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Deer Cave, Gunung Mulu National Park

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Deer Cave attracts thousands of visitors every year with its unique rock formations, including the one at its south entrance that resembles the profile of Abraham Lincoln. The cave was opened for public in 1984, and it was long regarded the world's largest cave passage. It is home to three million bats you can watch twirling and swarming outside the cave from the park's bat observatory. The walk to the cave through a tropical rainforest via a 3 km (1.9 mi) plank is an attraction in its own right. To visit Deer Cave on your trip to Gunung Mulu National Park, use our Gunung Mulu National Park road trip planning site.
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  • A stunning 9km round trip. We went on the 2:30pm tour with Undi as our guide who had an incredible eye for spotting nature - a blue snake in the Lang Cave and a snake fish in the creek along the... 
    A stunning 9km round trip. We went on the 2:30pm tour with Undi as our guide who had an incredible eye for spotting nature - a blue snake in the Lang Cave and a snake fish in the creek along the...  more »
  • A beautiful 40 minute walk in the Rainforest with a really good & invested guide to an enormous cave entrance & stunning interior boardwalk all the way to the Garden of Eden which is closed now but... 
    A beautiful 40 minute walk in the Rainforest with a really good & invested guide to an enormous cave entrance & stunning interior boardwalk all the way to the Garden of Eden which is closed now but...  more »
  • The ginormous size of Deer Cave cannot be explained and can only be appreciated in person. I was told how massive it is, yet I didn’t comprehend until walk inside the entrance mouth of the cave... 
    The ginormous size of Deer Cave cannot be explained and can only be appreciated in person. I was told how massive it is, yet I didn’t comprehend until walk inside the entrance mouth of the cave...  more »
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  • One of the most stunning caves in Malaysia to visit, provided you love caves, nature & outdoors. This is the star cave of Mulu Park and is the latest cave chamber in the world. In my life, I've been here 6 times, last being in Sept 2022, where I came specially for smartphone photography. The highlights are the 100m high ceiling with water dropping down like a scene from Avatar. Half way in, there's the famous Abraham Lincoln silhouette when you look at an angle towards the cave mouth. Your guide will show you that, and if you move left, you can see the map of Africa in the silhouette too! Inside, Adam & Eve's Shower are also a spectacular to see with your own eyes. The Deer Caves are truly a must-visit for anyone who loves nature.
  • The ginormous size of Deer Cave cannot be explained and can only be appreciated in person. I was told how massive it is, yet I didn’t comprehend until walk inside the entrance mouth of the cave. The walk to Deer Cave alone was stunning admiring the forest, then walking around the cave was beautiful. Be sure to be there in the afternoon for the bat exodus which is mind blowing. Watching the millions of bats fly out of the cave in a smoke formation was one of the best natural experiences I’ve witnessed in my life. Cannot highly recommend Deer Cave enough.
  • Very beautiful Cave in Mulu National Park. The largest among the 4 opened to public, and as if you are entering Grand Canyon or moon, as the landscape is totally different from outside World. Really worth to pay a visit at least once.
  • 🏞️🏞️🏞️🏞️🏞️ Mulu National Park Entering Deer Cave 5🌟 Big Big cave with shower on top, Lincoln's shadow, running stream inside the cave. Outside Deer Cave 5🌟 Wait till 6.20pm to spot the numerous groups of bat flying out to search for food. It becomes the feast for hawk if u can spot it in the video.
  • You have to be on a tour that cost @ RM35 per pax to enter Deer and the another nearby cave called Lang! Although if you just want to see the bat exodus and dont wanna enter the caves, that is free. All of these are within the same place and i highly recommend to visit the caves too. Deer cave is massive big. We came herr while it was raining heavily. It didnt stop our tour, somehow it looked more majestic as we head in the cave. The cave was protecting us from the rain with a beautiful view. We spotted shrimps, fish, labi-labi and of course lotsa bats in deer cave. The guamo definitely smell but the walk isnt too frightening. The walk requires u to walk up and down stairs a little via a platform but the view changes so you wont really feel more walks required here than some smaller caves. And THE BAT EXODUS (subject to the weather, tougher to see during rains) is something different! Go for ittt

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