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Mulu Caves + Pinnacles / full board:
Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights
Day 1
Meet on arrival at Mulu Airstrip and transfer to the Park's guesthouse.
After lunch, depart for a 3 km plank walk through peat swamp forest to
visit Lang Cave and proceed to the Deer Cave. Explore the cave passage,
its inhabitants and view the "Garden of Eden". In the late afternoon,
witness the flight of thousand of bats on their feeding forays and
returns to the guesthouse for dinner and overnight stay. (L, D)
Day 2
After breakfast, depart by motorized longboat going upriver against the
many rapids, poling in the crystal clear water of the Melinau River Wind
Cave, Clearwater Cave with picnic-lunch at Clearwater Spring. Proceed by
longboat further up the river negotiating more rapids, tricky bends on
the crystal clear water underneath the cool thick over-hanging jungle
foliage for about 2 hours to reach Long Lutut. Then trek through the
jungle for about 2 hours to reach Camp 5, located at the foot hill of
Gunung Api, dinner and overnight stay at the Park Hut. (B, L, D)
Day 3
After breakfast, comes a physically strenuous climb for about 4 hours to
the "view point" of Gunung Api to catch the spectacular sight of the
magnificent limestone Pinnacles soaring to as high as 50 meters or more
about the tree tops with box-lunch before descending to camp 5, dinner
and overnight stay at the Park Hut.
Day 4
After breakfast, trek back to Long Lutut then by longboat to Clearwater
Spring for lunch, drift down the river, visit a Penan Settlement and
return to the Park's guesthouse, dinner and overnight stay. (B, L, D)
Day 5
After breakfast, transfer to Mulu Airstrip for flight departure to Miri
to connect onward flight. (B)
Note
Bring along good trekking shoes, thongs, raincoat, swim suit, sweater,
torch light, insect repellent, waterproof gloves, sleeping bag, water
bottles and high energy giving food. |