Unusual insects, colourful butterflies and birds, squirrels, lizards and sometimes flying lizards, hornbills and monkeys.Īt over 60m high and 250m wide, the West Mouth of the Great Cave is one of the world’s most stunning cave entrances. Along the journey to reach the cave using a plank walkway, the visitor can see huge Tapang trees and Pandanus plants and some of the wildlife found here. The Great Cave is about 3.5km from the park’s headquarters. The main cave attractions are the Great Cave and the Painted Cave. On the Madu Trail, one can see peat swamp forests with giant Pandanus plants, wild orchids and unusual mushrooms. Beautiful rainforests, cliff vegetation on limestone slopes with a stunning panorama of the rainforest canopy are some of the things seen on the Bukit Kasut Trail. There are 2 main walking trails in the park, the Bukit Kasut Trail and the Madu Trail. Besides tourism, the local industries are collecting bird nests and guano. Niah is also home to majestic rainforests, many historical sites and ancient tombs and millions of swiftlets and bats. This park is very popular with historians and researchers because of its’ archaeological importance.
The most important discovery at Niah is a human skull dating back 38,000 years BCE. It is recognized as one of the birth places of civilisations in the region, the oldest modern human remains found in Southeast Asia were discovered at Niah. Niah, gazetted a National Park in 1975, is one of the most unusual caves in Sarawak and one of the world’s most important archaeological sites. There are daily flights to Mulu Airport from Miri and Kuching, 3 times per week from Kota Kinabalu. Adjacent to the dining area of the café is the Mulu Discovery Center where one can get information about the geological and biological history of the park. There is also a café serving local and western dishes and a gallery where T-shirts, woodcraft and postcards are on sale. It is also mandatory to have a Park Guide when travelling on most of the trails in the park, including the Headhunter’s Trail, pinnacles Trail and the Mulu Summit climb. Visitors are not allowed to enter any of the caves or the Mulu Canopy Skywalk without a Park Guide. Payment of fees and bookings can be done at the park office. Allow plenty of time to see the park, advanced booking of tours is advised as tours could be fully booked during peak season. There are various types of accommodation at the park to suit the visitors’ budget. Visitors can watch millions of bats from the Bat Observatory. The bats provide a spectacular sight in the evening when they leave the cave to search for food.
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It also contains one of the world’s largest population of free tailed bats. Mulu Park is home to millions of swiftlets and bats, Deer Cave has the largest number of different types of bats in a cave. The park has one of the most extensive palm species sites in the world and provides protection for many threatened and endemic species. There are over 20,000 types of animals and over 3,500 species of plants here. It is home to thousands of animal and plant species and attracts many researchers to this area. Mulu Park has many vertical cliffs, stunning razor-sharp limestone pinnacles, canyons and wild rivers.
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