Situated in 15km north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves is one of Malaysia's great natural wonders. It consists of 3 three main caves and a number of smaller ones. Naturally formed by massive limestone formations, this devotional place for Hindu’s is also a habitat for monkeys who seem to travel in groups. The most impressive and largest of the three caves is the Temple Cave Batu Caves which was discovered by K.Thambusamy Pillai, an Indian trader born in Singapore. Yet, Batu Caves is known for its 272 set of steps that leads to the cave and for the enormous golden statue of Lord Muruga (also known as Lord Subramaniam), standing next to the staircase. At the height of 42.7 meters, the statue has been recognized to be the tallest statue of Lord Muruga in the world.

Two further cave temples at the base of the hill are the Museum Cave and Art Gallery Cave, and other undeveloped caves. There is also the Dark Cave in where visitors can find several unique creatures such as the trapdoor spider, toad, microcode, cricket, roach, racer snake along with colorful statues of Hindu gods and goddess and small temples with mysterious atmosphere. At the end of January each year, Hindu’s celebrate Thaipusam as a celebration for Lord Shiva. During the festival, local as well as foreign visitors will throng this area to take part in the grand celebrations.

Getting there

[By Car]

It takes about 20 minutes drive from Kuala lumpur city centre,via Jalan Kuching.

[By Train]

The nearest LRT to Batu Caves is Sentrul on the Star LRT line. You can also get the LRT to Titiwangsa on the monorail line and then transfer to the LRT line there, and taxi from there.

[By Bus]

Equally as cheap is to catch the RAPIDKL bus, using the red city shuttle bus Route No.101, 102, 103, 104 (2MYR for a whole day trip), get to Titiwangsa terminal, then using the blue trunk bus Route No.2T3 (2MYR for a whole day trip), go to Warta Lama bus stop, then cross the road and search for green local bus Route No.21 (1MYR for a whole day trip) to the caves. Total cost for the trip 5MYR/ Use the same route to return to KL. Just make sure you do not loose your ticket.

Address:
Batu Caves
Jalan Batu Caves
68100 Jalan Batu Caves
Selangor

GPS:
3.237075, 101.683631

Telephone:
+60-3-2078 5323

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