Bat Cave

Our Bat Cave Tour takes approximately 2 hours (exploring the cave) or 5 hours (included BBQ at Landak River) and starts in Bukit Lawang, where your guide pick you up at your guesthouse. You can start in the morning as well as in the early afternoon, for example when you come back from your jungle trek.

Getting there

On the 20 minutes’ walk to the huge cave system, you will cross some vegetable gardens, rubber fields and palm oil plantations. Your guide will explain all the fruits and their use, the procedure of rubber harvesting as well as the palm oil dilemma on your way – feel free to ask as many questions as you want!

Climbing into the cave

As the cave is located directly at the border to the National Park, there is a good chance of spotting monkeys and even Orangutans at the entrance of the first cave. When you arrive there your guide will equip you with headlamps (of course you’re welcome to bring your own if you have one!) and then you will start climbing into the cave. Don’t worry – it’s quite easy and your guide will always assist you if needed. The first “room” of the cave system is the big hall which is decorated very impressively with huge lianas and safeguarded by a big stony frog. Swallows and bats will fly in and out and give you a first impression of what awaits you in the next rooms of the cave. Follow your guide slowly and carefully as the stones can be very slippery further into the cave passing by beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. First you will hear their click sounds and then you will meet hundreds of bats in the middle of the cave. Your guide will explain everything about the different species of bats and other insects that you will find – such as spiders, scorpions, frogs and centipedes. When you go further there will be some very narrow parts of climbing into the next rooms of the cave. Please tell us or your guide if you don’t feel comfortable with that. Anyways it’s an impressive experience!

BBQ at Landak River

Afterwards you have the option to walk a little further to Sungai Landak, a calm crystal-clear river which comes directly from the mountains of the rainforest and is named after the twee hedgehog. At a peaceful spot next to the riverbank you can take a refreshing swim, enjoy the green jungle landscape around you and have a freshly prepared fruit snack and barbeque (fresh fish or vegetable options). Please tell us in advance if you would like to do this very recommendable Extra after visiting the cave. From this beautiful spot back to Bukit Lawang it’s a 50 minutes’ walk with very interesting things you might see…