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Gua Puteri, Lenggong

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                                                            Gua Puteri (Puteri Cave) Gua Puteri (Puteri Cave) is another cave that is located in Bukit Kepal Gajah. It stand 94 meters above sea level. What i found when i visited here is that this cave has unique formations such as stalagmites and stalactites, There is a shape of the Malaysia map,frog,a married couple,an elephant's head and other shapes.Once you get to see this, you will be in love with it for sure! Gua Puteri is a tunnel formed in Bukit Kepala Gajah. Paintings by the Negritos found in the cave are not Pre-historic. Its been there only for the past 100 years or so. There's also no  archaeological findings in the cave, But, it is very famous. Why? Because of its Legend. Two stalagmite formations found here are said to be of the guardians (prince and princess) of the cave. Locals pointed out that if the stalagmite were to be scaled over, people would fall sick. To this day, the various stone formations foun
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                                                              Gua Kajang (Kajang Cave)           Gua Kajang also located in Bukit Kepala Gajah. It sits 76 meters above sea level. There is a lot of vandalism here. A huge part of the floor cave has been damaged due to guano harvesting activity. Also i've been told that this is the first cave in Malaysia to be excavated in 1917 by a dude name Evans. Further research carried out by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) found evidence that Gua Kajang had been used since 11,000 to 5,000 years ago. This cave may have also been used as living quarters and burial ground by the Paleolithics and Neolithics.
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                                                                                                                      Gua Asar (Cave Asar)     Gua Asar is located within the Bukit Kepala Gajah. If you want to visit Gua Asar , you have to find Kampung Gelok. This cave sits 78 metres above sea level.The cave bears an interesting limestone formation and is yet to be investigated.  Ohh another interesting fact is that this cave is a neighbor to another cave call Gua Kajang ,the first cave to be excavated in Malaysia! Stay tuned if you wanna know more about Gua Kajang !  Image of Gua Asar
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