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there are 272 steps leading up to the caves, they are numbered so you know exactly how much further you have to climb ! if you do pause and gasp or breath beware of monkeys, they think you are a mobile food wagon ! These caves are in the southernmost limestone formation in the Northern hemisphere, but their major claim to fame is as a Hindu shrine, every year at the festival of Thaipusan people flock here to pray, we were told that the last festival was attended by almost 1,000,000 people the caves are beautiful inside, the sunlight filters through small openings in the cathedral like roof, and monkeys run and play the caves were discovered in 1878 by an American naturalist, before then they had been hidden in the jungle known only to local people, during the Japanese occupation of Malysia during WWII they were used as a hide out by the anti-Japanese guerillas the shrines inside are being extended, when you visit you can help the building work by taking a full bucket of sand up the steps with you, and bringing an empty one down Leave a Comment Phone: +60 3 2287 9422Directions: 13km north of Kuala Lumpur
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