Everyday I'm in braided ponytail!
You will never see me like this in singapore! Lol!
Start of our 6hrs long island hop!
First stop - Bat Cave.
Accessible only by boat, you can then walk along a wooden platform through a mangrove swamp, leading directly to the cave. It is located about 420m away. from the Kilim Jetty. The journey only take 5 minutes from the Jetty.
The two traditionally recognized suborders of bats are:
■Megachiroptera (megabats)
■Microchiroptera (microbats/echolocating bats)
Megabats eat fruit, nectar, or pollen, while most microbats eat insects; others may feed on the blood of animals, small mammals, fish, frogs, fruit, pollen, or nectar. Megabats have well-developed visual cortices and show good visual acuity, while microbats rely on echolocation for navigation and finding prey.
Some bats have evolved a highly sophisticated sense of hearing. They emit sounds that bounce off of objects in their path, sending echoes back to the bats. From these echoes, the bats can determine the size of objects, how far away they are, how fast they are traveling and even their texture, all in a split second.
Bats find shelter in caves, crevices, tree cavities and buildings. Some species are solitary while others form colonies of more than a million individuals.
The entrance of the Million Years Bat Cave.
"The bat cave was existed about 440-480 million years ago, and it's lurks quietly in a mangrove swamp in a tributary of Kilim River. The chamber is in the form of a long tunnel. Clinging precariously on the ceiling of hundreds of bats, The stalactites and stalagmites within this cave are of the gigantic proportions. Stalactites on the eastern cave entrance are rather unique as they did not grow vertically downward. The growth of these oblique stalactites is believed to be associated with the deposition of travertine deposits by photosynthetic algae that required brighter sunlight to grow. There are ancient oyster shells attached on certain wall of the cave, a few meters above the sea level, indicating a higher ancient sea level 5000 years ago..."
I like to see the stone formation along the cave...
Exiting the other end of cave. The cave is at a mangrove forest.
Kilim Geoforest Park.
"Eastern part of the main Langkawi Island features magnificently formed landscape of nearly vertical to subrounded limestone hills with pinnacles of various shapes and sizes, can be viewed on limestone Setul Formation.
The northeast region of Langkawi, encompassing the three river basins of Kilim, Air Hangat and Kisap and the neighbouring islands of Langgun and Tanjung Dendang are spectacular in its beauty with the geological and landscape resources, the seas, the mudflats, beaches, the wetland mangrove and the unique fauna and flora that have long coexisted in these ecosystems."
Forgot where is this place!
This place is actually right in the middle of an island and the surrounding are all rocks formation with thick trees covering this place. Very beautiful place!
Nex stop - Tanjong Rhu beach!
Tanjung Rhu Beach is one of the best beaches in Langkawi. Although some of the beach is indeed private property — complete with security guards — you can still easily stake out your own private landing strip for the day.
No joke. Become super tan after 1 hour there!
Approaching fish farm!
This fish farm lies within the vicinity of the verdant mangrove forests and the striking limestone structures formations along the Kilim River. Interestingly, the Hole in the Wall Fish farm got its name from a little opening in a long line of limestone hills at the outskirts of the Andaman Sea.
Next we went to a small cave which they named it Crocodile Cave.
No photos as the photos I took are all blurred! Although it is high tide, we still manage to squeeze through our boat through! The skill of those people are superb!
This cave is unique because the Kilim River actually flows right through it, and is navigable by a small boat at low tide. Inside the cave there is an ascending chamber flanked by walls of white limestone with minimal stalactites and stalagmites. Small colonies of bats roost on the lower ceiling. The name of this cave may either entice or scare off visitors, depending on their attitude to the crocodiles that still exist in the area, although not in so large a number as in the old days.
Up next. Eagle feeding!
We had went to eagle feeding at Singa Besar but this is better than the previous! More eagles at this place. More I mean ALOT more!
Went cable car next but I will write in another post!
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