Tawau Hills Park

Tawau Hills Park is a 27,972-hectare protected lowland rainforest park located about 24 km north of Tawau town in Sabah, Malaysia. Established in 1979 to protect the Tawau water catchment and managed by Sabah Parks, it preserves pristine dipterocarp forest. The park is notable for natural hot springs, waterfalls such as Table and Bukit Gelas, and Menara, a Shorea faguetiana recognized as one of the world's tallest tropical trees.

Visitors can expect a dense lowland dipterocarp rainforest with well-marked jungle trails, natural hot sulphur springs with developed pools, and forest waterfalls including Table Waterfall and Bukit Gelas Waterfall. The park has a visitor centre, exhibition hall, chalets, hostels and campsites set in forest clearings. Activities centre on nature walks, trekking to waterfalls and the Menara tallest tree trail, birdwatching, photography and hot spring bathing in a tranquil, humid forest environment.

Gazetted in 1979 by the Sabah State Government as Tawau Hills Park covering 27,972 hectares to protect the water catchment area for Tawau town and the surrounding district. Managed by Sabah Parks, it was established to conserve lowland dipterocarp rainforest and serves as an important conservation, research and recreation area in southeastern Sabah.