For you caving lovers, you need to try caving at Deer Cave, Sarawak, Malaysia

A few days ago I posted a dance cave attractions that SON Doong cave. Well this time I will be reviewing one of the caves on the island of Borneo, Sarawak Malaysia precisely. This cave is known as Deer Cave and local residents known this cave as Gua Rusa. Deer Cave is located near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo and is a show cave attraction of Gunung Mulu National Park. It was surveyed in 1961 by G.E. Wilford, of the Malaysian Geological Survey, who predicted that Mulu would yield many more caves in the future (Wilford, 1964). The cave, which is also known as Gua Payau or Gua Rusa by the local Penan and Berawan people, is said to have received its name because of the deers that come to the cave to lick salt-bearing rocks (Tsen, 1993) and shelter themselves.

How to get there?

Tourism access to the cave (and to the entire park) was opened in 1984. The landscape attracts around 25,000 visitors from countries all over the world every year.  (you can find more information about this in www.asean-tourism.com/heritage/malaysia.shtml)

To access Deer Cave, one must first enter the Gunung Mulu National Park, by way of the nearby city of Miri. Malaysian Airlines operates flights of approximately 45 minutes from Miri to Mulu. The park can also be reached by boat from Marudi, but a special booking must be made since no regular boat covers that area.

You can access the Deer Cave by following a three kilometer plank walk, which passes through various places like a swamp, limestone outcrops, etc. This walk is considered an additional attraction to visitors as it takes them through the rainforest (of about 55,000 ha) and by an ancient Penan Burial Cave.
The interior of the cave is lit, but flashlights are recommended for personal use in darker areas.
There is also an area of the cave known as the Garden of Eden, named as such due to rich green vegetation made possible by a hole in the roof providing a small amount of sunlight. Visitor attention may also be drawn to a specific formation which bears a distinct resemblance to the profile of Abraham Lincoln.

What should I know before coming here?

Well, before visited this place, you should know a little about the geography of the area around the cave deer. Here little overview of the area around the cave deer that I got from Wikipedia.

The cave was surveyed for the first time in the year 1978, producing measurements of 174 m wide and 122 m high in one section that passed through the mountain for a distance of one kilometer. Subsequently a next survey increased the acknowledged passage length to 4.1 kilometers and connected Lang Cave, another show cave within the park, to the Deer Cave System. This survey made in 2009 by the Hoffman Institute of Western Kentucky University revealed the maximum cross sectional area to be in the large southern passage. This was documented at 169 m wide with a ceiling height of 125 m. The northern passage registered the greatest ceiling height at 148m with a cross sectional width of 142 m. The main entrance of Deer Cave was measured at 146 m.

And I hope this picture can little bit explaining about Deer Cave beauty.