Ranau is the nearest town as well as a district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It has an altitude of 1,176 meters above sea level. Its population was estimated to be around 70,649 in 2000, almost entirely ethnic Dusun. From Kota Kinabalu to Ranau by car will be take one and a half hour, with the Ranau highway though Poropok View, National Park "Kinabalu Park" and Kundasang after to Ranau. To next going is the Proring Hot Spring, It is on the highway connecting one of the gateways to Telupit, Sandakan, Lahad Datu, Kunak, Sempona and Tawau.