EXPLORING THE BAT CAVE

This holiday, I and my friends from Medan decided to find a new experience. If we usually spend our weekend to climb or enjoying waterfall and beach, now we try to exploring cave. Our choice come to the bat cave. Why? Because we interested to see the bat closely. Like we know, bat is a nocturnal animal that really love a dark place, they also find their food in the night.

We go from Medan by using three motorcycle. It is about 12 AM, we arrive at Bukit Lawang’s entrance gate. FYI, there are so many informal payment in Bukit Lawang. So don’t forget to ask your entry ticket after paying in front of the gate. If you forget to take your ticket, you must be pay for second times in the parking area.

We start our journey after having lunch. We need to walk ± 2km. The road is not difficult, there are many sign to guide us. But it is better for us to ask the local people or another tourist if we meet them in the middle of the road.

After 20 minutes walking in the road, we arrive at the gate of the cave. We need to pay IDR 10.000 ( 1 US Dollar) each people. The first thing that I feel is the low temperature, I feel so cold. The light is only from our flashlight. We find a bigger and slippery rock when we walk deeper, but we still can’t see the bat.

We walk step by step, deeper and deeper. The place gonnabe darker. We also see the stalagtit and stalagmite hanging on the roof and the floor. They are sparkling in the dark.

“Be carefull, the rock is slippery.” Said Ancha, one of my friend to remembering the others. They really exited to take a photo and forget about their safety. In the middle of the cave, we can hear the bat’s voices. The bat like to live in the dark place, so we dim the light for making them confortable. I feel the moist and stinky air, it couse of the bat’s muck.

In that time, I curious of the bat that hanging on the roof. So I try to turn the flashlight to the roof. “Subhanallah.” I said. I really shock because of hundreds, no…. I mean thousands of bats hanging above my head.

At the end of the cave, there are a little pond because of the water that seep in the wall. A small fish and green frog live in the pond. This place make me feel relax and the air is so absolutely fresh.