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Mulu National Park - Mulu Summit
Introduction
I Location
Map I The
Show Caves I Adventure
Caving I Mulu
Summit I The
Pinnacles I The
Headhunter's Trail I
Rivers &
Gorges I Flora
& Fauna I
People and
Settlement I
Bat Flights
The mountainous nature of Mulu sets the scene for one of nature’s
most spectacular rainforest vistas. The mountains leap out of
the surrounding plains rising vertically in places with sheer
cliffs and exposed rock faces. Many visitors to Mulu are struck
by the imposing nature of the park’s terrain when flying
to it, particularly on a clear day when it is possible to fly
over Gunung Api and view such formations as the Pinnacles. Upon
seeing the park from the air, visitors are awed by its inaccessibility
with steep mountain sides, plunging gorges and collapsed caves
covered in an impenetrable sea of verdant rainforest. Most imposing
of all is Gunung Mulu itself, which dominates the landscape.
At 2,377 metres the sandstone massif of Gunung Mulu is Sarawak’s
second highest peak and provides a contrast in geology with the
limestone peaks to the north of Gunung Api and Gunung Benarat. The
steep nature of the peaks and their considerable rise in altitude
has resulted in a variety of vegetation types within the park encompassing
lowland alluvial and Dipterocarp forest at low altitudes and montane
forests at higher altitudes. |
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