Caves and pinnacles of Mulu
Under the supervision of a good guide, connects with nature at Mulu National Park in Sarawak
TRAVELLING usually leaves an impression of some sort. Either you get it from the sightseeing, gastronomic experience or the people you meet along the way. For my husband and I, it was our tour guide Larry Siga. He made our four-day trip to Mulu National Park in Miri, Sarawak memorable. Let me tell you what he did.
coverage the moment he picked us up at Mulu Airport. He proceeded to explain that there would be WiFi connection at Mulu National Park headquarters and better connections during the wee hours.
After getting special wristband tags from our first stop at the headquarters, we began our activities by visiting Deer Cave and Lang Cave to observe the exodus of millions of bats.
A former shelter for deer, Deer Cave is the largest cave passage in the world at over two kilometres in length, and 90 metres in height and width. It is also home to a colony of wrinkled-lip bats. Daily visitors anticipate an exodus of three million bats from an entrance of Deer Cave as they head out for the night to gorge on insects. Other “signature” features of Deer Cave are the Abraham Lincoln feature at its entrance and a red mail postbox.
Located a short distance from Deer Cave, Lang Cave is the smallest of four show caves in Mulu National Park. Good walking shoes are essential. On our visit to these caves, we walked for 8km on a well-maintained raised wooden pathway. As we passed through rainforests and mangrove forests, Larry introduced to us different types of trees and their various uses including for medicinal purposes and in fragrances. Trunks from some of the