The Caves of Bulgaria    






Iagodinska Pestera

Yagodinska Pestera - there are found about 140 caves and karst forms in the district of the Yagodinska Pestera. The cave itself is 10 km long and is one of the ten most beautiful caves in Bulgaria. It is located in the Rhodopi Mountain and is electrified. Some of the formations inside resemble well-known characters as Santa Clause, Snow-White and the seven dwarfs, Virgin Mary and her newborn baby, Pizho and Penda, forms of animals and fantastic figures.


Snezhanka


Diavolskoto Gurlo - the devil`s throat - a secret or a mystery? The cave that swallows everything and never turns it back. Thousands of trees, animals, even people disappear in the bosoms of that cave. The highest underground waterfall in the Balkan Peninsula is found here. Many bats inhabit this cave and are law protected. The cave is electrified and passable. The temperature inside the cave is about +8°C.




Magurata
- one of the most beautiful old caves with lots of galleries - "Sinister Galleries", "The concert hall", "The seventh sky", "The gallery of the drawings", "The gallery of the bats", etc. One can see here many different karst and glacial forms, fragments of ancient ceramics, ancient funerals and many more.


Bacho Kiro


Duhlata - the longest cave in Bulgaria - 17 km, placed in Vitosha Mountain.There are plenty of beautiful caves in Bulgaria that should be visited.
 

There are about 4260 caves found in Bulgaria so far. Everyone of it has its own story. Almost all of them are explored and are open for the tourists. Many historical valuables are discovered in our caves; some are rich and beautiful with their karst forms, others are mysterious with their weird natural formations.


Ledenika


Snezhanka - the snow-white cave. Hardly accessible but exceptionally beautiful with its glacial forms. It is called Snow-White, because here we can see the figure of this fairy tail heroine, which misses in the Yagodinska Cave. There are many fireplaces that date thousands of years ago.


Diavolskoto Gurlo


Ledenika - Located in the mountain Stara Planina. There is multiple number of galleries inside. The glacial forms in the cave are of a great interest - stalactites, stalagmites dating thousands of years back in time. A legend says that who dips his hand in the icy lake and makes a wish, that wish will come true.


Magurata


Bacho Kiro - there are traces of the life of the primitive people found in this cave.


Duhlata