Rumah Mulu Things to Do

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The Mulu Canopy Skywalk at 480 metres is the longest tree-based walkway in the World.

As you walk among the ferns and vines 15 – 25 metres above the forest floor and river you will enjoy this unique opportunity to get closer to the rainforest ‘web of life’. You need to join a guide tour from the park HQ which set you baqck for RM30. It is interesting to try. There is another in Poring hot springs near Mt. Kinabalu in Sabah. I think that one is the highest in the world ( a series of boardwalks suspended 60m above the ground).

The trail takes its name from its historical role as the route taken by warring parties between the Tutoh and Medalam rivers. The trail runs between park HQ and Limbang, a picturesque town on the Limbang River, north of the park. Trekkers can start from either end. To get to Camp 5 from Park HQ there is a 1 hour longboat trip to Kuala Litut which is the head of the 8km (3 hours) walking trail to the camp. At Camp 5 there is sleeping accommodation for a maximum of 50 persons and fully equipped kitchens. The next day you can either climb the Pinnacles with a Licensed guide or begin the walk along the Head Hunter’s Trail. Camp 5 is often fully booked.

The 11.3km trail from Camp 5 to Kuala Terikan is 5 hour walk through a very isolated area of Borneo and a guide is highly recommended There is a chance you will see more wildlife along this trail such as giant porcupine, wild boar or Macaques than in other parts of the Park.

At Kuala Terikan you need a longboat to take you downstream to a local longhouse for an over-night stay. Depending on river levels the long boat trip is about 3 hours but expect to push the boat at least a few times. The next morning another 1 – 2 hour ride takes you to Medamit to catch the van to Limbang (1 hour) where you should arrive around lunch time.

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Deer cave is home to several million bats and their droppings form huge piles of guano, a food source for multitudes of cockroaches, beetles and other insects which scurry across the surface of the dry brown powder and consume dead or dying bats that have fallen to the floor. These insects, in turn, provide the food for other invertebrates ­ centipedes and spiders, some as big as a hand, others hidden deep in white tunnels of web, This is a complex network of life, dependent on a daily spectacle when a stream of bats pours out of the cave, swirling across the sky and visible for kilometres. From the surrounding cliffs, hawks and peregrines dive into the stream to catch their meals and consume them in flight.

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Deer Cave is the largest single cave passage yet discovered on earth. Its scale is truly awesome - an immense pile of boulders obscures the true width of the entrance, over 170m, whilst the arch of the roof rises to some 120m; nowhere in the cave is the roof less than 90m high.

Deer Cave’s ancient riverbed and wonder at the force of the water that once roared through, tumbling huge boulders around and carving the scalloped walls. Above your head columns of water stream from the roof to join the river passages that twist and turn through the mountain, continuously enlarging and changing the shape of the cave. Listen, that squeaking noise is the 3 million strong colony of Wrinkle Lipped bats stirring themselves.

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Langs Cave - Small and intimate, with walls beautifully decorated with long shawls, layers of rim stone pools on the floor, and throughout the cave, spectacular stalagmites and stalactites.

In this smaller cave the bats are easier to see, small white cave prawns hide in pools of water and shimmering near the roof are strands of web spun by the thread worm larvae waiting for a passing meal.

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Camp 5 was one of the sites of the original base camps used by the Royal Geographical Expeditions. Nestled beside the beautiful Melinau River and facing the Benarat cliff, ‘camp' is a poor description for this spectacular area which has excellent facilities and is a far cry from ‘roughing it' in the forest.

Even though you fdon't climb the Pinnicles, you can relax for a day or 2 with a good water bath along the river.

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I did the 5D4N trip from Mulu HQ with Larry Siga and his guides. From Parks HQ, the trip started with a long tail boat trip from clear water caves to Long Litut (about 2 hours), then onward with 8.7 km trekking to camp 5 (approximately 3 hours of easy walking).

2 nights spent in camp 2 for one day climb to the Pinnicales. From camp 5, the trail to view the Pinnacles is only 2.4 km long but rises 1,200m and the last section is near vertical with ropes and ladders to climb. After that, from camp 5, it was 11.3 Km of headhunter's trails easy walking (approx 4 hours) to Kuala Terikan. From there, a longboat trip to Mentawai Headquarters (about 1 hour) where packed lunch was served. After that, I stayed in the Mentawai Park resthouse for 1 night before moving to Dayak longhouse in Kuala Medalam the next morning for 3 hours longboat to experience the local culture. In fact, that is Larry Siga's home. After that, we had 1 more hour of longboat to reach Medamit where we took a van for 1 hour to Limbang.

Refer to Larry Siga's website for detail and booking and price. Note that the trip does NOT include flight to Mulu, the first night food and acommodation. http://www.muluguide.com/index.htm

Our guide told us that, the deers used to feed off the bat droppings on the ground to give them enough minerals and salts in their diet. But because the locals have found deers were visiting they started to hunt them and call this cave, Deer cave.

This is one of the most impressive caves in Mulu, easily accessible from Mulu national park.
There are millions of bats that live inside this cave, very wet, very dark and mind the slippery paths. and wear a hat or have something to cover your head. You don't want bat droppings on your head now, do ya?

Look out for the HIGHLIGHTS of this deer cave... the 2 natural "showers" at the end of your tour.. you won't believe your eyes, you won't believe they are 100% natural and not manmade.