When I read an awful book a while back called ‘Bumbling Through Borneo’ one of the places the ‘hero’ visited was the ‘Gomantong Caves . I knew that this was on our list of things we were going to do when we were in Sabah so I was interested to read about it in there. It was nothing like his description. The Gomantong caves are part of a limestone outcrop in the district of Kinabatangan, about 1½ hour overland drive from Sandakan, or 30 minutes from Sukau.. It is the largest cave and the most important source of the prized Chinese edible birds’ nest in Sabah. It is also described as “the best ...
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