Sleeping Buddha Cave

Kuantan


The colossal Sleeping Buddha Cave at Gua Charas outside Panching is decorated with small altars to various Buddhist Bodhisattvas and leads ultimately to a rather small and umimpressive sleeping Buddha at the rear of the cave. The cave is more interesting for its vastness and imposing sense of depth. Climb up to the cave from the car park (it's RM3 to park your car); above the Sleeping Buddha Cave is a further, much smaller cave.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kuantan attractions

1. Gua Charas

0.02 MILES

Located 26km north of Kuantan, the limestone karst containing Gua Charas towers high above the surrounding palm plantations. The caves owe their fame to a…

2. Sungai Lembing Tin Mines

7.8 MILES

Try and get here early after lunch (or first thing in the morning) to have the eerie sensation of being alone in some of the longest and deepest tin mines…

3. Sungai Lembing

7.8 MILES

Visit quiet Sungai Lembing in the hills to explore the informative regional museum (RM2) that covers the history of local tin mining to the collapse of…

4. Sungai Lembing Museum

7.91 MILES

This fascinating museum charts the rise and fall of the 'El Dorado of the East', as Sungai Lembing was known after the Pahang Consolidated Company Limited…

5. Football Pitch

13.76 MILES

Watch football matches here. There are more goal posts and playing fields on the Padang.

7. Pahang Art Museum

14.16 MILES

This museum's collection is housed in an attractive colonial-era building just north of the Padang. The museum focuses on the state's culture, history and…

8. Padang

14.22 MILES

Kuantan's lovely grass padang – the sight of cricket matches during colonial days – is today largely used for football practice in the late afternoon and…