Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur

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One of the most popular day trip from Kuala Lumpur is to the limestone Batu Caves. It lies a short distance north of town and the main cave has to be accessed by climbing up 272 stairs. Hindu devotees perform annual pilgrimages during the festival of Thaipusam by putting on kavadis and climbing these steps to the temple inside the main cave.
I went there with a friend's car and the trip wasn't longer than 15 minuts, so I think you can easily go by taxi which in the daily hours are not expensive.
It is opened since 6 am untill 9 pm.

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by the entrance is documentary theater showing the history of batu caves and its highlights thaipusam festival,admission is 10 RM.
there is a hindu temple on the left side before you start climbing the famous 272 steps!
the new is the huge statue of Lord Murugan ca 40 m high.
the main cave is called the cathedral cave and is breathtaking.
there are some indian shops selling souvenirs and masks if you are interested.
you can also take a picture with a snake or a big iguana for 15RM.

We climb and climb and at the top we fly

Yes, it is taken from the famous song in 80's. When you visited Batu Caves, you are recommended to climb the seem-endless stairs. Batu Caves is situated 13 kilometer from KL.
It is a sacred place for Hindus in Malaysia. There are three caves. The caves are beautifu and for me..they are so exotic. I love the scene of the Hindus priest and people who join the ritual look serene and tranquil.
I also love the stairs, the monkeys that sometimes sitting in the stairs and the view when you reach the top of the stairs.

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The Batu Caves are located 13km north of Kuala Lumpur. You can quite easily, and cheaply take a local bus to get there and back.

The caves are a sacred place for Hindus. It consists of 3 main caves and some smaller ones too I think (although I didn't go in them). The caves are made of limestone, and you have to climb 272 steep steps to get there.

Beware: There are lots of monkeys inside, that sometimes look a little vicious. They go after any food, so be careful what you're carrying on you.

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The Batu Caves are a huge natural grotte where the Indian community has built a shrine. It is a popular daytrip from the city (it is not really very far from the downtown area) both for locals and tourists, but there were actually many more hinduist worshippers than there were tourists while we were there (on a weekday).

The staircase that leads to the caves is really spectacular, one of my favourite sights in Kuala Lumpur.

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Well here I was at Batu Caves ,when I 1st saw the staircase I was like "ok it does`nt look so bad". Thats the last time I`m ever going up there ;0P 272 steep stairs was really killing on my legs. Never the less its a really good landmark especially if you a Hindu person as its a really sacred place for the Hindu`s. Anyway you be greeted by many monkeys on the way up. Its not like any caves I`ve ever visited before as I really expect to be in some close chamber rather reaching the large entrance and looking right over to the other staircase where there is another open area whereby you can say some prays if you a Hindu. There is alos a curio shop at the top.

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The Batu Caves are about thirteen kilometres from Kulal Lumpur.

To get to the caves you must first climb up 272 steps and most of the way up you are watched by sneaky monkeys.

Watch them as they are so quick and we saw a few people lose their plastic bags of souvenirs they had bought and there was no way to get them back. So hang on to everything, watch your sunnies as well!!

Temple Cave or Cathedral Cave is the biggest and most well known cave. (there are 3 caves)
The ceiling of this cave is 100 metres above the ground and looks so beautiful with the sunlight streaming through several holes in the ceiling.

It can also be quite slippery in here as water also seeps through the roof of the cave, so wear appropriate footwear.

The Taipusam festival which is celebrated in quite a few countries every year is also celebrated in these caves with over 800,000 devotees and visitors attending.

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Climbing the Batu stairs was hard work for me. I stopped a couple of times to catch my breath and check out the view which mostly consisted of pollution. The stairs, 272 of them, are very steep and as you get higher people start to look like ants.