Dark Cave in Kaki Bukit/Perlis

Gua Kelam or Dark Cave is situated in Kaki Bukit, a very small town just about 15km from the border of Thailand. It is a famous tourists spot in Perlis. There is a hanging wooden bridge in the cave. It is about 450m long and beneath it is a river. The cave is decorated with colourful light so it looks beautiful. There is another way to the cave but you have to climb it. It will take about 15 minutes to reach the top of the cave. In the other side of the cave, there is a river for us to swim. Besides, there is also a campsite.
To go to cave 2, we have two methods. Ones can either go by train or walk. To go by train you have to pay RM5 and the railway station just at the entrance. If ones choose to walk, you can use the ladder to climb up about 10m then there is a tunnel for you to walk to cave 2. Dark Cave is suitable for both adult and children. It maybe close during rainy seasion if the water level beneath the bridge is too high.



Alternate entrance to Dark Cave 1






















Alternate entrance to Dark Cave 1




















































Garden near the entrance




















Railway station




















Railway to Dark Cave 2




















Recreation Park





















Main entrance to Cave 1





















Hanging bridge in cave 1
























Scenery in cave 1
























































































The tunnel from cave1 to cave 2










































































ladder to the entrance from cave 1 to cave 2



















Jogging track

Dark Cave of Batu Cave

The Dark Cave is just situated beside Batu Cave of Kuala Lumpur. It was a restricted area for the past. A few years ago it has been open to public. Before entering the cave ones must apply the permit and ask for at least a guide. If not mistaken one guide is allowed to take only ten visitors. Once you enter the cave, the thing that welcome you are the smell of the bat's shit. It is not surprising as the habitat of bats are dark places. You can see one or few bats but hundreds or thousands of bat here.

The cave is really dark so the visitors must bring a torch so that you are not lost. We can see many insects in the cave such as cockroaches. They are a bit different from what we see in our house. The cave was the place that the communist stayed before, so we can also see many Chinese words that written by them. Unfortunately I can't really understand what the words mean because they are a bit different.

The most interesting things to see in the cave sure are the stalactites and the stalagmites. They look more beautiful under the light. They are believed to form a few million years ago. We are not allowed to touch them as they will lost their shine. There is a place that very changing for the visitors because you have to crawl through a very narrow path. No other choice it is the only way.