Travel Story with MEri: Gua Niah National Park

(Cuti Malaysia, n.d.)

Niah National Park is located near to Sungai Niah which is about 3 kilometers from the small town of Batu Niah in Miri Srawak. The distance between Miri and Niah National Park is 110 kilometers. It is the smallest national park but it is one of the most important and has some of the most extraordinary visitor attractions. It is one of the main claims to fame that it is the birth place of civilization in the region. Niah Cave National Park is also one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world which has a the oldest modern human remains in South East Asia along with many others relics of prehistoric man which were discovered about 40, 000 years ago(Welcome To Gua Niah NP Page – Sarawak, n.d.).

Niah Cave National Park has a size of 3, 140 hectares of forest and limestone karst area had been gazetted as National Park in 1974 and open to the public in 1975. Local people also collect the guano which is the bird and bat droppings as a fertilizer, and also collect bird nest. Visitors can access into the cave through a raised plank walk that winds through lowland forest which is surrounded by birds and butterflies. Besides that, visitors can also discover the richness of tropical rainforest, climbing 400m of tall limestone ridge or have a look at the Iban long house located near the national park boundary. Visitors also can choose to rent a boat or walk along the river from Niah National Park Headquarters to Batu Niah Town to explore more adventure experiences (Welcome To Gua Niah NP Page – Sarawak, n.d.).

In 2011, I had my first visitation to cave which is Niah Cave. I went with a few of my best friends and discovered more about the natural geological formation and living species of the cave. It is a good travel experiences.