Visiting Batu Caves

BATU CAVES

In Malaysia, you might have bump across the 42-meter-high statue of the god Murugan and the colorful staircases and many beautiful pictures of the caves on social media sites. Well, why not go there and witness the beauty yourself! What's more, if you checked out my second blog about Pavilion, you can use it as a half-day trip from Kuala Lumpur to the Batu Caves and it is really recommended. 

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How to get to the Batu Caves

There are various transportations to get to Batu Caves. 1) You can either use GRAB to get there as the prices vary depending on your current location to the destination. 2) If you are in Kuala Lumpur, its best to head to the Batu Caves with the KTM Komuter. The tickets will only cost you about RM4 and the tickets are available at KL Sentral train station. 

To the entrance of Batu Caves

Upon arrival, there will be a huge statue of the monkey god Hanuman and behind the statue lies the Ramayana Cave. Ramayana Cave is another cave that you can visit for an entrance fee of RM5. Furthermore, there are various statues and figures telling stories from Hinduism. 

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What's more, when walking a few meters further on in the direction of Batu Caves you will find Cave Villas on the left. Here, you can explore the caves with many figures from Hinduism and a beautiful pond filled with Koi fish and also a restaurant. Next, if you are lucky there will be cultural shows there as well. These cultural shows happen at irregular intervals. The admission fee here is RM15 per person. 

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After the Cave Villas, you will finally see the famous golden statue of the god Murugan and the entrance to the Batu Caves. Here you can take the most popular photo motif of Batu Caves. On the right of the entrance, there is a small prayer hall which is popular among the Hindu visitors. 

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Batu Caves stairs and monkeys

Upon crossing the entrance, there will be a huge colorful staircase with about 270 steps and in order to get to the caves, you will have to climb your way through first. Make sure you are taking the left stairs to ascent as the stairs on the far right are for people to descent and the middle stairs are reserved for devout Hindus. On a side note, women will have to cover their knees, be at ease if you are not wearing shorts as you can borrow a sarong there at the entrance of the stairs for RM5 and upon returning the sarong you will get back RM2. 

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Inside Batu Caves

Once you reach the top, you are at the entrance to the Light Caves. Here in the Light Caves, you will find yourself in large open caves with small shrines, numerous colorful statues of Hindu gods and openings in the limestone cliffs. 

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There are also regular ceremonies held here in the caves or temples that you can watch if so happen if you are there at the right time. A highlight should be the Hindu Thaipusam festival, which takes place over 3 days and most it at the Batu Caves.

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Finally, you can also visit the Dark Caves, if you are interested. This cave is a second cave next to the Light Caves and as the name implies this cave is pretty dark. Therefore you will need to get equipment like flashlights, helmet, and rubber boots if you want to visit them. For both Light Cave and Dark Caves, you are required to pay an admission fee as you are being guided through the cave.  

Opening hours

Daily  7am to 8pm