|
KUCHING - Fairy & Wind Caves |
|
|
FAIRY CAVE
There are two caves located nearby Bau town, (once known as gold mine town), 45-55 minutes drive away from Kuching. The Fairy Cave is located in the Bukit Kapor area. As you arrive, you will come across a tower with steps that lead to the entrance of the cave. The cave is huge and impressive. At the end you’ll find some ladders (some steps are missing). Here you can leave the cave to a platform surrounded by rainforest. To reach the summit of the mountain (45 min one way), you will need enough water and good shoes. The path up is quite steep and leads through beautiful jungle. There are lots and lots of bats, small swiftlets, cave frogs, strange cave insects and even cave crabs. There is much to explore! It was formed some 100-150 million years ago. There are stalactite and stalagmite formations on the floor of the caves that resemble figures and animals.
WIND CAVE
A few kilometers away from Fairy cave is the Wind Cave. The entrance fee is RM5 and in the cave there are proper nice boadwalks. If you turn right after around 50 m on the boadwalk you will reach a platform and find a narrow path behind on the left which leads up to beautiful chambers with swiftlet nests and bats hanging around. In the middle is a little river that leads through all the cave into the Bau River. After enjoing the cave you can walk to the end of the road and take a refreshing bath with the locals in the clean Bau River. If you walk/swim 100 m upstream you can find the place where the small river runs out of the cave. Be very careful upriver while swimming in the deeper parts. There are huge stones and tree trunks under water and better don´t jump like the young local may do. * Please remember to bring along your torch and wear proper attire.
JAMBUSAN CAVE (gua jan bu san)
Jambusan (Bird-nest Hill) is a village about 3 kilometers from Bau main road. There are plenty of limestone caves around the hills that produce plenty of the famous edible bird-nests. The two most popular bird-nest producing caves are Gua Jawang near the Kampung Merembeh and Gua Puang infront of the Jambusan Bazaar.
|
