The longest cave in Crimea. Yalta - a cave with stone jellyfish. Skelskaya - four-tiered cave

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In Crimea, a unique relief, nature has created on the territory of this peninsula many forms and objects, both aboveground and underground. Crimean caves attract not only fans of extreme sports, but also ordinary tourists, there are even available for beginners and non-specialists. Often, the size of the cave does not depend on how impressive it will be inside, for example, the small Yalta is no less impressive than the largest Red. When visiting the caves, you need to remember the safety rules and understand that we are visiting nature, take care of everything around.

This cave is located near cable car, leading to Ai-Petri, so it is quite popular to visit, it is easy to find it by the signs, leaving the cable car to observation deck. The second name of this cave is Ice, because the temperature here is like in a refrigerator - 10 degrees all year round. In the center of the cave is a meter-long snowdrift, tourists often throw coins into it, making a wish, and under it is a floor of compressed ice. It was also called Vorontsovskaya, they say that it was from here that ice was mined for the table of Count Vorontsov, whose estate is located at the foot of Ai-Petri in Alupka. The name of the cave comes from the entrance: it was formed in the form of a failure with three entrances, which were compared with eyes. A staircase descends into the cave, along which, observing safety precautions, it is necessary to descend backwards. In winter, the entrance to the cave is locked.

This cave is also located on the Ai-Petri plateau, it was accidentally discovered in 1997 by a Yalta caver and his son under a mountain of leaves, and equipped for visiting by enthusiasts in 2007. This Not big cave but very spectacular. Only the first hall is open to the public, but it is very impressive; colored lamps are held here, creating real stone flowers, jellyfish or other bizarre images from karst influxes. This cave is recognized natural monument.

This cave was discovered in 1902 by a teacher from the village of Skelya, and it was named after this. It was formed as a result of a tectonic fault. Equipped for visiting this cave in 2003. Since then, excursions have been regularly conducted there, and on a route 270 meters long, which takes about an hour, tourists are shown 5 halls richly cleaned with natural influxes: the Fireplace Hall, the Dolphin Hall, the Knights' Hall, the Organ Hall and the Hall of Ghosts. Inside the cave, you can see the stalagmites of the "Phoenix Bird", the seven-meter "Knight" and others. fairy tale characters, the names of which everyone will come up with for themselves.

The system of these caves in Tatar is called Kyzyl-Koba. They are located near Simferopol and are the most large cave in Crimea. The caves can only be visited with a guide - there are 6 floors going into the depths and many lakes, siphons, reservoirs. There is a large stalactite - 8 meters, over 8000 years old. An underground river flows through this cave, which forms the Su-uchkhan waterfall. excursion route here it lasts 500 meters, which is not much compared to its total length of more than 13 kilometers, but it is dangerous to go further without special training. Folk festivals often take place in the valley near the cave, for example, Ivan Kupala Day is celebrated here, birthdays and other holidays are held.

This cave, discovered by the speleological section of Simferopol in 1987, is located on the lower plateau of Mount Chatyr-Dag. The entrance to it is located at 920 meters above sea level. The exploitation of the cave by tourists began in 1987, since then thousands of interested people have visited the cave. underworld. For convenience, concrete paths were laid inside, handrails were installed, and artificial lighting was provided. Several routes have been developed, some are accessible even to a child. The length of the routes is up to one and a half kilometers. On the way, you will meet a gallery of fairy tales, in which the walls are decorated with sintered draperies, a tiger passage, named after the skeleton that archaeologists found there, an landslide hall and a stalactite forest. According to speleologists, this is one of the most visited equipped caves in Europe, and it is also one of the five most beautiful caves in the world.

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In Crimea, a unique relief, nature has created on the territory of this peninsula many forms and objects, both aboveground and underground. Crimean caves attract not only extreme sports enthusiasts, but also ordinary tourists, there are even accessible ones for beginners and non-specialists. Often, the size of the cave does not depend on how impressive it will be inside, for example, the small Yalta is no less impressive than the largest Red. When visiting the caves, you need to remember the safety rules and understand that we are visiting nature, take care of everything around.

This cave is located near the cable car leading to Ai-Petri, so it is quite popular to visit, it is easy to find it by the signs, leaving the cable car to the observation deck. The second name of this cave is Ice, because the temperature here is like in a refrigerator - 10 degrees all year round. In the center of the cave is a meter-long snowdrift, tourists often throw coins into it, making a wish, and under it is a floor of compressed ice. It was also called Vorontsovskaya, they say that it was from here that ice was mined for the table of Count Vorontsov, whose estate is located at the foot of Ai-Petri in Alupka. The name of the cave comes from the entrance: it was formed in the form of a failure with three entrances, which were compared with eyes. A staircase descends into the cave, along which, observing safety precautions, it is necessary to descend backwards. In winter, the entrance to the cave is locked.

This cave is also located on the Ai-Petri plateau, it was accidentally discovered in 1997 by a Yalta caver and his son under a mountain of leaves, and equipped for visiting by enthusiasts in 2007. This is a small cave, but very spectacular. Only the first hall is open to the public, but it is very impressive; colored lamps are held here, creating real stone flowers, jellyfish or other bizarre images from karst influxes. This cave is recognized as a natural monument.

This cave was discovered in 1902 by a teacher from the village of Skelya, and it was named after this. It was formed as a result of a tectonic fault. Equipped for visiting this cave in 2003. Since then, excursions have been regularly conducted there, and on a route 270 meters long, which takes about an hour, tourists are shown 5 halls richly cleaned with natural influxes: the Fireplace Hall, the Dolphin Hall, the Knights' Hall, the Organ Hall and the Hall of Ghosts. Inside the cave, you can see the stalagmites "Phoenix Bird", the seven-meter "Knight" and other fairy-tale characters, the names of which everyone will come up with for themselves.

The system of these caves in Tatar is called Kyzyl-Koba. They are located near Simferopol and are the largest cave in the Crimea. The caves can only be visited with a guide - there are 6 floors going into the depths and many lakes, siphons, reservoirs. There is a large stalactite - 8 meters, over 8000 years old. An underground river flows through this cave, which forms the Su-uchkhan waterfall. The excursion route here lasts 500 meters, which is a little compared to its total length of more than 13 kilometers, but it is dangerous to go further without special preparation. Folk festivals often take place in the valley near the cave, for example, Ivan Kupala Day is celebrated here, birthdays and other holidays are held.

This cave, discovered by the speleological section of Simferopol in 1987, is located on the lower plateau of Mount Chatyr-Dag. The entrance to it is located at 920 meters above sea level. The exploitation of the cave by tourists began in 1987, since then thousands of people interested in the underworld have been here. For convenience, concrete paths were laid inside, handrails were installed, and artificial lighting was provided. Several routes have been developed, some are accessible even to a child. The length of the routes is up to one and a half kilometers. On the way, you will meet a gallery of fairy tales, in which the walls are decorated with sintered draperies, a tiger passage, named after the skeleton that archaeologists found there, an landslide hall and a stalactite forest. According to speleologists, this is one of the most visited equipped caves in Europe, and it is also one of the five most beautiful caves in the world.

Nature was unusually generous to the Crimea. On a small area of ​​the peninsula, you can see everything: the sea and estuaries, wide sandy and tiny beaches lost among the rocks, gentle hills and impregnable mountains, steppe and forests with relict plants, waterfalls and mountain rivers With the purest water. Marveling at the beauty Crimean nature, people often do not suspect that a whole world is hidden under their feet - the mysterious and wonderful world of the Crimean caves, created by nature for millions of years. It is not easy to get there, it is dangerous to explore them on your own, but thanks to the work of speleologists, the Crimean caves, open for inspection, will reveal their secrets.

Which Crimean caves should tourists definitely visit?

• Emine-Bair-Khosar

Known as Mammoth. The Crimean caves are very old, Mamontova is 10 million years old, people knew about it for a very long time, but it was possible to get there only through a well 16 meters deep. In the last century, a convenient horizontal tunnel was laid and, after studying the cave, it was equipped for visiting. In the first hall you can see the skeleton of a mammoth (unfortunately, without a skull), which fell into this well millions of years ago, and the guide will tell you about the bones of which fossil animals were found when this cave was discovered in Crimea. Further, a convenient staircase leads to the halls of the Idols, the Treasury, the Kecskemét and the Pink Grotto. Skillful illumination snatches out of the darkness amazing sintered columns, crystals and stalactites and stalagmites striving towards each other. There are halls available only for speleologists. This Crimean cave is a natural monument and is very strictly protected.

• Marble

The most beautiful cave Crimea - Marble - got its name when it was found that almost all of its surface consists of marble-like limestone. Its age is estimated at millions of years, its depth is 60 meters, and the length of all the halls of this cave in Crimea known to speleologists is more than two kilometers. It is very easy to breathe inside, and the air temperature is always plus 9 degrees, regardless of the season.

Many halls richly decorated with nature open stalagmite fairy-tale figures, frozen waterfalls, bizarre stone “flowers” ​​before people. This is one of the most popular.

• red cave

Of all the caves of the Crimea and Europe, Red is the longest, its halls and galleries stretch underground for 26 kilometers. This large Crimean cave got its name because of the high content of iron oxides in the rock. A river flows through the lower galleries, constantly washing away rock, so the length of the corridors becomes longer, new halls with sinter formations appear. In this cave in the Crimea, there are six levels, floors, closing in a huge labyrinth.
Archaeologists claim that the site of primitive people was located here. There, to this day, fragments of arrowheads and ceramics are found. For tourists who are interested in the caves of the Crimea, two routes have been created: an extreme one, which involves descending to the lower gallery and crossing an underground river, and the main one, which runs along convenient paths.

• three-eyed

On the Ai-Petri plateau, very close to the cable car, there is a small, relatively young cave in the Crimea - Three-eyes. It got its name because of the presence of three entrances resembling eye sockets. One entrance is an almost vertical well through which daylight enters the cave, and snow in winter. The snow does not melt even in summer. Slightly thawing, it freezes again, forming ice. Hence the second name of the cave - Ice. Archaeologists claim that this cave of the Crimea, like a refrigerator, was used by hunters of the Stone Age.

This amazing cave Crimea is equipped for visiting, but excursions are held only in summer. In winter, the entrances are closed.

• Skelskaya

Relatively small karst cave formed as a result of limestone fracture under the influence of groundwater. This Crimean cave has several levels, which are connected by vertical wells 25-45 meters deep. At the very bottom there are several underground lakes and rivers that feed the waters of the Ai-Petri plateau. In the spring, when the snow melts, there is so much water in the underground lakes of this cave in the Crimea that it rises to the surface.
Only a little more than 600 meters of the cave area has been explored, further water blocks the path, but cavers are confident that they will be able to move forward. This Crimean cave has been repeatedly examined by biologists: here they found the bones of long-extinct animals and the richest speleofauna, many of whose representatives were preserved only in this place.
Skelskaya, like other equipped caves of the Crimea, is open for excursions. Tourists can visit the upper and middle levels with halls decorated with sinter formations, inhabited by creatures and animals from fairy tales.

• Geophysical

Another of the caves of the Crimea, lying on the Ai-Petrinsky plateau. It is special in that it refers to the opened caves, that is, the entrance to it was opened due to a natural process: the failure of the dome, corrosion or washing the entrance with water. These caves make it possible to restore accurate history of its occurrence. You can go down
a spiral staircase installed in a vertical shaft - a natural entrance. At the bottom, the mine passes into a hundred-meter passage, which, either narrowing or expanding, takes tourists to large halls decorated with sinter formations and stalactites. This Crimean cave is unique in that its sinter formations emit a bright green glow when the lamp flashes.
Geophysical - one of the caves of the Crimea, which belong to protected, protected areas.

Inaccessible caves of the Crimea - a godsend for speleologists

Most of caves of Crimea is concentrated in mountain ranges Ai-Petri and Chatyr-Daga, many have long been explored by speleologists, but the Crimea is rich in inaccessible places, and they become a kind of magnet for cavers.

• Soldier's

Located on Yaila Karabi. Of all the caves in the Crimea, Soldatskaya is the deepest (517 meters) and the most difficult to pass, although small in size. Almost immediately at the entrance, the cave ends with a deep abyss, at the bottom of which an underground river was discovered. You can reach the bottom only with scuba gear. It is recommended to visit this cave in Crimea only for experienced speleologists.

• thousand-headed

One of the sad famous caves Crimea. They knew about it for more than one century, but it became popular with local residents only from the middle of the 19th century. There it was discovered a large number of human skulls, which were popular with the then tourists as souvenirs from Chatyr-Dag. Local legend tells of those who did not submit to the barbarians local residents who preferred death to captivity. But archaeologists have proven that the dead were buried in the cave. This Crimean cave was the best suited for this purpose: a wide platform at the entrance turns into a narrow passage, which again expands into a hall adorned with stalactites and stalagmites.

• Cold

So named because of the constant low temperature of 6 degrees. This Crimean cave looks like a rather long, sloping tunnel (210 meters). After passing it, tourists find themselves in a suite of halls 23-25 ​​meters high. In this cave of the Crimea, there are many sinter baths with the purest water.

The entrance to the cave is free, the authorities do not look after it, which, of course, affected its safety.

• bottomless well

This Crimean cave is located on the Chatyr-Daga plateau and is a deep karst well, going to a depth of 140 meters. At about a depth of 30 meters, there are karst pockets in the well. Three horizontal passages 200 meters long depart from the bottom to the sides. One of the passages ends with a well, at the bottom of which two halls were found. There are almost no in-situ education here.

This Crimean cave is considered difficult to pass: only those who have special equipment can go down. And even such a descent provides for the mandatory accompaniment of an experienced speleologist.

• golden burrow

This legendary Crimean cave is located on steep slope White rock at a height of 52 meters from the foot. Only climbers can get there, the ascent is so unsafe. This Crimean cave is known for its artifacts. Scientists have found bones of long-extinct animals there: mammoth, cave bear, bull, saiga. But the most amazing find was the bone remains of Neanderthals, the age of the remains was determined to be 150 thousand years. It has been proven that later unique cave Crimea was chosen by the tribe of Sarmatians - after them there were tribal signs, tamgas.

In the middle of the last century, a thirty-meter cave with a height of 4 to 10 meters was discovered on the slope of Demerdzhi. At the very end of the cave there is a well 30 meters deep, the first finds at its bottom turned out to be the bones of various animals. Above the landslide there is a sacrificial stone, so archaeologists consider this cave of the Crimea an ancient sanctuary of the Taurians.
visit this dangerous cave Crimea without a guide is strictly prohibited even for experienced cavers.

Many people who have visited Crimea at least once for the purpose resort holiday, admire him natural beauties and architecture.

The peninsula can be called a full-fledged museum under open sky, but much is hidden under your feet: luxurious caves always fascinate with their mystery, because they are created by nature itself, and this cannot but delight.

The Crimean caves are mostly low, which is sometimes not very convenient for travelers, but because of this, one should not refuse to visit them. You can't help but admire underground rivers and full-fledged lakes, so you can get more pleasure and vivid emotions than when visiting a geological museum. No other museum provides so many luxurious halls and mysterious grottoes that beckon you to go in search of an ancient treasure. The historical bewitching atmosphere is complemented by the play of light and shadows, so even skeptical tourists will certainly appreciate it.

The mountain range is considered the richest in various caves, because it is here that the most famous and favorite tourists and are located. By the way, they became accessible to tourists not so long ago, since they first learned about their existence in 1987, but this did not prevent them from taking their rightful place among the top five most interesting caves peace. Marble limestones, of course, make the caves incredibly beautiful and fascinating, this is a rare combination of natural resources and beautiful natural landscapes impresses with its grandeur, special atmosphere allows you to relax at your leisure.

For the convenience of tourists, just two years later, the caves were equipped with stairs, paths and lighting, and several unique routes were laid so that tourists had the opportunity to explore the most luxurious places in the caves. That's what made marble caves the most visited place among tourists and guests of the Crimea.

No less popular among the guests of the Crimea is Emine-Bair-Khosar, which is called the Mammoth Cave. The entrance is decorated in the form of a trap for large animals, it is likely that in ancient times mammoths were caught this way. Hence the name.

It should be noted, because it is considered one of the largest throughout the Crimea. Its length is more than twenty kilometers, inside there are many routes for tourists, interesting halls and mysterious caves.

Summer holidays in the Crimean caves are especially pleasant for tourists and guests of the island, since the air temperature here does not rise above 12 degrees Celsius. Here you can not only see interesting natural sights, but also take a break from the heat in a comfortable cool environment.

Crimean caves will be able to diversify your holiday, giving a lot of positive emotions and the pleasure of visiting. Being in the Crimea, do not miss the opportunity to visit at least one, created by nature itself, the natural attractions of the peninsula.