Mount Mulu

Mount Mulu is a sandstone and shale mountain. At 2376 m, it's far the second one highest mountain in the country of Sarawak, after Mount Murud. It is positioned within the boundaries of Gunung Mulu National Park, which is named after it. In the 19th century, Spenser St. John and Charles Hose, two antique “Borneo Hands”, tried to overcome Mount Mulu. They and different explorers and mountaineers failed. It turned into not till the Twenties, whilst a Berawan rhino hunter named ‘Tama Nilong’ located the south-west ridge close to the mountain, that a way to the summit became determined. In 1932, Tama Nilong led Lord Shackleton and an Oxford University Expedition to the summit.

The Mulu Park presents for guided hikes up the mountain. The traditional schedule is a 4D/3N hike. There are wooded area huts alongside the course at Camp 1, Camp 3 and Camp 4. These wooded area huts provide safe haven, cooking centers, lavatories, and water. The trail to Mount Mulu is clear and nicely-marked with red and white markers, and goes through a diffusion of ecosystems, from lowland dipterocarp wooded area to montane vegetations. The mountain is extremely good for its pitcher plant diversity. Five species were recorded from Mount Mulu: Nepenthes hurrelliana, Nepenthes lowii, Nepenthes muluensis, Nepenthes tentaculata, and Nepenthes vogelii.