Turkey is an ideal destination for cavers and cavers, with nearly 40,000 caves throughout the country. Exploring the underground lakes, stalactites, and stalagmites of these amazing geological formations is one of the most exciting adventures. When you enter this mysterious underground world, you can't help but feel like you're in a science fiction movie.
Damlatash Cave: The Wonderful World of Stalactites
When it comes to caving tourism in Turkey, the first cave that comes to mind is undoubtedly Damlatash Cave in the Alanya district of Antalya. You can descend to the bottom of the cave by passing through a 50-meter corridor at the entrance and through a cylindrical shaft.
Along with its amazing stalactites, the cave is also famous for its air, which is beneficial for those suffering from respiratory diseases. Asthma patients undergo a 21-day treatment and spend a certain amount of time in the cave every day under the supervision of a doctor.
Ballija Cave: Healing Geological Heritage
Ballija Cave in Tokat has a history of 3.5 million years. The geological landscape of the cave is unique on a global scale, and it contains stalactites, stalagmites and columns, curtain travertines, cave pearls and rare onion stalactites. The cave, which remains mysterious due to its unexplored parts, has eight halls that have been discovered so far.
Exploring the parts of the cave that are open to visitors is like embarking on a journey that surprises and excites at every turn. The cave, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2019 due to its brightly colored calcite formations, serves as a treatment center for patients suffering from asthma and shortness of breath due to its ionized air, free from dust and pollen.
Altinbesik Cave: The Largest Underground Lake
Antalya, the heart of the Turkish Riviera, is a popular destination for adventurers, with many large and small caves that contain traces of human history. Altinbesik Cave in the village of Urunlu is the first world-famous cave in the region. Considered a natural wonder, this cave has a unique three-story structure and contains the largest underground lake in Turkey and the third largest in the world.
Boat trips on the lake allow you to enter the cave, which looks like an oasis in the middle of pine forests. At the end of this floor, the breathtaking view of the 44-meter vertical travertine formations is sure to leave you speechless.
Karain Cave: The Center of Paleolithic Life
Located in the Antalya province, Karain is one of the most important natural caves in the country and an archaeological site famous for its Paleolithic finds. In addition, Karain is the largest cave in Turkey, containing finds from the Paleolithic to Roman times. It turns out that some of the remains found in the cave are works of art created by the oldest people in Anatolia. Karain Cave is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Karaja Cave: The Underground Palace of Gumushane
Karaja Cave is located in Gumushane, the most beautiful city in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The cave features fascinating stalactites, stalagmites, pictograph walls, wall travertines, cave flowers, cave pearls, elephant ears, travertine pools, and colorful cave roses.
This excavated cave was formed by the connection of four separate elliptical chambers. Two of these chambers were divided by wall drops formed by water flow over time, bringing the total number of chambers to six.
Dupnisa: Thrace's Famous Cave System
Dupnisa Cave is a hidden treasure in the Demirköy district of the Kırklareli region. The first and only tourist cave in Thrace, Dupnisa welcomes tens of thousands of visitors every year. The upper part of the structure, which has been developing for about four million years, includes the Kuru and Kiz caves, while visitors are welcomed in the lower part of the Sulu cave.
Dupnisa has a variety of colors, from white to red and brown, and contains amazing stalactites, stalagmites, columns, curtains, flagstones, and rock pools of enormous size. The cave is home to 11 different species of bats, and some areas are closed to visitors from November 15 to May 15 for bat breeding.
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