Mulu pinnacles

Day 0

From Miri - Reach Mulu HQ by Borneo Air flight

Check in Mulu HQ- Melinau Female Hostel

2:30pm Going to Deer Cave and Lang Cave

After 3 km walk, we reach the bat exodus watching platform, we take a short rest and heading to Lang cave. Numerous stalagmites/ columns found in the cave. 

Next, we went to the Deer cave. During the old time, deers love to visit this cave to get the salt from the bats' poop. There are still millions of bats staying inside of this cave. Deer cave is one of the largest cave passage in the world.

About 5:30pm, we back to the bat watching platform. 15minutes later, the first swarm of bats flying out like spell or melody from the cave. Following there are more and more groups of bat exodus. 

We leave the platform with grateful heart being able to see bat exodus, because the bats will not come out if it is rain. 

Day 1

9:15am briefing at Mulu HQ

9:25am long boat to Wind cave & Clearwater cave. 

The special of wind cave is you could feel a breeze at the narrow passage. After passing through a narrow passage there is a skylight in the cave. 

A further short ride, we reach the Clearwater cave. 200 steps of stairs to the clearwater cave entrance. There monophyllaea pendula (plants that just one leaf) living on the limestone which looks like banana leaf, they are endemic plants which only could found in Borneo. 

After visiting these two caves, we headed to Kuala Litut for our 9km trekking to Camp 5. 

1pm Kuala Litut

3:30pm Camp 5 ( 2h 30m of trekking) 

The staff give us the mosquito net that we pay at the HQ and we had an abundance free time at the Camp 5 till tomorrow morning hike. 

We spend our time in the cooling Melinau river, cooking dinner, chit chatting and call it a day. 

Day 2 - Pinnacle hike

5am wake up & breakfast

6:10am start hike from Camp 5

7am 900m checkpoint

7:30am 1.2km checkpoint, halfway to go

We dump our 1.5liter extra water here. 

8:45am 2km checkpoint, first ladder 

               High risk zone start from here, total there are 17 ladders to the Pinnacles. 

The Nepenthes/ Monkey cup are beside the trail. 

9:30am The Pinnacles viewpoint (3hours 20mins)

10:30am Descend

1:30pm back to Camp 5 (3hours)

Abundance free time again~ Raining after we back to Camp 5. 

Day 3 

7:05am Leaving Camp 5

9:30am Kuala Litut 

10:15am Long Boat ride

10:45am Back to Mulu HQ

We are allow to take a shower at Tongkat Ali Hostel, because we have to catch up our flight to Miri at 2pm.