The Pinnacles Trail

An Amazing Journey to The Pinnacles, Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. Full HD.

Important both for its biodiversity and for its karst features, Gunung Mulu National Park, on the island of Borneo in the state of Sarawak, is the most studied tropical karst area in the world. The 52,864-ha park contains seventeen vegetation zones, exhibiting some 3,500 species of vascular plants. The park is dominated by Gunung Mulu, a-2,377 meter high sandstone pinnacle. At least 295 km of explored caves provide a spectacular sight and are home to millions of cave swiftlets and bats. The Pinnacles at Mulu consists of a series of 45 meter high, razor-sharp limestone spikes that tower above the surrounding vegetation, mid-way up the slopes of Gunung Api.

Back in 2017, our 5D4N adventure began with Day 1, flight from klia2 to Miri which took around 2.5 hours. We then catch our next flight from Miri to Mulu which lasted about 30 minutes only. We were then chauffeured to Mulu National Park by our pre-arranged guide. The Mulu airport is just 1 minute away from the national park. After checking in, we walked about 3.8km (one-way) to visit Lang Cave and Deer Cave. We were supposed to see the bats but unfortunately, it was raining and there wasn't any bats at all. We then went back to park for dinner. After dinner, we packed our stuff for Camp 5.

Day 2, we had our breakfast and went to the jetty for our boat ride. We stopped at Kampung Batu Bungan and visited the handicraft market. We then head to Clearwater Cave and Wind Cave by boat. After that, it was another 30 minutes of upstream boat ride to Kuala Litut, where our next adventure awaits, a long, 9km torturing trail to Camp 5 in the jungles of Mulu with our luggage for 3 days. Leeches were everywhere and everyone has some good time with the leeches. After 3 hours of trekking and resting, we finally made it to Camp 5 and called it a day.

Day 3, we woke up around 0400 and prepared our breakfast (for those who wishes to cook on their own). At 0600 sharp, we began our 2.4 km hike up The Pinnacles (of course with our guide). All along the hike, there were several checkpoints and we have to make it to those checkpoints at a specific time. If we couldn't make it to the checkpoint in time, we got to turn back to Camp 5 as it would be dangerous to descend when it is dark. Our first checkpoint was the Mini Pinnacles at 900 meters. Then we continued for another 300 meters to midpoint. Here, we placed our 500 ml water for back-up when we descend later and also to lose some weight. We continued uphill until we reached the first ladder checkpoint at 2 km mark. From here, it was another 400 meters, 17 ladders-climb to the peak. At the peak, it's lunch and photo time. Since it was our National Day, we took a picture with our national flag. We couldn't stay long here as descending down is way harder then going up. Though exhausted, we made it back to Camp 5 before dark.

Day 4, what goes up must come down. We trekked the 9 km in and so we have to trek the 9 km out but this is a huge challenge to us as we were all in pain after our hike yesterday. Nonetheless, we made it back to Kuala Litut in less than 3 hours. Our boatman was already waiting and we went back to the park. After some rest, we were determined to see the bat exodus and we walked another 3.8 km to the bat exodus only to find the weather was not promising. Unfortunately again, there weren't any bats. Being a little disappointed, we went back to the park and have ourselves a great dinner.

Day 5, our last day and after our breakfast, we headed to the airport and bid farewell to Mulu. Our flight from Miri to Kuala Lumpur was arranged in the evening. Hence, we got some time to explore the nice little town of Miri.

For those who plan to hike The Pinnacles, please make sure you have some experience in hiking or at least get yourself prepped up prior to the climb. It's definitely not an easy task. It's not a walk in the park. You need to have proper preparation, proper equipment, proper mentality and of course physically fit to do this. On another note, hiking is not always about reaching the peak, see who is fast, see who is strong. It's the process. Forget all your work, forget all your problems, forget all your concerns and just enjoy the nature and KEEP HIKING.

PS : These are all amateurs video taken from various devices. Please don't mind the quality. We are not professionals content maker. We just want you to experience the hike.

Music Credits:
1) AK, Mapps & October Child - Sublime Weekness by Aljoshakonstanty
2) Sappheiros - Aurora by Sappheiros
3) Ben Vanderbosch - Rainy Day
4) Two Ways - These Years [Arctic Special] | Chillstep
5) Fredji - Welcome Sunshine (Vlog No Copyright Music)

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