Gua Tempurung
There are a few challenging cave exploration packages that are very exciting where you need to climb, crawl, slide or squeeze through a hole in the floor of the cave and splash into an underground river to go back into sunshine...All of this happens under the limestone hills of Gunung Tempurung and Gunung Gajah. And the whole journey is going to take 4-6 hours.
Nowadys, entering the cave is not FOC anymore. We got to buy the entry ticket. Of course, with the kids and my mother-in-law tagging along, we buy the free-and-easy route that cost RM6 per head. While waiting for our tour guide, we walked outside the cave area to kill time.
Almost 20 years later, this man pay a return visit to the caves. Wonder if the caves still remember him?
This small pond is like coming from no where?
See the black pony there? No matter how we called him, he just won't come near to us. Too shy, maybe? Or get too sick to the human boys?
William couldn't wait to dash inside the caves. He is an explorer type.
The adventure begins with a concrete walkways and continues into a turnel journey of amazing rock formations that run from east to west for nearly 2km. Soon when I entered the cave, I knew this cave is going to impress me...
That is the only opening when we can still see the sunlight coming in. Then after, the cave is completely seal-up.
The stones have reflected the sunlight and created this beautiful colors. It's sort of like a glacier cave to me.
This free-and-easy route is not that free-and-easy as I thought. We have to climb up many many steep ladders to reach our destination.
The more ladder I climb, the more nervous I became. First, because of its lattitue. Secondly because of the anxious feelings that my boys might slipped down.
There is a plateau at the middle of the journey. We could catch some breathes while the tour guide show us some funny shapes of the limestones. For example, the shape that appears on that wall looks like Malaysian's Mona Lisa.
There are truely many unique and fascinating limestone formations in the cave.
Forgot what is so special about this hightlighted stone?
We have been to many countries and their unique landscapes, and this cave, is no less beautiful and astonishing than any places we go before.
KS's mom didn't make it to the top. She had decided to stop at the middle of the way, at the plateau there. She said she has been waiting 40min for us to return.
We all came out 1 piece, no injuries what-so-ever...not bad.
This 2 little boys were very helpful to put the caddles on...
and blew it off with me too...It was indeed a great day.