Caving at Gua Tempurung - Grand Tour

It has been one of those back to back outdoor adventure weeks since a couple of weeks ago for me and it couldn't get any better than that. I've finally made it for the Grand Tour at Gua Tempurung, Gopeng last weekend. It is kind of pathetic really because almost all the years living in Perak, I'd never made it to Gua Tempurung not until recently. Oh well, it's better late than never.

Last year, the family and I went for Tour 1 - The Golden Flowstone tour at Gua Tempurung, hence the recent Grand Tour was my second attempt at Gua Tempurung. All in all there are four main tours you can choose from at this cave . There are:

1. Tour 1 - Golden Flowstone ( Level of difficulty (L.O.D) : Easy)

2. Tour 2 - Top of the World ( L.O.D : Moderate)

3. Tour 3 - Top of the World & Short River Adventure (L.O.D : Moderate)

4. Tour 4 - Grand Tour (L.O.D : Moderate to Challenging)

My partner in crime for this Grand Tour is none other than my loyal outdoor partner - FF! Needless to say, this caving activity was just a thought that I have in mind to do when FF decided to come down for a getaway-ad hoc holiday at the family farm. We made it to the counter just in time to join in with about 50 other people for the Grand Tour. Both of us joined in with a group of 30+ Chinese people from Penang and 17+ group of Malay teenagers. If you are coming in a super tiny group like the both of us, it is best to stick near to the guide during the starting point and make yourself noticed to the guide because I can tell you one thing, the guide has no idea on how many people exactly he is going to guide and there are no literal head count going on at the start of the tour. We made our presence pretty loud and clear to the guide by confirming to him that we are a group of two joining amongst the two other bigger groups in the tour.