The
dripstones cave in Liptov (low Tetra) in Slovakia is called the Cave of Liberty
and it is a part of a large complex of caves in the region. It is large and
nice and well worth a visit! However, take into consideration that it requires
walking uphill to the entrance, and a kilometer of walk inside with hundreds
of stairs.
The cave is a few kilometer drive from
Liptovsky Mikulash towards Jasna. The path to the cave starts from the
(paid) parking lot. It is a steep walk up on a paved path. Here are some photos
from the walk up.
It is quite long.
There are a few types of guided tours, we took
the short one, whichi is quite enough in my opinion. There was a long line to
the cachier, but once you get the ticket, you have a time for the tour and you
don’t have to wait. The entry to the cave is indoors near the cachier. As far
as I recall, the tour was in Slovakian and we got a note with some English
summary. It could be that it was in other languages (Polish or German, but I’m
not sure).
The cave is a cmplex of caves with varied
“room” sizes. Some are wide and some narrow. There are walls and shapes on the
way, Karts pools, and a small in-cave river. Sometimes water will drip on you
as the cave is active. Here’s a we took right after we entered the
cave, in the ‘wide’ area.
Then, we
entered a more active area that is full of shiny dripstones. The cave is quite
dark and I processed the photos a little bit so that the ‘view’ will be more
visible.
The path is getting narrower as we go down. We
used a flash for this photograph.
Here’s a movie of that narrower area.
We
passed by the river in the cave.
and stunning karst pools!
Check the Cave’s website Demänovská Cave
of Liberty for the full up-to-date info.
The short tour is around 1 km long and goes
down 86 meters below the starting point. The website says it is 900 stairs, we
did not count…
Get dressed well, the cave is cold (~7c).
For more information see: Slovakia.
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