Gunung Mulu

About

The Gunung Mulu National Park, also known simply as the Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its caves and the expeditions that have been mounted to explore them and their surrounding rainforest, most notably the Royal Geographical Society Expedition of 1977–1978, which saw over 100 scientists in the field for 15 months. This initiated a series of over 20 expeditions now named the Mulu Caves Project.

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Why visit

Visit Gunung Mulu for landscape, access, and the way nature, settlement, and tourism meet. The point is not only the view or the photograph. Look for visitor centers, local guides, walking routes, conservation stories, religious or archaeological sites, and nearby towns that explain how the landscape is used. Keep the plan accessible and paced. Gentle walks, viewpoints, boat routes, gardens, birdwatching, and short interpretive stops usually do more for this kind of place than a rushed attempt to cover every trail or lookout. The best visit connects scenery with access, local work, conservation, and the nearest practical base.

When to avoid

Do not treat Gunung Mulu like a normal city stop. Weather, access, daylight, tickets, guides, fuel, water, and return transport can decide whether the day works. Build in a fallback route and do not let one distant viewpoint or trail carry the whole day. This is especially important in heat, rain, snow, fog, or short winter daylight.

The next week in Gunung Mulu

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Year-round climate

Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).

Airports near Gunung Mulu

5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Mulu Airport (MZV) at 0 km.

Getting around Gunung Mulu

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.