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Malaysia Tourism » Travel to Gua Telinga
Gua Telinga, Malaysia
GUA TELINGA TRAILS
This limestone cave, also known as Ear Cave, is 2.6 kilometres (I Y2mile) walk (4 hours return) or a ten minute boat journey from the TNR to the riverbank jetty, Pengkalan Gua. From the riverbank, the caves are 30 minutes walk away along a well defined trail through the rainforest. A small sign and a wooden bench indicate the entrance. There is a rope following a stream course leading through the cave although it is recommended that visitors join a guided crawl. While the length of the cave is only about 80 metres (90 yards), there are a few narrow and difficult stretches, but most people should be able to pass through without too much difficulty. The cave may not be negotiable during heavy rains and the monsoon season.
Those who walk all the way from Kuala Tahan must first cross Sungai Tahan and walk to Simpang Tualang before taking the left-hand trail that descends to the flat river terrace along the Sungai Tembeling. The forest here looks different from that on the slopes probably due to regular flooding. Crossing the smaller water courses walkers should look out for the White Crowned Forktails that are found here.
The cave is home to bats, frogs, insects and Cave Racer Snakes (Elaphe taeniurall Bats are the most significant animals in the cave system and usually the only ones that leave the cave for food. There are two species; the Round leaf (Hipposideros larvatus) and Dusky Fruit Bat (Penthetor lucasi). Accumulations of bat guano on the cave floor are the food source for a very delicately balanced food chain. Bats serve a very important role in pollinating fruit trees and supplying nutrients to the cave ecosystem.
In a cave rich in bats, the floor crawls with flies, maggots, millipedes, worms. roaches, mites and moths breaking down the bat guano. These organisms are in turn eaten by those further up the food chain, such as small mammals. frogs (e.g. the Black-striped – Rana nigrovittata) and toads (e.g. the Giant Toad Bufo riper). At the top of this chain is the Cave Racer, the only snake adapted to spending its whole life in a cave. It feeds almost exclusively on bats and swiftlets.
GUA TELINGA TO BUMBUN BELAU AND BUMBUN YONG
Visitors to Gua Telinga can walk via Simpang Tualang or arrive by boat at Pengkalan Gua on Sungai Tembeling. This walk can be done in reverse from Bumbun Belau (or Blau) and Yong by taking a boat to Pengkalan Belau and walking back towards Gua Telinga.
From Pengkalan Gua and the river, the trail crosses a wooden bridge and ten minutes further on branches, with tracks to the right (towards Simpang Tualang) and to the left (to Bumbun Belau and Yong). GuaTelinga lies straight ahead.
To reach Bumbun Belau and Yong. proceed left and cross the stream that flows from GuaTelinga. The trail crosses undulating country through tall forests before reaching Bumbun Belau.
Ten minutes on from Bumbun Belau trekkers reach a T-junction. To the left, steps lead down to the boat jetty of Pengkalan Belau on Sungai Tembeling. To the right the main trail leads to Bumbun Yong (ten minutes).
Tapir are often seen here, before dawn. Barking and Sambar Deer are also common visitors, and any rustling below the hide is most likely to be Civet Cats. Bumbun Belau has six bunks and a toilet but you should bring your own water from Kuala Tahan. Bumbun Yong has eight bunks, toilet and water collected from the roof.
KHEMAH (CAMP) KPIADONG AND BUKIT PECAH. PIRMKO
Both destinations are accessible from Kuala Tahan via Simpang Tualang, Gua Telinga, Bumbun Belau and Bumbun Yong (trails 2a-2d). From Bumbun Yong the steep 2 kilometre (I A mile) trail takes about 75 minutes one way.
Beyond Bumbun Yong, a narrow trail winds on for a few hundred metres to a fork. To the left at the fork the trail continues for roughly 500 metres (540 yards) to Khemah Keladong, a good campsite on a terraced bank adjoining Sungai Yong.
To the right is a trail leading to a point on the Yong River upstream from Khemah Keladong. There is a good campsite here that is accessible by walking along the banks or wading through the shallow stream.The stream is crossed, and the trail to the conical-shaped Bukit Pecah Piring (Broken-saucer Hill) continues through undulating terrain and lowland forest and then starts climbing to the 308 metre (1,010 feet) summit of the mountain. The climb is only 250 metres (800 feet) high as the base is already some distance above sea level. There are no views to be had from this summit.
This limestone cave, also known as Ear Cave, is 2.6 kilometres (I Y2mile) walk (4 hours return) or a ten minute boat journey from the TNR to the riverbank jetty, Pengkalan Gua. From the riverbank, the caves are 30 minutes walk away along a well defined trail through the rainforest. A small sign and a wooden bench indicate the entrance. There is a rope following a stream course leading through the cave although it is recommended that visitors join a guided crawl. While the length of the cave is only about 80 metres (90 yards), there are a few narrow and difficult stretches, but most people should be able to pass through without too much difficulty. The cave may not be negotiable during heavy rains and the monsoon season.
Those who walk all the way from Kuala Tahan must first cross Sungai Tahan and walk to Simpang Tualang before taking the left-hand trail that descends to the flat river terrace along the Sungai Tembeling. The forest here looks different from that on the slopes probably due to regular flooding. Crossing the smaller water courses walkers should look out for the White Crowned Forktails that are found here.
The cave is home to bats, frogs, insects and Cave Racer Snakes (Elaphe taeniurall Bats are the most significant animals in the cave system and usually the only ones that leave the cave for food. There are two species; the Round leaf (Hipposideros larvatus) and Dusky Fruit Bat (Penthetor lucasi). Accumulations of bat guano on the cave floor are the food source for a very delicately balanced food chain. Bats serve a very important role in pollinating fruit trees and supplying nutrients to the cave ecosystem.
In a cave rich in bats, the floor crawls with flies, maggots, millipedes, worms. roaches, mites and moths breaking down the bat guano. These organisms are in turn eaten by those further up the food chain, such as small mammals. frogs (e.g. the Black-striped – Rana nigrovittata) and toads (e.g. the Giant Toad Bufo riper). At the top of this chain is the Cave Racer, the only snake adapted to spending its whole life in a cave. It feeds almost exclusively on bats and swiftlets.
GUA TELINGA TO BUMBUN BELAU AND BUMBUN YONG
Visitors to Gua Telinga can walk via Simpang Tualang or arrive by boat at Pengkalan Gua on Sungai Tembeling. This walk can be done in reverse from Bumbun Belau (or Blau) and Yong by taking a boat to Pengkalan Belau and walking back towards Gua Telinga.
From Pengkalan Gua and the river, the trail crosses a wooden bridge and ten minutes further on branches, with tracks to the right (towards Simpang Tualang) and to the left (to Bumbun Belau and Yong). GuaTelinga lies straight ahead.
To reach Bumbun Belau and Yong. proceed left and cross the stream that flows from GuaTelinga. The trail crosses undulating country through tall forests before reaching Bumbun Belau.
Ten minutes on from Bumbun Belau trekkers reach a T-junction. To the left, steps lead down to the boat jetty of Pengkalan Belau on Sungai Tembeling. To the right the main trail leads to Bumbun Yong (ten minutes).
Tapir are often seen here, before dawn. Barking and Sambar Deer are also common visitors, and any rustling below the hide is most likely to be Civet Cats. Bumbun Belau has six bunks and a toilet but you should bring your own water from Kuala Tahan. Bumbun Yong has eight bunks, toilet and water collected from the roof.
KHEMAH (CAMP) KPIADONG AND BUKIT PECAH. PIRMKO
Both destinations are accessible from Kuala Tahan via Simpang Tualang, Gua Telinga, Bumbun Belau and Bumbun Yong (trails 2a-2d). From Bumbun Yong the steep 2 kilometre (I A mile) trail takes about 75 minutes one way.
Beyond Bumbun Yong, a narrow trail winds on for a few hundred metres to a fork. To the left at the fork the trail continues for roughly 500 metres (540 yards) to Khemah Keladong, a good campsite on a terraced bank adjoining Sungai Yong.
To the right is a trail leading to a point on the Yong River upstream from Khemah Keladong. There is a good campsite here that is accessible by walking along the banks or wading through the shallow stream.The stream is crossed, and the trail to the conical-shaped Bukit Pecah Piring (Broken-saucer Hill) continues through undulating terrain and lowland forest and then starts climbing to the 308 metre (1,010 feet) summit of the mountain. The climb is only 250 metres (800 feet) high as the base is already some distance above sea level. There are no views to be had from this summit.
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