3] EAR Cave
Within a few kilometers of the Resort you will find many limestone outcrops. Limestone often means caves and Taman Negara houses many cave systems. Close to the Resort are Gua Telinga (Ear Cave) which has a rock formation like a human ear, Gua Kepayang and Gua Daun Menari (the cave of the dancing leaves). Explore the unique flora and fauna of a tropical limestone cave.
Taman Negara protects not only wild rivers and virgin rain forest, but also includes areas of limestone. In many places this occurs as spectacular cliff-sided outcrops, among them Gua Peningat ( 713M ), Peninsular Malaysia�s highest. There is a string of limestone hills between Sungai Trenggan and Sungai Keniam, the largest being Gua Besar visible from Bukit Teresek.
Close to Kuala Tahan is the limestone cave Gua Telinga ( Ear Cave ), harbouring a great variety of animal life. Further south, in the catchment of Sungai Ruil, is Gua Landak, first explored only in 1986; and further west are the outcrops such as Gua Tumpat, Gua Siput and Gua Cemara, none as yet easily accessibleto visitors.
Limestone is originally laid down beneath the sea as an accretion of fine material principally derived from shells and corals. Under intense pressure these sediments become rock, and with uplift of the land the limestone is subjected to the erosive forces of wind, rain and streams.
In many cases these caves are home to bats, swiftlets, snakes, toads, cockroaches, spiders, centipedes,� In spite of this, or because of it, some people like to explore caves; and Taman Negara offers some outstanding opportunities.
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