The Dark Cave

For my whole life, this would be the first time I had ever been to Malaysia’s famous Batu Caves. The huge Batu Caves are the best well known attraction near Kuala Lumpur. It is a MUST go tourist spot if you are visiting and staying in Kuala Lumpur for more than 2 days.

My family and I joined a group of members from Saujana Golf and Country Club to participate in the adventure trip to the Dark Cave in Batu Caves. The Dark Cave is just off the 204th step of the total 272 rock steps of Batu Caves.

My family and I were the earliest there, obviously because my younger brother was looking forward to this trip ever since we registered for it. He speaks of it night and day throughout the whole month. When we first stepped foot there, we saw this really big statue of Lord Murugan which was 42.7m tall. It was golden in colour. Just in front of the statue, there was an open area where thousands of pigeons were having their breakfast. We spent RM1 to get a packet of flower seeds to feed the pigeons as well. It was really fun while we run around throwing out the seeds and the pigeons just coming after us; charging to get their breakfast.

Not long after an early morning run, the other groups of members arrived. Without wasting any time, we started approaching the famous stairs of Batu Caves. It was harder than I had ever imagined. Each step was more difficult than the previous step. A couple of minutes later, we reached the Dark Cave.

The Dark Cave is one of the many limestone hills in Malaysia. The cave was really interesting. There were many species of bats, cockroaches, millipedes, and many more other types of insects that I had never seen before. Throughout the trip, we even crawled and creeped under small caves which is also well-known as the longest small cave in Asia, approximately 30m long.

It was a really fun day and it ended in a really dirty way too. We were all filthy with mud and slime from having to crawl and creep on the ground and our bodies started to itch after awhile. Overall, it was an amazing trip which I had enjoyed. If Inti-UC would organize a trip here, I would gladly visit the Dark Cave again.