However, they became famous as a sightseeing and pilgrimage site only after they were stumbled upon by westerners in the late nineteenth century. Of the three caves that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple or Cathedral Cave, so named because it houses a Hindu shrine beneath its 100 m vaulted ceiling. In late January of each year, during the Hindu festival of Thaipusam, thousands of devotees and other visitors climb the long entry stair and throng this magnificent cavern. Mimaland Mimaland, a recreational resort situated 18 km north-east of Kuala Lumpur, sprawls over twelve hectares of Gombak's hilly grounds,lakes and mountain streams. Visitors can fish and boat, trek in the surrounding jungle, or swim in the largest pool in Southeast Asia.
Accommodation is available in either chalets or stilt houses on the resort's lake.
Mimaland is open from 8.00am to 12 p.m. daily. Admission is RM2 for adults and RM1 for children. Sunway Lagoon Sunway Lagoon, located in Petaling Jaya, is the first international standard water theme park in Malaysia. Within the park are water-based attractions like giant waterslides, twin speed slides, a double twister, a wave pool, toboggans, a slow river, a waterfall garden, a lagoon express, and many more. On a hot day Sunway Lagoon can be epiphanies.