Gunung Mulu National Park Day 1

We tool a long boat with our guide from the hotel to explore the Wind and Clearwater caves.
The 30 minute ride on the river was very enjoyable and even more so as we were the first people on the river.
As you entered the Wind cave you could hear the clicking sound made by the resident swiftlets as they found their way around in the dark. Both caves had quite a number of steps leading both up to and through them.
The Clearwater cave had an 8 m wide river flowing through its base.
After exploring the caves with their numerous stalactites and stalagmites we had a very nice packed lunch made by our guide’s wife.
The river was very shallow in sections and the boat driver had to thread his way through the shallows, pulling up his outboard motor on a regular basis.
In the afternoon we went back to see the bats leaving Deer cave and were well rewarded with many swarms of bats over about 20 minutes. The last photo includes a bat hawk chasing the bats.Read more