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Gunung Mulu National Park Prices 2026: The RM15 Pass, Every Tour From RM35 to RM660, and What Three Nights Really Cost

Every price here comes from the park operator's own website, read on 22 September 2026. A Malaysian pays RM15 for Mulu's 5-day pass, and the bat exodus at Deer Cave is free to watch, but the guided tours are priced the same for everyone: RM35 for Deer and Lang Caves, RM70 for Clearwater, RM55 for the Canopy Walk and RM465 for the Pinnacles. A Malaysian couple doing the four classic tours over three nights spends about RM1,530 before flights.

Marcus Wong22 September 202612 min read

Gunung Mulu is Sarawak's first UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the few big-name parks in Asia where the entry fee is almost an afterthought. A Malaysian pays RM15 for a pass that lasts five days. The money goes on the guided tours, which you cannot skip because the caves are closed to anyone without a park guide, and on getting there, because there is no road.

Everything below comes from mulupark.com, the official site of Borsarmulu Park Management Sdn Bhd, which runs the park, read on 22 September 2026. The tour prices are per person and include the guide, and where stated the boat. They are the same for Malaysians and foreigners; only the park pass has a MyKad rate.

How to choose what to book

Think of Mulu's activities in three tiers.

The show caves and walks (RM35 to RM70) are mostly on plankwalks or lit paths and need only reasonable fitness. Deer and Lang Caves, Clearwater and Wind Caves, Fastlane, the Canopy Walk and the Night Walk sit here. Almost everyone does the first three.
Adventure caving (RM160 to RM258) means helmets, headlamps and unlit passages. Lagang and Racer are intermediate, for age 12 and up; Clearwater Connection is advanced, for 16 and up, and requires proof of previous wild-cave experience.
The multi-day climbs (RM465 and RM660) are the Pinnacles and the Summit of Gunung Mulu itself. Both need a minimum group of three, advance booking and real fitness.

Two things to know before booking anything. The park's cancellation policy is strict: a 50% fee applies to any tour you cancel within 24 hours of departure, and there is no refund once you have left the Park Office, whether the tour stops early for fitness, water levels, sickness or any other reason. And from June to September the park asks visitors to book guides and rooms in advance, because once they are full it cannot help.

What a trip actually costs

A Malaysian couple on a classic three-night trip, doing Deer and Lang, Clearwater and Winds, the Canopy Walk and the Night Walk: RM30 in park passes and RM390 in tours, RM420 in all. Add three nights in a Rainforest Lodge room at the park headquarters (RM370 a night for two) and the total is RM1,530, before flights and food.

The same couple on a budget, two nights in the park's 14-bed hostel at RM80 a bed, doing only Deer and Lang and Clearwater and Winds: RM30 in passes, RM210 in tours and RM320 in beds, RM560 before flights. The bat exodus costs nothing either way.

A foreign couple on the classic trip pays RM60 for passes, so RM1,560, plus RM10 a room a night in Tourism Tax, which the park adds for foreign guests.

Getting there, and the things that catch people out

Mulu can realistically only be reached by air. The park's own page lists daily flights from Miri (30 minutes), Kuching (1 hour 20 minutes) and Kota Kinabalu (55 minutes), and sends you to AirBorneo for the current schedule. Heavy rain occasionally cancels flights, so the park advises a flexible itinerary, especially on the way out. Do not book a tight connection home.

The park's own list is blunt: no banks, no pharmacy, no shopping centres. Bring enough cash for tours booked at headquarters, the park's café and the snack kiosk at the bat observatory. Filming or flying a drone, even for personal use, needs a separate permit from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation in Kuching.

The conservation fees introduced on 1 February 2026 apply on top of everything else: RM20 a visitor for anyone accompanied by a freelance guide or tour operator, an extra RM10 sustainability fee for every visitor to Camp 5, and RM15 for the Summit and Headhunters Trail.

How to pick

With one full day, do Clearwater and Winds in the morning and Deer and Lang in the afternoon, timed so you are at the observatory when the bats leave. With two, add the Canopy Walk at 7am and the Night Walk. Only commit to the Pinnacles if you are genuinely fit and comfortable on ladders at height: the park calls it an extreme climb, not a trek, and says most injuries happen to people who underestimated it.

Gunung Mulu prices per person, read on mulupark.com on 22 September 2026

What	Price	Duration	Who it suits	Booking
5-day park pass	Malaysian RM15 (senior RM7, child RM5); foreign RM30 (child RM10)	5 days	Everyone, compulsory	At HQ
Bat exodus from the observatory	Free	3.8km each way, evening	Everyone	No booking
Deer and Lang Caves	RM35	About 3 hours + bat exodus	Everyone	Daily 2pm, 2.30pm
Clearwater and Wind Caves	RM70 incl. longboat	About 4 hours	Everyone	Daily 8.45am, 9.15am
Fastlane	RM70 incl. boat	2.5 hours	Max 6 per group	Daily 2pm
Canopy Walk	RM55	2 hours	Age 6+	Book early in peak season
Night Walk	RM35	1 to 2 hours	Everyone	Essential
Lagang Cave / Racer Cave	RM160 / RM165	Half day	Age 12+, groups of 3 to 6	Advance
Clearwater Connection	RM258	6 to 8 hours	Age 16+, proven cavers	Advance
Long Iman and Ba'Desai Waterfall	RM95 unguided, RM185 guided	5 hours	Minimum 3	Advance
Pinnacles	RM465 + RM10 Camp 5 fee	3 days, 2 nights	Over 16, very fit, minimum 3	Essential
The Summit	RM660 + RM15 fee	4 days, 3 nights	16+, experienced trekkers, minimum 3	Advance

Deer and Lang Caves

The tour almost everyone does, RM35 a person including the park guide. It leaves Park HQ daily at 2pm or 2.30pm and covers 9km in about three hours, most of it on flat raised plankwalks: 3km to the bat observatory, then 500m more to Deer Cave, one of the world's largest cave passages, with ceilings above 100m in places and more than three million wrinkle-lipped bats. You walk 800m inside to the Garden of Eden and the Adam and Eve's Shower formations, where water falls 30m to the riverbed. On the way back you visit the smaller Lang Cave, known for its limestone shawls, stalactites and the shimmering threads of thread-worm larvae. The tour is timed to end at the observatory for the bat exodus, so expect to be back at HQ between 6.30pm and 7pm. Bring a raincoat, non-slip shoes, a torch and cash for the observatory kiosk, which sells drinks and snacks until 5.30pm.

Deer Cave entrance by Bernard Dupont, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

The Bat Exodus at Deer Cave (free)

The best free thing in Mulu. You do not need a guide or a booking to walk to the bat observatory, a 3.8km plankwalk from HQ through forest and alongside rivers that takes about 45 minutes; you only need to pay and have a guide to go inside Deer or Lang Cave. The park estimates the colony of wrinkle-lipped bats at between 2.5 and 3.5 million, and twelve bat species have been recorded in Deer Cave. On most evenings they leave between 5.30pm and 6.30pm, gathering in rings at the cave mouth before streaming out over the forest in spiralling ribbons while bat hawks wait on the cliff. On rare evenings they leave as early as 4.30pm, and occasionally not at all. The observatory kiosk closes at 5.30pm, so bring water and a torch for the walk back in the dark.

Bat exodus, Mulu, by John Mason, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Clearwater and Wind Caves

The morning half of the classic Mulu day, RM70 a person including the guide and the longboat. It runs daily at 8.45am or 9.15am and lasts about four hours. The longboat goes up the Melinau River to the Penan longhouse and market at Batu Bungan (the market is closed on Sundays), then to the Cave of the Winds, reached by a long ramp and a few stairs, and finally to Clearwater, where the underground river emerges from the cliff. You climb 200 steps into the cave, part of a system the park describes as more than 220km long. Swimming inside the cave is not allowed, but the clear pool at the picnic deck outside is where everyone cools off, so pack a swimsuit. No food is included; bring your own and carry your rubbish back to HQ.

Clearwater Cave by John Mason, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Canopy Walk

A 420m walkway suspended 25m above the forest floor, which the park still calls one of the longest tree-based canopy walks in the world. RM55 a person including the guide, about two hours and 6km in total, with departures at 7am, 8.30am, 10am, 10.30am and 12.30pm daily. Groups are limited to eight and children must be 6 or older. The park says it easily sells out in the busy season, so book when you book your room, and choose the 7am slot if you are after birds.

Image: Mulu National Park (Borsarmulu)

Night Walk

RM35 a person including the guide, 1.5km and one to two hours, starting at 7pm or 7.30pm depending on the weather. The park describes Mulu as a rich habitat for thousands of nocturnal species, and the walk is meant to train your eye for where to look. Bookings are essential because groups are kept small. If it rains, departure can be held for up to 30 minutes before the guide cancels, and a cancelled walk is refunded the next day. Bring rain gear and your own torch, and go easy on insect repellent, which the park says tends to warn animals that you are coming.

Stick insect on the Night Walk Trail, Mulu, by Bernard Dupont, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Adventure caving: Lagang Cave and Racer Cave

The step up from the show caves, both rated intermediate, both for groups of three to six, age 12 and up, with advance booking required and your own headlamp. Lagang Cave is RM160 a person: no climbing, but scrambling over boulders and along ancient riverbeds by torchlight past stalactites, stalagmites and cave sediments, which the park calls ideal for family groups. Racer Cave is RM165 and harder, with ropes to climb up and down passages and some upper-body strength needed; it is home to the racer snakes that catch prey as it flies past. Park management assesses everyone's suitability first. For experienced cavers, the advanced Clearwater Connection is RM258 for a 4.8km, six-to-eight-hour trip that includes swimming an underground river, for age 16 and up with written proof of previous wild-cave experience.

Lagang Cave concretions by Bernard Dupont, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Long Iman and Ba'Desai Waterfall

A five-hour longboat trip down the Melinau and up the much larger Tutoh River to Long Iman, a Penan settlement where you can walk through the longhouse and buy handicrafts directly from the community. It costs RM95 a person unguided or RM185 with a park guide, needs a minimum of three people and must be booked in advance. You need the guide to continue on the 40-minute walk from the longhouse to Ba'Desai waterfall and its pools. The park notes that most boat operators are Penan and speak limited English, and there is nowhere to buy food on the way, so arrange a packed lunch at Café Mulu or bring your own.

Kampung Long Iman by Calistemon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Pinnacles (3 days, 2 nights)

Mulu's signature climb, RM465 a person including guide, boat and camp fees, sold only as a three-day, two-night trip from HQ at 9.15am, for a minimum of three, and not for anyone 16 or younger. Day one is a one-to-two-hour longboat ride (the Clearwater tour on the way is an optional RM30 extra) and a 9km walk from Kuala Litut to Camp 5, a basic forest shelter for up to 38 guests with no windows, doors or insect screens, sleeping mats but no bedding, cold showers and a self-catering kitchen. Day two starts around 6.30am: 2.4km that climbs 1,200m to the viewpoint over limestone spires up to 50m high, with ladders and ropes on the last near-vertical section, and a descent that can take five hours or more. Budget the RM10 Camp 5 sustainability fee on top. The four-day Summit trek to Gunung Mulu's 2,377m peak, which the park says experienced trekkers rate as harder than Kinabalu, is RM660 a person plus a RM15 conservation fee.

Pinnacles at Mulu by Paul White, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is the entrance fee to Mulu National Park for Malaysians?

RM15 for a Malaysian adult, RM7 for a Malaysian aged 60 and above, and RM5 for a Malaysian child aged 6 to 18, on showing a MyKad. Foreigners pay RM30 and RM10. Children 5 and under are free. The pass covers five calendar days of unlimited entry; staying longer means buying a second one. Guided tours are charged on top.

Can you visit Mulu's caves without a guide?

Not the caves. You cannot enter Deer or Lang Cave without paying for the tour and going with a park guide. What you can do alone is walk to the bat observatory for the evening bat exodus, which is free, and follow the Paku Waterfall trail, after registering at Park Security. The Tree Top Tower near HQ needs a RM50 refundable deposit for the key.

How do you get to Mulu from Miri?

By air. There is no road link to the park, and the park's own page lists daily flights from Miri (30 minutes), Kuching (1 hour 20 minutes) and Kota Kinabalu (55 minutes), with schedules on AirBorneo's site. Heavy rain occasionally cancels flights, so leave slack in your plans, especially for the flight out.

How much does it cost to stay inside Mulu National Park?

The park's 2026 rates, including 8% SST, run from RM80 a bed a night in the 14-bed hostel to RM325 (one person) or RM370 (two) in a Rainforest Lodge room, and RM338 to RM433 for a Deluxe Garden Bungalow. Longhouse rooms for up to five are RM374 to RM475. Foreign guests add RM10 per room per night in Tourism Tax. A 25% deposit is required, and cancelling less than 7 days ahead costs one night.

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