the oak-chestnut forest near the restaurant complex.
Nepenthes Rajah Nature Trail
Duration : 20 minutes