Kinabalu Pines, fantastic views in comfort
Travellers want good
rooms to crash in when they reach their destination. They need comfortable beds
and clean functioning bathrooms in a room that is spacious and airy.
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In short they want someone
else to make lunch, clean up everything and sit back and enjoy their holiday
and the magnificent views.
The Kinabalu Pines
Resort Kundasang is just the place for holiday makers who want to have all the
features mentioned. They have well-appointed rooms, spacious and airy with good
toilets equipped with hot water for showers.
They have a good
spacious balcony furnished with chairs to lounge on to enable guests to look
out towards the mountains and Mt Kinabalu before them. The sight is absolutely
breathtaking so they will not be disappointed. The morning air in this mountain
getaway is invigoratingly cool.
The resort is two-hour
drive away from Kota Kinabalu, the State Capital. While driving towards this
destination, visitors will enjoy the scenes along the way such as hamlets and
stalls selling all sorts of food items including vegetables, Pekan Nabalu, a
thriving mountain town with a panoramic view of the mountain as well as the
Kinabalu Parks. On clear days, majestic Mt Kinabalu can be seen in the
distance.
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The resort is walking
distance to Kundasang Township and the War memorial. The Poring Hotspring in
Lohan Ranau is a 45 minutes drive away as well as Fish Spa in Kg Luanti and the Sabah
tea Garden. Pines Resort is the perfect place to stay for those who wish to
visit all of Kundasang and Ranau. Visitors should stay for a few days so that
they can really enjoy Kundasang and the Resort.
These features and the
friendly staff are contributing factors to the success of the Resort since its establishment
in February 1995, its Managing Director Albert Shim shared.Before the
construction of the resort, the area used to be a vegetable farm.
Albert shared that there were eight of them who had land lots adjacent to one another and after brainstorming about what they want to do with their land, they collectively decided to build weekend houses there with a view to rent them out as holiday chalets in future. They had a good architect in Tan Haw Bin, who is a director of Architect Billings Leong & Tan Sdn. Bhd. He is also the resort chairman.
The chalets run well and lucratively. They developed nice walkways and gardens that won landscaping awards from the tourism authority. And then the earthquake strike in 2015; they were badly affected.
“There were cracks in some of the chalets. For six months there were hardly any visitors. We were down to one percent. But we persevered. We maintained our staff. They did chores that were not in their job description.”
He said they eventually picked up again which is not surprising as people will always come back to a place of beauty. The earthquake has passed and has become a mere memory.
He said as visitors are coming again, with help from 20 tour operators that they work with and they will keep on upgrading the services and facilities in the present chalets.
“We will make the toilet a little larger,” he shared, adding that they are also looking into adding 36 rooms to the present 64 rooms.
The 36 rooms will be in six chalets to be constructed further up the slope where the present chalets are.
“We will maintain the architecture and the layout; the veranda most of all because our guests love to look out towards the mountains and the sights beyond,” he stressed.
For those who want to enjoy the cool air of Kundasang in comfort the Kinabalu Pines Resort is the best place to go. Information can be acquired from 088-889 388.- PW/MSN
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| Albert Shim |
Albert shared that there were eight of them who had land lots adjacent to one another and after brainstorming about what they want to do with their land, they collectively decided to build weekend houses there with a view to rent them out as holiday chalets in future. They had a good architect in Tan Haw Bin, who is a director of Architect Billings Leong & Tan Sdn. Bhd. He is also the resort chairman.
The chalets run well and lucratively. They developed nice walkways and gardens that won landscaping awards from the tourism authority. And then the earthquake strike in 2015; they were badly affected.
“There were cracks in some of the chalets. For six months there were hardly any visitors. We were down to one percent. But we persevered. We maintained our staff. They did chores that were not in their job description.”
He said they eventually picked up again which is not surprising as people will always come back to a place of beauty. The earthquake has passed and has become a mere memory.
He said as visitors are coming again, with help from 20 tour operators that they work with and they will keep on upgrading the services and facilities in the present chalets.
“We will make the toilet a little larger,” he shared, adding that they are also looking into adding 36 rooms to the present 64 rooms.
The 36 rooms will be in six chalets to be constructed further up the slope where the present chalets are.
“We will maintain the architecture and the layout; the veranda most of all because our guests love to look out towards the mountains and the sights beyond,” he stressed.
For those who want to enjoy the cool air of Kundasang in comfort the Kinabalu Pines Resort is the best place to go. Information can be acquired from 088-889 388.- PW/MSN
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