Mulu National Park

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Gunung Mulu National Park (Taman Negara Gunung Mulu, ) is in Sarawak on the island Borneo, at the border with Brunei.

Contents 1 Understand 1.1 History 1.2 Landscape 1.3 Flora and fauna 1.4 Climate 2 Get in 3 Fees/Permits 4 Get around 5 See 5.1 Caves 5.2 Trekking 6 Do 7 Buy 8 Eat 9 Drink 10 Sleep 10.1 Lodging 10.2 Camping 10.3 Backcountry 11 Stay safe 12 Get out

Understand

History

Landscape

Named after the 2,377m Mount Mulu (Gunung Mulu), the park is famed for its limestone karst formations both aboveground and underground. The massive cave system, which contains the 12 million cubic meter Sarawak Chamber (the world's largest), is still in the process of being mapped.

Flora and fauna

Climate

Get in

MAS Rural Air Service has 2-3 daily flights from Miri (30 min) and thrice-weekly flights from Kota Kinabalu.

Fees/Permits

Get around

See

Most visitors come to Mulu for the caves, but there are also good jungle and mountain trekking options in the area. Guides are obligatory for all cave visits and most treks.

Caves

• Clearwater and Wind Caves
• Turtle Cave
• Deer and Langs Caves
• The Garden of Eden
• Bat Exodus

Trekking

• Paku Waterfall
• The Pinnacles
• The Summit. A challenging 4-day, 3-night climb to the top of Mt. Mulu itself.

Do

Buy

Eat

• Cafe Mulu, Park HQ. Basic but cheap local eats.

Drink

Sleep

Lodging

The Park HQ offers lodging for visitors in several categories:

• Longhouse Rooms, with air-con and en-suite bathroom, from RM80 twin share.
• Rainforest Rooms, with fans and en-suite bathroom, from RM50 twin share.
• Dormitory, 21 beds with fan and shared bathroom, RM18 per night.

Camping

Camping is permitted only at Park HQ, but is not really recommended due to the soggy rainforest conditions. RM5/person.

Backcountry

Stay safe

Get out

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