Bat Exodus at Niah: When & Where to Watch
The nightly bat exodus from Niah's Great Cave is one of nature's most spectacular events. Millions of bats stream out at dusk in a tornado-like column.
Read more →11 wildlife & nature guides covering everything you need to know about visiting Niah National Park.
The nightly bat exodus from Niah's Great Cave is one of nature's most spectacular events. Millions of bats stream out at dusk in a tornado-like column.
Read more →A guide to the 3.2 km plank boardwalk from Niah's park HQ to the Great Cave — wildlife to spot en route, estimated times, and what to bring.
Read more →Niah National Park's cave ecosystem supports millions of bats and swiftlets. Discover the remarkable wildlife above and below in the caves and forest.
Read more →The edible-nest swiftlet builds its nest entirely from saliva — and that nest has been harvested at Niah for thousands of years.
Read more →Every evening at dusk, millions of wrinkle-lipped bats pour out of Niah's Great Cave in one of the great wildlife spectacles of Southeast Asia.
Read more →The cave cricket is Niah's master scavenger — a pale, blind insect that feeds on bat guano and dead organic matter in total darkness.
Read more →Niah's cave huntsman spider has a legspan exceeding 25 cm and hunts cave crickets on the ceiling in total darkness.
Read more →Nepenthes reinwardtiana grows on the forest edges near Niah — and is the only pitcher plant to produce two red spots on the inner pitcher wall that mimic eyes.
Read more →The common palm civet is Niah's most frequently seen nocturnal mammal — and the animal responsible for the world's most expensive coffee.
Read more →A sunrise boat trip on the Niah River reveals kingfishers, hornbills, proboscis monkeys, and the first bats returning to the cave at dawn.
Read more →The Bornean gibbon fills Niah's forest with its haunting duet call at dawn — but seeing one requires patience and a long lens.
Read more →