Experience the best of Gunung Mulu National Park

Gunung Mulu National Park lies in northern Sarawak on Borneo, near the Brunei border, and was made a World Heritage site in 2000 for its rainforest and its limestone caves. It is most easily reached by air from Miri. The summit of Gunung Mulu, at 2,376 metres, stands over the forest.

The caves are the park's glory. Sarawak Chamber is among the largest known cave chambers in the world, and Deer Cave is a vast passage whose bats pour out at dusk in a long, smoke-like stream. Clearwater Cave follows an underground river. Above the forest, the sharp limestone blades of the Pinnacles rise on Gunung Api, and a canopy walkway crosses high among the trees.

Boat trips on the Melinau River pass villages of the Penan people, former forest nomads who trade crafts. Meals at the park's lodges serve Sarawak dishes, including midin, a wild jungle fern. Rain falls heavily in every month of the year, so waterproofs matter more than the season.