Hippink Adventure: D'La Sri Cottage Mesilau Kundasang

Hello! Gong Xi Fa Cai 😁 Have a prosperous CNY!

So the second day of CNY we decided to spend our holiday at Kundasang, we were so busy that we only managed to book last December for the homestay which at that time a lot of other homestay we planned to go was full booked that was when we search and found this newly opened homestay at Mesilau which according to the staff just opened two months ago. You need to book your homestay at least two months if its public holiday/school holiday ok? Or it will be full book here and there

Its D'La Sri Cottage, Mesilau Kundasang.

You can find this place using Waze 😁 for those that ever been to the Cat Village Mesilau it is located after this place further uphill. Its actually located after junction Desa Farm and before the wooden bridge to Mesilau.

Take note that the route are grable and one car route at a time. Very narrow route since next to the route is the river. Just drive slowly. We have a chitchat with the staff there and they said they are on the process of kasi tar the route (tar the road). So ok lah hehe.

Arriving late since we departed late from KK, we directly checkin and wanted to start BBQ. Theres place dedicated for bbq where you need to walk down further away from your homestay but if you find it a fuss and wanted to BBQ beside your homestay you can rent it for RM30. So we chose to rent it. Plus, it was raining that time. Malas turun naik.

During our stay, the electricity was not so stable hence the kettle and rice cooker functioning slower than usual and flickering light. So we switch off the tv and other switches. They said they are on process applying for the electricity too. I guess because it was a newly open place and lots of houses so yeah.

There are refrigerator yeayyy, stoves, pots too. For our house Teratak Dedey theres two room with Queen bed, and one room with single bed but the house and bedroom are really spacious. We booked another house too which is Teratak Pija but I did not went to see the house haha. Oh and also two bathroom. If can I am suggesting having slippers for the bathroom because it can get too cold to even step on the bathroom floor.

I am hoping for the hot water to be more stable like at Little Hut since the water is from the mountain it can get very cold but antam sajalah. Haha the rest of us boiled their own water for bath.

I suggest that theres bigger wok or pan to cook for big number of person too as we have to cook our fried rice in the pot since the pan are for smaller portion. And more tongs (pengepit) for BBQ pls. If you are lazy to cook or BBQ you can go straight to their cafe/shop too. Check the photo below.

For taking photos, I believe if it is the flower blooming season the place will be so instagrammable. The gardeners & grounds staff there are very friendly and hardworking! Theres river beside the BBQ place too.

Mount Kinabalu can be spot on the left side of the homestay. Note that usually the mountain can be seen clearly around 7am but still depends on the weather. If you are lucky and its very sunny that day you can enjoy the Mt Kinabalu sight until 10am.

We took the photo of the majestic Mt. Kinabalu from our balcony haha.

Parking are spacious so dont worry. We drove Myvi 1.5/1.3 to this place haha. So jangan fikir kreta besar sja dpt naik kio.

So thats it for now!