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MIRI - Mulu National Park (MIRI) |
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Gunung Mulu National Park stands at 7,798-foot mountain and is rich with spectacular and immense caves— some of the world’s largest. The park is located close to the southern border of Brunei with Malaysia Sarawak. It lies between the headwaters of the Tutuh River, a tributary of the Baram River and covers 544kms, ranging in elevation from 50 meters to 2,376 meters. It contains seventeen vegetation zones, exhibiting some 3,500 species of vascular plants. The Gunung Mulu National Park has three mountains, Gunung Mulu 2,376m, Gunung Api 1,750m and Gunung Benarat 1,585m. Many of Mulu’s attractions lie deep below the surface. Hidden right underneath the forested slopes of these mountains is one of the largest limestone cave systems in the world. These huge caverns form in the limestone bedrock because fractures in the rock are widely spaced, the limestone is strong, and the torrential rainfall, nearly 20 feet per year, carries away dissolved carbonate and insoluble sediment.
The massive Deer (Gua Payau) Cave, with its evening emergence of nearly two million free-tailed bats, is the main feature that attracts adventuresome visitors to the park. Other caves include Lubang Nasib Bagus, which contains the world’s largest underground cavity, Sarawak Chamber, approximately 330 feet high, over 1,300 feet wide, and 2,300 feet long. Sarawak Chamber is the world’s largest natural chamber within a cave (Gua Nasib Bagus – Good Luck Cave). Another, Clearwater Cave, contains an extensive river system that winds its way underground through over 30 miles of passageways; Clearwater Cave also contains the largest windblown stalactite, at over 1 metre in length.
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