Rock climbing at Batu Caves

Batu Caves
Batu Caves is a limestone hill, which is series of cave temples and caves, at Gombak district, 13 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Batu Caves takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill.
This cave is the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of the Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia. Batu Caves is the centre of rock climbing development in Malaysia for the past 10 years. Its offers more than 160 climbing routes. The routes are scattered all around the side of Batu Caves, which is made up of limestone hills rising to 150 m. These climbing routes are easily accessed as most crags start from ground level.

Batu Caves serves as the focus of the Hindu community's yearly Thaipusam Tamil festival. It has become a pilgrimage site for not only Malaysian Hindus, but Hindus worldwide from countries such as India, Australia and Singapore. A procession begins in the wee hours of the morning on Thaipusam from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur leading up to Batu Caves as a religious undertaking to Lord Muruga lasting eight hours. Devotees carry containers containing milk as offering to Lord Muruga either by hand or in huge decorated carriers on their shoulders called 'kavadi'. In 2007, the festival attracted more than 1.5 million pilgrims, making it one of the largest gatherings in history.
The Thaipusam festival is held in the Hindu month fall around end of January or early of February. This celebration takes for 3 days. You can choice to staying at Batu Caves Hotel the nearest hotel at the caves.