Mount Mulu – Clearwater Caves

We left our luggage in the house and straight we headed to the Mulu Park to begin our mission.
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Welcome to Gunung Mulu National Park.
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Have to pass through this canopy walkway.
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We will sit in this long boat later.
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Visitor Registration Office.
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After registration, we take a boat ride to our first destination, Clearwater Cave.
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That is the canopy walkway that we passed by just now.
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Sit tight friends, our journey starts now.
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Local students are waiting for their boat to go home ?
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Nice view.
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We are still on the boat after 10 minutes.
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About 30 minutes, we finally arriving the crystal Clearwater Cave.
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Here I am. The Cleawater Cave entrance.
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We got a very stiff staircases to climb.
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Read this before you start. Help to protect and preserve the nature.
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The expert is using his SLR camera to take a better picture of us
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Friend, what are you staring at ? Be careful of those stones at the top of your head 
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Walking down to explore more about this cave.
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They call this part of the Cleawater Cave system the Lady Cave because some people think some of the formations here look like ladies. True or not….you go there to confirm it
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Remember to bring along a torch light or head lamp if you plan to visit the caves in Mulu.
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Available evidence suggests that water did not flow down this big hole but welled up from it during very big flood events to deposit these layers of sand from the Mulu mountain.

As the rivers cut down into the limestone, the pattern of drainage changed and, for a short time, water did flow through this part of the cave and down the hole, taking with it large amounts of the sediment and blocking the bottom of the hole.
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Exploring more deeper into the cave.
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Feeling like inside a Dinosour mouth.
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An eye is opening wide…….
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Going to the left side of the cave to explore more.
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Just in case you can’t see clearly, from left :-

1. When the cave is full of water, the limestone is dissolved evenly, making a circular tube-like passage.

2. When the water level drops, the limestone is only dissolved from the floor to make a key-hole shape passage as the water cuts downwards.

3. If the floor becomes covered with insoluble sediments, then the water cannot cut downwards but start to attack the walls of the cave, cutting sideways into the limestone walls.

4. When the insoluble layer is eventually washed away, the water starts cutting downwards again, leaving the notches exposed.
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This light is coming from the top of the cave.
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Our friend is busy shooting some beautiful parts of the cave.
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By 1.20pm, we have finished our Clearwater Cave tour.
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Having lunch at this tranquil environment is the greatest enjoyment.
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Our lunch box imported from Miri
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Then, we spoted this huge crocodile in the river !
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The nature is the creator for this !
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This little friend is following us on the boat.
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Innovative staircase.
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The local kids are having fun in the river.
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This is the life of the local people. Whole family having river bath together.
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Next –> Deer and Langs Caves
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