Gunung Mulu National Park

The United Nations Science, Education and Culture Organization (Unesco) has recognized Malaysia's Gunung Mulu National Park as a World Natural Heritage in 2000.

Known as a national park with an extremely unique cave system, Gunung Mulu National Park is located in Sarawak, bordering the Brunes border. It can be said that this is one of the national parks with natural landscapes with the most interesting creations of nature.

The total area of ​​Gunung Mulu National Park is about 52,865 hectares of pristine tropical forest, where there are flowing rivers year round and clear streams. Gunung Mulu is also surrounded by three majestic mountains: Mount Mulu, 2,376m high, Api Mountain, 1,750m high and Benarat, 1,585m. But the most enticing point of Gunung Mulu National Park is the world's largest limestone cave system hidden deep in the green forest.

The vast cave system in Gunung Mulu National Park has the pristine beauty of stalactites - the result of natural stone weathering for millions of years. Several caves in the system are the world and region's record, including Deer Cave - the world's largest passable cave and home to millions of Sarawak bats and cave underground caverns The world's largest course and the longest in-cave Water cave in Southeast Asia. Although there are nearly 300 km of explored and studied caves, this cave system is still a mystery to scientists because that number only accounts for about 30-40% of the actual total.

The cave in Gunung Mulu has the most perfect structure with a combination of pure limestone, high waterfalls. The entire area of ​​the cave in Gunung Mulu National Park is about 11,000m2. There are tens of thousands of oldest bats and caves in Gunung Mulu National Park, which began to form five million years ago, when the tilting motion of the earth led to the formation. The walls of two limestone and sandstone mountains lie close. Over thousands of years with heavy rains pouring down, formed fast flowing streams and created the current system of reef caves. And up to now, the weather is still continuing to shape this mysterious cave system. Rain water constantly drips to create rich stone shapes, besides a series of sharp stone piles is also one of the products created by nature.

Amazing scenery and fresh green nature in Gunung Mulu National Park

In the local language, Mulu is synonymous with the cave. However, coming to Gunung Mulu National Park, people not only experience the underground wonders, but also admire the beautiful beauty of pristine rainforest mountains with rich flora and fauna and Diversity.

According to incomplete statistics, Gunung Mulu National Park is home to more than 4,000 species of mushrooms, 1,700 species of moss, 3,500 kinds of plants, of which 1,500 species of flowering plants are growing and growing here. Extremely impressive numbers of a diverse and colorful flora of the national park.

This is about the flora and the statistics of wildlife are equally impressive. Scientists have estimated that there are 75 species of mammals, 262 species of birds, 74 species of frogs, 47 species of fish, 281 species of butterflies, 52 species of reptiles, 458 ant species and 20,000 species of invertebrates. Among them are 08 rare and unique hornbills found in Sarawak.

Rich and diverse flora and fauna is also one of the attractive elements of the national park

Another extremely mysterious thing is that a graveyard area dating back about 5,000 years is also found in deep caves. There are no adequate studies on this graveyard , but scientists have found many human bones and ceramic jars here. To date, this area is still being strictly protected to conduct scientific surveys and research.

Gunung Mulu National Park is a very attractive place for nature-loving and adventurous tourists, there are many investment projects for hotels, tourism and restaurants to serve tourists but the Government of Malaysia has The regulation is very clear so that tourism business does not affect the landscape and the general ecosystem of the garden.