Underground Wonder: Clearwater Cave

This cave is one of the most impressive in Mulu National Park. It gets its name from the crystal clear water flowing through it. According to the local guides, this cave system has something in the vicinity of 260 km of passageways running back into the karst terrain. The show cave area, which has been developed for tourism, is just a tiny portion at the downstream entrance. The site is just a few minutes further upriver from the Cave of Winds. If you’re doing the tour, this site is visited after the Cave of Winds. The boat landing area is in a beautiful setting with clear, emerald water surrounded by thick jungle. Note: After the cave tour, sightseers are given time to have a swim in the natural pool. The cave entrance is just a short distance from the boat landing. Be prepared for a bit of exercise as there’s a flight of stairs, with 200 steps, up to the entrance of the cave. The entrance area is large in size and another stairway takes you down into a tunnel leading to the rear section of the cave. One of the main features is the river flowing through this area of the cave. A bridge takes you across the river and provides a nice view, in both directions, along the river tunnel. After crossing the bridge, another flight of stairs (with 125 steps) takes you up to the rear section of the cave, which is also a dark zone. At the far end of the rear section there’s a collapse where the jungle is visible through a hole in the cave ceiling. The returning pathway goes in a loop, along the opposite side of the cave, where many nice formations can be seen. A tour through this cave will take approximately one hour. Safe travels, Mega.

It's really cool, and the water here is actually so clear that you can see the bottom, and the river will have a clear dividing line with the main main road in a certain part. There are walking trails in the caves. They are very beautiful inside and worth exploring.

Saw 4 caves during trip to Mulu National Park and thought this one was the most impressive (unless you are into bats - then Deer Cave would be for you). Massive cave with a large underground river running through it. Note that there is a steep flight of steps (about 200) to the entrance of the cave, and inside the cave there are many more steps up and down, so may not be elderly friendly. Relatively well-lit, but flashlights are still recommended. Nice picnic area at the base of the entrance and a swimming hole too (guides will advise whether it is safe to go in).

Who plans to visit?

Still not move on.. I have to go back to mulu again