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Mulu Caves & Niah Caves Mulu & Niah National Parks / Sarawak
3D/2N
Ex-Mulu Day 1 : Depart Miri airport on MH3630hrs etd 0920hrs. Arrive Mulu airport, meet your guide and transfer to your choice of accommodation.. 1200hrs – Lunch at Sg. Pala Restaurant. After lunch we proceed by van to Park HQ for a visit to Deer and Lang’s Cave. We trek along the plant walk ( 3 km) through the rainforest. Explore the largest cave passage in the world- DEER CAVE and LANG’S CAVE. Relax at the open air observatory for an opportunity witness the phenomenon exodus of BATS out of the caves, spiraling high overhead and ascend to the sky where they will search for food. We then returned to the Park and transfer to your accommodation. (Lunch, Dinner) Day 2 : Breakfast. Take a morning longtail boat ride to visit Batu Bungan Penan Settlement where you are able to purchase the local handicraft made by the Penan tribe Go by boat to the CAVE OF THE WINDS with is tall, slender stalagmites, then on to the source of the CLEARWATER RIVER, see the underground river and visit the dry passage of the LADY’S CAVE. Swim at the Clearwater Spring.Transfer to your accommodation, free leisure the rest of the day. Overnight at your accommodation. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 3 : Free leisure until
transfer to Mulu airport for flight to Miri MH3631 etd 1010hrs. Eta Miri
1040hrs. Meet at Miri airport by your guide and take the overland transfer
about 1 hr to Niah National Park. Arrive, hence by boat across the river
and trek for 1 hour to the entrance of Great Caves. Forty thousand years
ago, the Niah Great Cave sheltered human life. Here lie the oldest human
remains in Southeast Asia, along with many other relics of prehistoric
man. Today the cave is home only to bats, swiftlets and other specially
adapted forms of life. However, a few locals still venture into the dark
interior to collect guano (bird and bat droppings used as fertilizer) and
bird’s net.. It is worth taking your time and walking quietly along the
way, as you may well see some of the park’s wildlife. Colorful birds,
squirrels, lizards, butterflies and all manner of unusual insects and
invertebrates are commonly seen. If you are lucky, you may see monkeys,
flying lizards and the occasional hornbill. Shortly after the moon Cave,
the plankwalk emerges into daylight and a short pathway through the forest
leads to the Painted Cave. This is the sire of the famous Niah cave
paintings and the place where the ‘death-ship’ were found. The contents of
the death-ships have since been transferred to the Sarawak Museum, but the
walk behind the fenced-off burial site. Depart Niah National Park in the
afternoon. ( What to bring: Insect repellent, raincoat, sun hat, swim wear, comfortable trekking shoes, slippers, torch light, water bottle & personal toiletries.
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