Gunung Mulu National Park: An Introduction
Any visitor to Borneo is likely to become very familiar with ‘guava’ or, to give it its layman’s name, bat poo!
Running under the stunning Gunung Mulu National Park is the largest network of limestone caves to be found anywhere in the world. Many can be visited and explored, and most hold a world record of some sort (largest entrance, largest cave, largest tunnel etc).
The producers of the rather acidic-smelling guava are also the star of the show on most nights, when up to five million bats depart Lang Cave and Deer Cave at dusk. The exodus often takes over an hour as a line of bats over 10km-long heads out for the night – suffice to say mosquitoes are not much of a problem in Mulu!
Above ground there are wonderful nature trails, challenging treks, plenty of adventure activities and an abundance of wildlife, such as gibbons, birds, bats and frogs. There’s also one or two species of plant and tree life to discover!
Witness the exodus. 'Quite remarkable' is how Sir David Attenborough put it....we couldn't have said it any better ourselves.