Ranau

Ranau is a town as well as a district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, east Malaysia. Ranau is associated with the infamous and tragic Death Marches which occurred at the end of WWII in 1945. Over 2500 Australian and British POWs died at Sandakan and on forced death marches to Ranau.

Ranau is accessible by road and is approximately 2 hours by car from Kota Kinabalu.

An assortment of accommodation options exist between Mount Kinabalu Park turn off and the township of Ranau, mostly situated on the main road.