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The walkway to the caves in the Gunung Mulu national park in Sarawak, Borneo.
The entrance to the Deer Cave, the biggest cave passage in the world - 170m high and 2km long.
Cave formations in Langs Cave.
Cave formations in Langs Cave.
Cave formations in Langs Cave.
In Langs Cave, Mulu, Sarawak.
The strange silhuette of a face which can be seen from one particular angle from inside the enormous Deer Cave.
Silhuette of a face which can be seen from one particular angle from inside the enormous Deer Cave.
After walking through the mountain for an hour inside the Deer Cave you arrive at the "Garden of Eden" where the cave roof gives way to trees and plants growing inside.
Looking back towards the entrance of the Deer Cave.
Entrance to the Deer Cave.
Canopy walkway in Mulu, Sarawak.
Canopy walkway in Mulu, Sarawak.
The Deer Cave is home to two million bats, which all leave the cave between 4:30 and 6pm most evenings.
The bats didn't come out the first evening we were there to watch but we had more luck the second time.
The bats leaving the cave, flying like a thin rim of smoke snaking it's way across the sky.
Sometimes there were two different ribbons of bats, spiralling around eachother like DNA strings..amazing to watch.
Looking up from inside the Wind Cave.
Cavers in the Wind Cave.
Inside the Wind Cave.
The surreal King's Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
King's Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
King's Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
King's Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
King's Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
Forest of stalactites in the Kings Chamber inside the Wind Cave.
Entrance to Clearwater Cave.
Strange one-leaf-plants (endemic to Borneo) growing on the rocks of the Clearwater Cave entrance.
Inside the Clearwater Cave. The cavesystem runs for over 100km inside the mountain.
Inside the Clearwater Cave.
Inside the Clearwater Cave.
Inside the Clearwater Cave.
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