Mount Bombalai

Mount Bombalai is a dormant volcanic cone within Tawau Hills National Park in Tawau Division, Sabah. The peak rises to 531 meters and features a crater roughly 300 meters across that opens toward the south.

Volcanic activity at this site occurred roughly 27,000 years ago, leaving behind two lava flows that extend toward the coastal plain. These geological features mark an ancient period of intense volcanic processes in the area.

The mountain serves as a natural landmark that connects local communities to their surroundings and the land where they live.

Visitors can reach the cinder cone via a thirty-minute forest walk that starts at the entrance to Tawau Hills National Park. The path passes through native forest and is manageable for most visitors.

The volcanic soil surrounding the mountain creates special growing conditions that have supported agricultural productivity in the region for centuries. This fertile ground is a lasting legacy of the area's distant volcanic past.