Finally, I decided to make a trip to Gua Tempurung (GT) after much persuasion by friends. GT is apparently Perak’s most famous Cave believed to have existed since early 8000 B.C. The cave is famous for its breathtaking gallery of stalagmites, stalactites and other amazing rock formations that are superb speleological wonders.
We took the Grand Tour which covered a complete catwalk journey from the entrance with full-length underground river adventure from East to West for 1.9 km. and return. Started at 10 a.m. and came out at 1 p.m. totally wet and muddy. Luckily, I came in clothes to be discarded after the trip.
Initially, we faithfully followed the Guide to crawl through low passages until a member of the group alerted us to alternative easier bypass routes. Thereafter, we constantly sought out bypass routes and left the crawling activities to the younger generation. So for those who suffer from backaches, you still can join and enjoy the Grand Tour.
Overall, it is quite enjoyable and not too strenuous despite having to do a lot of crawling through low tunnels against flowing water.
Photo credit to EM for most of the photos displayed here http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/4805.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHe he he. Just the beginning only
ReplyDeleteWe also din know that we have to go down this scary slope. Want to detour, but it was too late. Our guide already jump down first. I guess nobody screaming while sliding down. :-))
ReplyDeleteI was also looking for detour and noted a second route with a shorter steep slope towards my right. But it already had a queue. So no choice! It should be easier to clear the traffic building here if ropes were provided for us to climb down the slope. One participant went down so fast that the guide did manage to catch him in time. Luckily he could still walk despite landing with a heavy thud on the ground.
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