The tram
The tram station
A view from the tram station
The way up/down
Want to bungee jump?
A view from the rest area
The gallery
The outdoor rest area
Literal translation: Yellow Genie's Tongue
Usage: Ear ache.
The entrance area.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Cave of Darkness II (2008)
The tramThe tram stationA view from the tram stationThe way up/downWant to bungee jump?A view from the rest areaThe galleryThe outdoor rest areaLiteral translation: Yellow Genie's Tongue
Usage: Ear ache.
The entrance area.
Cave of Darkness II (2008)
An old and imposing tree opposite the entrance
The sign beneath the tree
The entrance to Gua Kelam II
Welcome to Gua Kelam II The State of Perlis Forestry Department
The gallery next to the entrance. A rest area, cafeteria (not yet in operation) and washrooms are available.
The rubbish bins. Perhutanan means forestry in Malay.
The Nakawan RangeGua Kelam II (Cave of Darkness II) is the second longest cave in Peninsula Malaysia at 3748m. It's a 300–million–year–old river cave with some huge natural chambers and lots of relics from the mining era.
Like its sibling cave, Gua Kelam, located within walking distance, Gua Kelam II is a former tin mining cave. It's currently being turned into a show cave and scheduled to be fully completed in February 2009.
A tram transports the visitors into the cave. The entrance fee is RM5 per adult and RM3 per child. Let's hope the state government will not raise the fees from March 2009 onwards.
If you wish to explore more, you must inform the local Forestry Department Office and get a guide.
Source: www.cavesofmalaysia.com
Like its sibling cave, Gua Kelam, located within walking distance, Gua Kelam II is a former tin mining cave. It's currently being turned into a show cave and scheduled to be fully completed in February 2009.
A tram transports the visitors into the cave. The entrance fee is RM5 per adult and RM3 per child. Let's hope the state government will not raise the fees from March 2009 onwards.
If you wish to explore more, you must inform the local Forestry Department Office and get a guide.
Source: www.cavesofmalaysia.com
Cave of Darkness (2008)
The tunnel opens up to Wang Tangga (Valley of Stairs). See the stream below?
The other end
The subterranean stream that flows below the walkway
Fancy a picnic and camping by the stream? You can also do jungle trekking here.
On our way back, halfway through. Pictured are a friend and her son.
The entrance/exitSee my previous posts for the story.
Cave of Darkness (2008)
Water dripping
Support beams hold the walkway in place
Glittering limestone formations
Wang Tangga (Valley of Stairs), the other end of the cave.Cave of Darkness (2008)
Near the entrance
The stream
You'll get to see some tiny 'flying' fish here if you're lucky
The view upGua Kelam (Cave of Darkness), which is of Ordovician to Lower Devonian (500 to 370 Ma) age, is a unique 370–metre long limestone cave formed in Setul Formation limestones. Classified as a Karst cave, a sight of the cave tour include Gastropodes fossil in the limestone. The huge cave system also has rimstone pools.
Gua Kelam is located at the foothills of a small town called Kaki Bukit, within the Perlis State Park, which borders with the Nakawan Range of Thailand. The locals have used this cave as a shortcut through the hill between Kaki Bukit and Wang Kelian for a long time. This possibility was a result of tin mining activities since World War I.
According to history, tin was discovered here when a Malay man by the name of Nayan started mining it at Sungai Pelarit, near here. Later on, he sold his operations to the Kong Fatt Mining Company. The tray system was used to mine for tin. To reach the tin, the miners dug pits as deep as 200 meters. Downpours often caused floods that trap and drowned many miners.
Back in 1935, an Englishman saw the water pathway as a brilliant method of transporting tin ore from a mine located near the stream entrance through the underground cavern to Kaki Bukit. Now, only locals and tourists make their way through the cave via a brightly illuminated wooden walkway inside the cave. You can still find remnants of the tin mine operation inside.
The walk through the cave is accompanied by the sound of flowing water from the subterranean stream below, smell of bat guano, and the impressive sights of stalactites, stalagmites, rimstone pools and other limestone formations.
There is an entrance fee of RM1 for adults and RM0.50 for children. The walkway is generally well–kept, though taking photographs in the dark proves to be quite a challenge.
Many natural caves in Perlis have been dug extensively for tin, although no longer worked. The caves in the Setul Mountain Range in Perlis are different from those found in the rest of Peninsula Malaysia as they have great depth and also have rivers flowing through them. There are flooded chambers, underground lakes, calcite formations, as well as man–made remains of old railway lines, engine rooms, wooden walkways, steps carved into rock, and small mining artifacts.
Sources: www.virtualmalaysia.com, www.showcaves.com, www.asiaexplorers.com and www.cavesofmalaysia.com
Gua Kelam is located at the foothills of a small town called Kaki Bukit, within the Perlis State Park, which borders with the Nakawan Range of Thailand. The locals have used this cave as a shortcut through the hill between Kaki Bukit and Wang Kelian for a long time. This possibility was a result of tin mining activities since World War I.
According to history, tin was discovered here when a Malay man by the name of Nayan started mining it at Sungai Pelarit, near here. Later on, he sold his operations to the Kong Fatt Mining Company. The tray system was used to mine for tin. To reach the tin, the miners dug pits as deep as 200 meters. Downpours often caused floods that trap and drowned many miners.
Back in 1935, an Englishman saw the water pathway as a brilliant method of transporting tin ore from a mine located near the stream entrance through the underground cavern to Kaki Bukit. Now, only locals and tourists make their way through the cave via a brightly illuminated wooden walkway inside the cave. You can still find remnants of the tin mine operation inside.
The walk through the cave is accompanied by the sound of flowing water from the subterranean stream below, smell of bat guano, and the impressive sights of stalactites, stalagmites, rimstone pools and other limestone formations.
There is an entrance fee of RM1 for adults and RM0.50 for children. The walkway is generally well–kept, though taking photographs in the dark proves to be quite a challenge.
Many natural caves in Perlis have been dug extensively for tin, although no longer worked. The caves in the Setul Mountain Range in Perlis are different from those found in the rest of Peninsula Malaysia as they have great depth and also have rivers flowing through them. There are flooded chambers, underground lakes, calcite formations, as well as man–made remains of old railway lines, engine rooms, wooden walkways, steps carved into rock, and small mining artifacts.
Sources: www.virtualmalaysia.com, www.showcaves.com, www.asiaexplorers.com and www.cavesofmalaysia.com
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