11 the caves of Ukraine, which will amaze everyone.
Who gets the adrenaline pumping, deep diving or jumping high, but this publication for those looking for unusual experiences underground.
We have prepared for you a guide to the 11 spectacular caves of Ukraine.
1. Caves of Soledar, Donetsk oblast
In Soledar salt caves. What is surprising, because it is a city of salt. And caves were formed as a result of salt production. The sheer size of the caves: in December 2003 in the salt cave is called “Chamber 41-bis” was launched on a balloon. This event entered the Guinness Book of world records.
The size of this cave: height of about 30 meters (this is a 9-storey building), and length of several hundred meters. In the middle of the caves and many sculptures made of salt. Here, a stable temperature of +14°C and a special microclimate. The air filled with microparticles of salt has a healing effect on the human body.
And here is held the international festival “Salt Symphony” with the participation of the Symphony orchestra and the best Opera voices.
Borschiv, Ternopil oblast
Borsetshire is one of the world’s largest “cave” areas. There’s a whole bunch of caves that you can explore and enjoy more than one day. They are different in structure and origin, they have different forms of caves, passages and galleries.
2. Cave lake, village Strelkovtsy
The entrance is a kilometer from the South-Western outskirts of the village, at the bottom of a large sinkhole with a depth of 18 m. the Length of the studied passages — 114 km. the Lake opened, local residents in the 40-ies. This cave is the only one on the tail — has an underground lake, which occupies a third of the area of the cave.
3. The crystal cave, the village of Kryvche,
The entrance is located on the steep valley slope above the river at 60-70 m Length — 23 km. the Average width of the passages is 2 m, the average height is 2.7 m. in addition to the maze of corridors, the cave has large rooms, walls of many galleries and halls are covered with white and painted in different colours with crystals of secondary gypsum. The feature of the cave — increased ionization of the air and water, the absolute lack of any virus.
A recently discovered mineral marsh mud and water. Individual sections of the caves are closed to tourists to preserve the unique microclimate and “comfort” of crystals. Seekers of extreme experiences crystal may seem uninteresting, there is even the corridors are electrified. But ordinary tourists, from school children to pensioners, will give a lot of impressions.
4. Verteba cave, the village of Bilche-Zolote
Verteba is a good example of that not necessarily need mountains to have a cave. The entrance is 2 kilometers from the village, on a raised plateau watershed.
The Ukraine is also called “Pompeii naddnistryans’ka”, discovered here the traces of primitive man (various items of material life, burial), which belong to the Paleolithic, Neolithic and later times. The total length of stroke is 8 km and the cave Walls smooth, dark, a lot of moves filled with silt.
In Ukraine there is an interesting and a kind of maze of Stone-Strips: ceiling surface is covered by dense “thickets” of tubular calcite stalactites that look like straw with a length of 10-12 cm.
5. Optimistic cave, the village of Korolivka
It is the longest gypsum cave in the world (listed in the Guinness Book of records). It is also the longest cave in Eurasia and the second (after the flint ridge-Mammoth in the US) in length of all caves in the world.
Sachertorte the length of its numerous and undulating moves — more 240,5 km, an area of about 2 hectares. The moves occur at a depth of about 20 m under the ground. Not all of them have been explored.
For visitors, the cave was discovered only in 2011. There was equipped with unique in Ukraine Speleology with samples of the most interesting cave formations: there are huge crystals, fancy helictites, hedgehogs and roses from crystallized gypsum.
6. Jubilee cave, village Sapohove
This is also a gypsum cave, the total length of its stroke is 1.6 km from the Entrance just like the entrance to a hole. But what she hides is worth it to get there even crawling.
Several galleries of the cave are connected by a short stroke. The hall of the Planetarium dome with a diameter of 8 m along the long axis. Jubilee, according to the testimony of speleologists-Amateurs is famous for the height differences, so it is interesting to explore.
7. Cave Atlantis, Zavallia village, Kamyanets ‘-Podil’s’kyi district, Khmel’nyts’ka oblast’
This cave is known to cavers around the world, has clearly identified three tiers (floors). It was opened in 1969, and began to investigate only after 6 years. The total length of the cave is 2.4 km away. more Atlantis Soldiers the deepest cave in 300 m. the Entire cave is decorated with stalactites and stalagmites that sparkle in every possible color. Equipped routes in the cave no. So definitely need special equipment and good physical preparation.
8. Mlynky cave, the village of Zalesie, Chortkiv district, Ternopil oblast
The total length of the cave is nearly 48 kilometers. This is a gypsum cave. Most of her galleries walls are richly cover the gypsum crystals of different sizes, painted in white, yellow, black and red colours, crystalline snow. The cave is very humid, but has a constant temperature of 9-10 degrees
In Mlynky a well-established tourist and speleological routes, and they are simply an incredible number, they are plotted on a map, but experienced cavers say it is not all possible. In Mlynky, you can easily like to book a tour from the organizers, and to get there on their own.
9. Cave Romagna or Friendship, the village of Mala Uholka, Tyachiv district, Transcarpathian region
Romania is the largest cave of the Ukrainian Carpathians, it is hidden in a forest on the outskirts of the village. The total length of the cave is 1 km and the depth is 46 meters to get inside, you climb through the natural stone well with the help of special equipment, mountaineering skills and with the permission of the administration of the Carpathian reserve. But what he saw inside is worth the effort.
10. Cave Balamutovskaya, Balamutivka village, Zastavna district, Chernivtsi oblast
The cave entrance is a large grotto with a height of 7 meters, a width 20 and a length of 15 meters. The bottom of the grotto is covered with gypsum boards. The total length of the cavity is 263 meters, with an area of 457 square meters. The cave itself is low and not very wide, the height of the galleries of about 1-1. 5 m, width — 1-2 m.
The uniqueness of this cave are cave drawings of the Mesolithic period (12-10 thousand years BC), preserved on the walls of the entrance of the grotto.
11. Cave Cinderella, Moldova Chernivtsi oblast
This cave is located on the border of Ukraine and Moldova. The main entrance to it — on the territory of Moldova, near the village of crooked. The main underground part — just in the depths of Ukraine. Entrance from the Ukrainian side, located near HOMESTEAD village novoselytskyi area.
Cinderella is the third in the world in length gypsum cave. Its explored length of passages — more than 91 kilometers.
Until the mid XX century, this cave was filled with water. But the water had subsided and the cavers got in the middle. Here was a monstrous size and beauty of the halls, the unusual composition of the air and minerals, the origin of which is most associated with the ocean basins.
