Kuching with Drama Queens Day 3

We started the day later than previous day. Since the cave closed yesterday, we went to Wind Cave in Bau first. It’s called Wind Cave as you can feel a slight breeze when walking inside the cave. The entrance fee was only RM1. The cave was very dark, you need to bring torch light in here as it’s very dark. (You can use your hand phone light or you can rent head lamp for RM3 at the ticket counter). 

At the cave entrance

You can see the stalactite, stalagmite and some fruit bats in the cave. There’s a total of three passage trails inside the cave and there’s a boardwalk throughout the trails. It took us 1 hour to cover all the three trails. Be careful when you walk along the trail as the railings were covered with guano and it’s a bit slippery at some places. It would be better if they put some yellow light inside the cave to enhance some of the structures inside the cave. 

Map of the 3 passages

Things that we saw inside the cave. Clockwise from top left: fossil on the cave roof, stalagtite and stalagmite, bat's toilet and fruit bats hanging on the cave's wall.

A huge spider that we saw outside the cave

After this cave, we head to Blue Lake, which was about 2km away from Wind Cave. There’s actually nothing here but this lake used to be a mining site years ago before it was turned into a lake. 

The so called Blue Lake

Next we went to Fairy Cave. Beware, this cave has a lot of stairs to get to it but it was worth it. Though some people may be tired due to the amount of stairs and it might be difficult for elderly people and young kids. When we went into the cave, it’s like you’re in another world. The scenery in the cave was just beautiful. I felt that I can just stay here and be isolated from the outside world (introvert much?hehe). 

Preferred cave compared to Wind Cave

The flight of stairs to the cave's entrance

A pose before we head inside

The interior of the cave

Then we head to Matang Wildlife Park which is 1 hour away from Fairy Cave. This was to make up for not seeing much at Semenggoh Wildlife Park. Here, there’s a trail called animal enclosure trail that you can follow that takes about 1 hour round trip. You can see various animals here such as crocodile, owl, deer, orang utan, sun bear and hornbill. 
 

Matang Wildlife Centre

Some of the animals that we saw at Matang

We even saw this plant at the Wildlife Centre. Nepethes spp aka Periuk Kera

Since it was too early to go back to our hostel, on the way back to Kuching, we went to Satok Weekend Market and had our late lunch at Kubah Ria Food Court next to the market area. This weekend market opens Saturday and Sunday from early morning till 10pm. You can find, Sarawak Layer Cake, Salted Terubuk Fish, Laksa Sarawak paste, Tabaloi (Sago snack) and other items. The items that I listed out are some of the stuffs that are famous among tourist. 

Kubah Ria

Medan Niaga Satok

Some of the items that you can find at Satok Market

At the back of the market building, there are stalls like the night market stalls that you see in West Malaysia selling various foods. You can also find Sago Worm for 40 cent per piece. 

Sago Worm for sale

Then we went back to our hostel to park our car there and then we head to Kuching Waterfront again. Before we call it a day, we bought Ramli burgers from a nearby stall and ate it at the hostel common area. 

Performance at Kuching Waterfront at night

Having our Ramli burgers dinner at the hostel

To be continued...