"The name, Gua Kelawar (Bats' Cave), was derived from its inhabitants, the fruit bats, which live in the 60-metre long tunnel-shaped like cave."
One of several cave attractions in Langkawi island, this 60 metre-long cave derived its name from its most notorious inhabitants, the fruit bats. The trip to Gua Kelawar (Bat Cave) is a great way to enjoy Langkawi's natural beauty as you will need to take a boat ride up Kilim River. The cave is located along one of the Kilim River tributaries.
A platform runs through the mangrove swamp all the way from the jetty into Gua Kelawar for visitors' convenience. This allows visitors to eyeball the magrove swamp and its inhabitants at leisure before venturing into the cave to admire the strange and wonderful formations of stalagtites and stalagmites there. The formations found here and in other caves around Langkawi is a sight to behold as Langkawi has a geological landscape that is more than 500 million years old.
Last viewed - March 14, 2010
Getting there
By Plane
Langkawi's airport is called the Padang Matsirat airport, located about 20km from Kuah town. Daily direct flights from Kuala Lumpur are available via Malaysia Airlines (Tel: 603-78463000 or 1 300 88 3000). Optionally Air Asia (Tel: 1 300 88 9933) also has regular flights to Langkawi.
By Rail
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) connects Kuala Lumpur to Alor Setar and Arau towns in Kedah. From these towns, you can catch a taxi or a bus easily to Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis respectively and catch a ferry to Langkawi. Please contact KTMB at 603-22747435
Ferries are also available from Penang (Tel: 604-2631943
By Road From the North South Expressway (NSE), head north to Kedah and take the Alor Setar Selatan exit (Interchange 177) onto the highway headed to Teluk Kechai and on to Kuala Kedah where you can catch a ferry to Langkawi island. Alternatively, you can also catch ferries from Kuala Perlis further north, accessible via the Jitra Selatan exit (Interchange 181) via Kodiang and Kangar on trunk road K3. This route is longer at 48km from the NSE exit. From Kuah Jetty in Langkawi, it takes about a half-hour drive to get to the jetty at Sungai Kilim, and another hour by boat to the cave.
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