Batu Caves; the tourist attraction of Kuala Lumpur
Before we moved to Kuala Lumpur I spent a lot of hours on Instagram to find out more about this city. Asia didn’t appeal to me at all and never really interested me. Now that I live there, I have nothing to complain about! Via the hashtag #kualumpur I saw the Batu Caves passing by every day. Beautiful colored stairs that lead to a huge cave. Time to see them in real life!
272 steps
Jeroen and I were smart enough to visit one of the biggest tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur during the weekend. Because who goes to the Batu Caves on Sunday? Everyone apparently! We also thought it would be useful to go at the end of the afternoon, so it wouldn’t be so hot anymore and the biggest flow of tourists would be gone. Nothing could be further from the truth! With 35 degrees we climbed 272 steps, cozy with thousands of others.
God of war and victory
The Batu Caves have existed for about 400 million years but were only discovered around 1890. The Hindus dedicate the cave to Lord Murugan. He is the God of war and victory and is often portrayed with six faces, riding on a blue peacock. The statue of Lord Murugan is the first thing you see when you enter the square of the Batu Caves. The statue is 42 meters high and three years have been spent working to finish it. In 2006 it was unveiled during the Thaipusam festival.
Macaques
We started the ‘tough’ trip upstairs in good spirits. It wasn’t too bad, you can get a break whenever you want and have a look around and wipe the sweat off your face. On the way up you see many monkeys. The macaques have been spoiled by tourists for years and this has made them pretty cheeky. Put your food and drink in your bag, because when they hear something, they will jump on top of you. That can be fun until they show their teeth and they run after you. This happened to us and from one experience I can tell it’s not fun.
Hindu temples
Once you arrive at the top at about 100 meters you have a nice view of Kuala Lumpur. Yet we found the view from the KL Tower a lot more impressive! So don’t stay too long upstairs, but go into the Temple Cave. It’s a bit like a big courtyard where the sun shines down from above. This cave is called Temple Cave because there are several Hindu temples to be found. Beautiful bright colors where the blue peacock comes back. We thought we could enter the Dark Cave here, but we never found it. It was probably that dark.
Ramayana Cave
When we arrived back downstairs, we jumped into the first Grab with air conditioning to take us to a shopping mall where we could cool down. Very sinful, because the Batu Cave is not the only cave you can visit. So a week later I went back to the other cave. For RM5, converted €1 you can enter the Ramayana Cave, left of the Batu Cave. Here are huge images in all colors and it is worth to take a look inside!
Easy clothes
If you are in Kuala Lumpur then you ‘must’ have seen the Batu Caves in real life. From the square, you can look out on the beautifully colored stairs and the huge statue. Put on some easy clothes as well, because you will be sweating a lot!
Batu Caves; the tourist attraction of Kuala Lumpur
Before we moved to Kuala Lumpur I spent a lot of hours on Instagram to find out more about this city. Asia didn’t appeal to me at all and never really interested me. Now that I live there, I have nothing to complain about! Via the hashtag #kualumpur I saw the Batu Caves passing by every day. Beautiful colored stairs that lead to a huge cave. Time to see them in real life!
272 steps
Jeroen and I were smart enough to visit one of the biggest tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur during the weekend. Because who goes to the Batu Caves on Sunday? Everyone apparently! We also thought it would be useful to go at the end of the afternoon, so it wouldn’t be so hot anymore and the biggest flow of tourists would be gone. Nothing could be further from the truth! With 35 degrees we climbed 272 steps, cozy with thousands of others.
God of war and victory
The Batu Caves have existed for about 400 million years but were only discovered around 1890. The Hindus dedicate the cave to Lord Murugan. He is the God of war and victory and is often portrayed with six faces, riding on a blue peacock. The statue of Lord Murugan is the first thing you see when you enter the square of the Batu Caves. The statue is 42 meters high and three years have been spent working to finish it. In 2006 it was unveiled during the Thaipusam festival.
Macaques
We started the ‘tough’ trip upstairs in good spirits. It wasn’t too bad, you can get a break whenever you want and have a look around and wipe the sweat off your face. On the way up you see many monkeys. The macaques have been spoiled by tourists for years and this has made them pretty cheeky. Put your food and drink in your bag, because when they hear something, they will jump on top of you. That can be fun until they show their teeth and they run after you. This happened to us and from one experience I can tell it’s not fun.
Hindu temples
Once you arrive at the top at about 100 meters you have a nice view of Kuala Lumpur. Yet we found the view from the KL Tower a lot more impressive! So don’t stay too long upstairs, but go into the Temple Cave. It’s a bit like a big courtyard where the sun shines down from above. This cave is called Temple Cave because there are several Hindu temples to be found. Beautiful bright colors where the blue peacock comes back. We thought we could enter the Dark Cave here, but we never found it. It was probably that dark.
Ramayana Cave
When we arrived back downstairs, we jumped into the first Grab with air conditioning to take us to a shopping mall where we could cool down. Very sinful, because the Batu Cave is not the only cave you can visit. So a week later I went back to the other cave. For RM5, converted €1 you can enter the Ramayana Cave, left of the Batu Cave. Here are huge images in all colors and it is worth to take a look inside!
Easy clothes
If you are in Kuala Lumpur then you ‘must’ have seen the Batu Caves in real life. From the square, you can look out on the beautifully colored stairs and the huge statue. Put on some easy clothes as well, because you will be sweating a lot!
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