Driny Cave
The Driny Cave is the only show cave in the western Slovakia and one of the main tourist attractions of the Lesser Carpathians. As compared with other ...
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Driny Cave
The Driny Cave is the only show cave in the western Slovakia and one of the main tourist attractions of the Lesser Carpathians. As compared with other show caves in Slovakia, where usually larger underground spaces prevail, it represents a system of narrow fissure passages, however with beautiful dripstone decoration.
Basic info
The show path is 450 m long with 10 m vertical distance and 151 steps. The visit in cave lasts 35 min. Cave temperature is from 7,1 to 7,8°C.
Cave interior consists of narrow fissure passages (Collaborators’ Passage, Beňovský‘s Passage, Slovak Speleological Society Hall). A rich sinter fill decorates fissure underground spaces. Flowstone draperies with indented facing are typical for this cave. Flowstone waterfalls and flowstone structures, pagoda-like stalagmites and various forms of stalactites occur her. Also small flowstone pools, supplied with water by percolating rainfall water, can be found here.
Contact
Address: 919 04 Smolenice
Country: Slovak Republic
Email:driny@ssj.sk
Phone: +421/(0)33/ 558 62 00
Web: www.ssj.sk
Latitude: 48.5004463196
Longitude: 17.4021244049
Info
Name: Driny Cave
Name original:
ISCA member: SLOVAK CAVES ADMINISTRATION
Length: 680 m
Depth: 40 m
Elevation of entrance: 399 m
Number of visitors: 0 / per year
Temperature: 7.10 - 7.80 °C
Length of show path: 450 m
Duration of visit: 35 min
