Niah National Park is situated about 109 km from Miri and 131km from Bintulu. Niah National Park encompasses 3,140 hectares of forest and limestone. The centre of the park is dominated by the 394m high summit of Gunung Subis.

Within the Park ( and the massif) are the Niah Caves. The whole cave system which includes the Great Cave, the Painted Cave and the Traders’ Cave was declared a National Historic Monument in 1958 as an archaeological heritage and is now under the management of the Sarawak Museum and the Sarawak Forest Department

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Internal View of Niah Cave entrance

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Excavation work in progress

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Ancient scripts inprinted along the walls of Niah Cave

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Walk through passageway of Niah Cave