Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Miri: Jalan Nahkoda Gampar street (left) and Persiaran Kabor street with the big Mega Hotel (right)

Miri: Sungai Miri riverfront

Miri: Tua Pek Kong Chinese Temple

Mulu National Park (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Miri Airport: Malaysia Airlines Rural Air Services Twin Otter aircraft

Baram river from aircraft on flight to Mulu (left) and Marudi town on its shores (right)

Boat on Baram river from aircraft
on flight from Mulu to Miri

Tropical rainforest with logging roads from aircraft on flight from Miri to Mulu

Mulu Airport: Terminal Building (left) and Malaysia Airlines Rural Air Services Twin Otter aircraft (right)

Mulu Airport: passengers disembarking from Twin Otter aircraft (left) and check-in counter (right)

passenger cabin of a Malaysia Airlines Rural Air Services Twin Otter aircraft

Flying in and out of Mulu airport offers fantastic views on the surrounding countryside:
Tutoh River near Mulu (left) and jungle-covered limestone-hills (right)

Gunung Mulu National Park Headquarters

Gunung Mulu National Park Headquarters
suspension bridge to the national park headquarters (left) and canteen restaurant across the river (right)

Mulu landscape with limestone hills

On the way to Deer Cave and Lang's Cave

boardwalk to Deer Cave and Lang's Cave

boardwalk to Deer Cave and Lang's Cave

Gunung Mulu national park: on the way to Deer Cave and Lang's Cave
jungle river (left) and empty river bed in dry season (right)

Deer Cave

Deer Cave: entrance (left) and open end (right)

Deer Cave: illuminated walkway (left) and bats emerging from the cave every evening (right)

Lang's Cave

Lang's Cave: view towards cave entrance

Lang's Cave: stalagmites and stalactites

On the way to Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave

Impressions from Sungai Melinau river

Gunung Mulu national park: moss covered trees in the rainforest,
on the way to Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave

Gunung Mulu National Park: trees with butress roots in rainforest

some leafs are big enough to hide a daypack;
you can actually hear these leafs when they fall to earth

Gunung Mulu national park: walkway to Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave

Gunung Mulu national park: wooden boardwalk to Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave

Moon Milk Cave

Gunung Mulu National Park Moon Milk Cave

Wind Cave

Wind Cave: entrance

Wind Cave: fantastic stalagmites and stalactites

Clearwater Cave

On the way from Wind Cave to Clearwater Cave. The walk takes about 15 minutes.
boats parking outside Wind Cave (left) and boardwalk above the river (right)

Clearwater Cave: entrance (left) and illuminated walkways (right)

Clearwater Cave: underground river

The Pinnacles

Gunung Mulu National Park: view on the Pinnacles and Gunung Api mountain from aircraft

detailed view on the Pinnacles, from aircraft

the peak of Gunung Mulu mountain, from aircraft

Flying over Gunung Mulu national park:
some of the hills have as many holes and caves as a swiss cheese (left);
virgin rainforests still cover most parts of the national park (right)

Jungle river from aircraft, on flight from Mulu to Miri

Niah Caves National Park
(Sarawak, Malaysia)