I knew about these few years back when I was looking thru the list of world tallest mountains. But it seems that most of us(Malaysians) thought that Mount Kinabalu is Southeast Asia's tallest, well it is not. It is only the 5th tallest ... What you knew was just the product of novel and excellent marketing of tour agencies to promote Mount Kinabalu as a popular tourist destination, well they are very wrong .... and irresponsible. READ ON What is the tallest mountain in Southeast Asia anyway? – lots of people would know how to answer this. The Internet is full of information about it and they all recognize Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia as the highest point in our region. Is it really? Mt. Kinabalu as the tallest mountain in SE Asia is the product of novel and excellent marketing of tour agencies. These are the tallest mountains in our region and Burma and Indonesia will not tolerate it any longer. Let this list correct all the misconceptions and errors of any list out there.
The tallest mountain in Laos is Phou Bia (2819 m). The tallest mountain in Thailand is Doi Inthanon (2565m), the tallest mountain in the Philippines is Mt. Apo (2954m), Phnom Aural (1813m) is Cambodia's tallest peak. Bukit Timah (164m) is Singapore's highest.  1. Hkakabo Razi
5881m, Burma
 2. Puncak Jaya
5030m, Indonesia
 3. Trikora
4751m, Indonesia
 4. Mandala
4701m, Indonesia
 5. Mt. Kinabalu
4094m, Malaysia
 6. Kerintji
3809m, Indonesia
 7. Rinjani
3727m, Indonesia
 8. Semeru
3677m, Indonesia
 9. Mt. Fansipan
3143m, Vietnam
 10. Mt. Agung
3142m, Indonesia
 | danlow wrote on Dec 31, '07, edited on Dec 31, '07 Is it true that Malaysian school textbooks indicates Kinabalu as the tallest in Southeast Asia? I can't remember .... I left school over a decade ago, lol! |
 | yes, it was, but it is only partially correct. they should put Mount Kinabalu as the highest climber friendly mountain in SEA...
Cheers! |
| hahahaha.... very funny, but it is very true = "highest climber friendly mountain in SEA". |
 | all this while I knew some mountains in Indonesia are taller than our Mt. Kinabalu but just don't know their names and locations. |
 | Good to know that. I always have the same impression that Mt. KK is the tallest mountain in SEA. I even promote the same thing to my Thai friends. Now, look like I am wrong........... |
 | It was common knowledge Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in south east Asia during my school days. . . . . .
How come the school text books are wrong i don't know. . . . !! |
| Perhaps they don't count in Burma and the Indonesian half of Papua New Guinea island?? |
| haha ... now let me test you, is Gua Niah the largest in the world? |
| yeah obviously .... intentionally or not, that I'm not very sure... |
| Happy to share with u today.....
I have hiked 2 of them, and visited another 2 before ... hopefully in my life time I will be able to hike another few of them. |
 | forgive them, a good intention to promote trekking. thks for sharing the info. |
 | Puncak Jaya also known as Carstensz Pyramid, located in Papua. It is now a concern for the natural lover in Indonesia, as massive mining is being carried out in this area. You can see the picture in the following webpage. http://www.krakatoa1883.com/gedepangrangoHimalayan ranges is always my favorite and that Myanmar is sharing a small piece of cake for Himalayan ranges which covers mainly only 6 countries. Mount Kerinci is the highest volcano in South East Asia. There is another questions which all of you maybe able to share with me...which is the tallest waterfall in South east asia? somebody says Jelawang Waterfall (Below Gunung Stong Dabong) is the one. while some says the waterfall in Thailand. Any idea? |
| danlow wrote on Jan 1, '08, edited on Jan 1, '08 hey thanks for sharing ... but that link seems to be about Krakatoa?
yeah I heard about the Jelawang Waterfall claim as well .... may be I'll search the web for an answer soon. |
 | ericchua99 wrote on Jan 1, '08, edited on Jan 1, '08  Happy to share with u today.....
I have hiked 2 of them, and visited another 2 before ... hopefully in my life time I will be able to hike another few of them.  did u plan to hike mt. Hkakabo Razi ?? :) from the picture it got snow some more...must be very tough loh |
 | gklai wrote on Jan 1, '08 Burma and Indonesia will not tolerate it any longer. I am wondering why they keep on tolerate until recently? Why not bring this out very earlier? Haha... But honestly, because I never listen properly during school time, I thought Kinabalu only the tallest in Malaysia but not Southeast Asia... shame!  |
| hmm no, the first few are too expensive and too technical for me.... from no.5 onward, they are more affordable and technically simple, more suitable for a leisure hiker like me.. |
| If it is on the largest chambers category, then yes: Niah is the clear champion of the world.
if it is on the longest cave category ... then Mammoth Cave System in Kentucky, USA is the champion...
if it is on depth, then Voronja, Cave in Georgia, USA is the champion...
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 | dekey wrote on Jan 1, '08 haha ... now let me test you, is Gua Niah the largest in the world? nahhh...nope. Even Mulu Sarawak Chamber is not the biggest. Never mind, we have the leaking Malaysia high court, that's good enough ;p |
| Agree with Dan, very technical...i read about the following webpage long ago, unless special training, and most important we need sponsors!!!! like our expedition team to everest, and our famous ANGKASAWAN...we need sponsors also...hahaha... http://www.mountainmadness.com/sevensummits/carstensz.cfmI put the page for Krakatoa, because there is a photo on the webpage showing the massive mining in Carstensz Pyramid.. Let me know the answer for the water fall if any.. |
 | Bukit Timah (164m) is Singapore's highest.
....这个就不用post出来啦。。。。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
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| kakakak If the government will sponsor me ...... Everest and Angkasawan I also can lah, with lots of $ we can make many many complicated and hard things easier and safer. |
| also we can do 4WD expedition to cover whole China like the Petronas and MCA team is doing...how nice... :) |
| danlow wrote on Jan 2, '08, edited on Jan 2, '08 Cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn . of coz can, sponsor mali!!
Go Artic, Go Amazon, Go round the world.. anything also can.. haha |
 | GOSH! i should throw away my kinabalu T-Shirt (writen : if you never seen mt kinabalu, u never seen south east asia)
hehehehehehe.... but i still loving mt.kinabalu , it's still in Top 10 or Top 5 in SEA mar ....ok lar ,
most importantly it's near ! should feel proud already to be so close to SEA top 5 highest mountain ..... |
| 不知道怎样,听了后感觉很遗憾Mt.Kinabalu不是最高的!
一定要想办法把前四者铲平!!!! |
| danlow wrote on Jan 3, '08, edited on Jan 3, '08 哈哈哈，好主意！铲平后我们就是 no. One liao !!! |
| 好主意。。。一切就交给你包办喽！！！
人家喜马拉亚在长高，我们的寡妇山却像老人家驼背。哈哈哈 |
| according to richardmtan 的website, Mt.Kinabalu 是第七咧
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| All right ! Papua New Guinea is a country from Oceania : Melanesia region .Not in Southeast Asia ! erm.....Hkakabo Razi well it is in Myanmar but it's range of Tibet/Central China ... http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=1105i don't know lar .....confusing ! ! |
| danlow wrote on Jan 3, '08, edited on Jan 3, '08 The list in that link like not complete ler, how come get the no. 7? |
| danlow wrote on Jan 3, '08, edited on Jan 3, '08 hmmm.... I think if it is by country, Bruma and Indonesia is within SEA, so no matter what range or island they are from they belong to a SEA country...
Puncak Jaya for instant is in the territory of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia ... so no matter how it is in SEA. How can we exclude it anyway ... unless they declare independence huh.. |
| dan , according to history i found out , they already declared independense from Australia since 1975 ...so i think i was taken care by Australia lar bro , not indonesia . But West New Guinea is belong to Indonesia lar . walao eh ...history test meh "baru" ! |
| hahaha ..... and those few mountains are in West Papua ..... so should be obvious already they belong to Indonesia... |
| so dan , are we going to Hkakabo Razi or Puncak Jaya one day ? :-p
snowy freezing peak , it's torturing might kills & believe equipments also diffrent liao ....
i better & prefer hanging mountain around 3000m - 4000m . |
| hahaha if u ask me now, the answer is definately no........ they are technically to complicated for me and also too costly. But those ranked no. 5 and below are possible, we can do them one day, one fine day.... that's for sure. Which one will u choose first? |
| Bro... may I copy your information here to be put in my blog? I will add a link back to your post here.
Cheers! |
| sure ..... of coz, no prob. |
 | japan history also dun have about what they have done lah ... if you mention the highest sure many ppl go hiking lah .... earn money is like that lah |
 | technically difficult is probably why it was not brought up as tallest in SEA. Not many ppl knew it as well otherwise there would be guides there.. And that is why Mt K is probably called tallest climbable mountain in SEA. |
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