Clear Water Cave — Attraction in Borneo

This cave is one of the most impressive in Mulu National Park. It gets its name from the crystal clear water flowing through it. According to the local guides, this cave system has something in the vicinity of 260 km of passageways running back into the karst terrain. The show cave area, which has been developed for tourism, is just a tiny portion at the downstream entrance. The site is just a few minutes further upriver from the Cave of Winds. If you’re doing the tour, this site is visited after the Cave of Winds. The boat landing area is in a beautiful setting with clear, emerald water surrounded by thick jungle. Note: After the cave tour, sightseers are given time to have a swim in the natural pool.

The cave entrance is just a short distance from the boat landing. Be prepared for a bit of exercise as there’s a flight of stairs, with 200 steps, up to the entrance of the cave. The entrance area is large in size and another stairway takes you down into a tunnel leading to the rear section of the cave. One of the main features is the river flowing through this area of the cave. A bridge takes you across the river and provides a nice view, in both directions, along the river tunnel. After crossing the bridge, another flight of stairs (with 125 steps) takes you up to the rear section of the cave, which is also a dark zone. At the far end of the rear section there’s a collapse where the jungle is visible through a hole in the cave ceiling. The returning pathway goes in a loop, along the opposite side of the cave, where many nice formations can be seen. A tour through this cave will take approximately one hour.

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This was my second cave of the day and it is just a short boat ride from the Cave of the Winds. My guide informed me that this is cave is connected to the earlier cave. We hiked about 200 steps uphill to access the cave. Once there, I was blown away with the sheer size if thr cavern inside. It was huge! I navigated my way down and into the cave. Just follow the steps and the boardwalk. The most interesting aspect of this cave is the large river running inside here. As you near it, you can hear the roar of the rushing water dissappearing into the dark abyss. The are sinages displayed where they explained how the cave system is formed by erosion and water over a long period of time. It was cool and airy inside the cave with plenty of photogenic spots. After exiting the cave, there is a picnic spot at the jetty where visitors can take a.break and chill. You can swim in the river if the guide says it is OK. There are lavatories here as well and they are clean and well maintained. Many people took the opportunity stop here for quick bite and chill amongst the lush...

The caves are completely being destroyed by its infrastructure set for mass tourism. They said they are conservationists, but what a joke. A massive railed mainly concrete boardwalk sits ontop of the fragile cave with flood lights set everywhere. I asked our guide who seemed only competent to answer questions of children and point out rocks that looked like objects, why they are destroying the cave with all the lights and he said it was to see for safety. Yet there are lights over 10 meters away and very few lights on the walk way itself. I feel ashamed having paid for this style of tourism that people in flip flops can come and do no problem. The railway is there because apparently a guy wasnt paying attention and walked off. Very few people have torch lights. This is not a cave experience this is a money grab. Gulung Mulu has the potential to be the adventure capital of Malaysia with hikes, caving and water ways and its written that way, instead it leads to disappointment, which caused our group of four to cancel all...