Caving Adventure...

Gua Tempurung which is located at Gopeng, Perak is about 30 minutes drive from Ipoh. The surroundings are pretty untouched though some facilities are being constructed for tourism purposes.

From the ticketing counter; we have several routes to choose 1 to 4 with 1 being the easiest and 4 the toughest and longest route! We chose the 3rd route instead as we have 2 elderly folks tagging along and because this route also includes wading through water....an experience that we hope to try out!

Before entering, I was given a warning on taking my camera "Nikki" along as the route we're taking might damage my camera but feeling that it would be a waste without going in with "Nikki" to capture the moments; I disobeyed their good intention advice.

Early into the cave we're already sweating; might be due to the humidity level there and also the long stairs climb. Manage to view lot's of beautifully shaped figures like human heads, legs, animals, dinosaurs etc but didn't manage to capture it as it's too far from my flash reach! :(

Most of the tour is really dark where torchlights are required! Our tour guide even gave us a try out pure darkness feeling when he asked everyone to switch off our torchlights and it's really pitched black! Then came the first challenging moment whereby we have to walk off the man made trail to a small crack in the cave wall to move to another location...luckily for me am not that big a size which I can go through but with assistance of course as the slope is slippery. There was even once when the route that we need to take is a 60 degrees slope which we need to slide down...OUCH!! Seriously not for the faint hearted....

There were several locations where we have to wade through ankle deep water though the water is clear and cold but it might have leeches in it as I got 1 stuck on my hand!!! Urggghh! There are also places where you have to squat down to move or even try to crawl as the ceiling is that low till your whole body is wet! Now I should have heed the warning about my camera but luckily I was prepared with several plastic bags to cover it...

Overall it's a tiring yet pleasurable experience which one must try if you're into adventures but beware of what you take inside as it would be soaked wet! Recommend to get a compact camera that is water resistant as it is really beautiful inside that cave to be stored as memory...

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Cameron Highlands