Cave Attractions

Malaysian caves are home to many exotic living creatures. The most notable are the blind catfish of Loagan's Cave and the Trapdoor Spider of Batu Caves, another attraction.

The skeleton of a big cat fossilised in the roof of Gua Harimau in Kinta Valley makes an intriguing sight. Perak is also famous for its cave temples. The most well known are Perak Tong and Sam Poh Tong which contain many Buddha statues and religious cave murals.

The Hindu cave temple in Batu Caves have shrines to the Hindu deities and is the site for the colourful religious festival of Thaipusam.

The Gomantong Cave in Sandakan, Sabah houses thousands of swifts which nest in the two large caverns, producing birds' nests, an exotic Chinese delicacy.

The Niah Caves in Sarawak have walls which portray unique prehistoric paintings which point to the existence of early Man. Its chambers has hundreds of fascinating formations. The 52km long Mulu Caves in Sarawak is one of the longest network of caves in the world. An estimated four million bats live in this system of caves.