Niah Caves

🌺🌺🌺 Highly Recommended · 🏯 Heritage Sites

Why go

A UNESCO-listed Painted Cave and Great Cave complex where a 40,000-year-old skull was found. A plank walk through rainforest leads to the huge cave mouth.

⭐ Don't miss: The Painted Cave and the Great Cave

Entry fee: About RM10 Malaysian / RM20 foreign park entry (secondary sources)
Opening hours: Park daily about 8am-5pm; cave boardwalk access about 8am-4pm (check before you go)
Best time to go: Early morning
Time needed: Half day
How to get there: About 2 hr drive from Miri; Grab inter-city; free parking.
Address: Niah National Park, 98200 Batu Niah, Sarawak
Area: Niah National Park, Miri, Sarawak
Facilities: 🚻 toilets🅿️ free parking🧭 guided tours
Muslim-friendly: No surau confirmed on site · 🍽️ Halal food nearby
Surau in Batu Niah town.
Accessibility: Long boardwalk with steps; not wheelchair friendly.
Kids: Fine for fit older kids.

☪️ Halal status changes. For food, look for a valid JAKIM certificate (check at myehalal.halal.gov.my). Hotels and venues we have not verified are described as "pork-free", not halal.

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