The spectacular entrance gate is just the beginning. Balcarka invites you to one of the richest cave dripstone displays in the Czech Republic.
Were all the tickets for the Punkva Caves sold out? Then head over to Ostrov u Macochy and you will find here a real karst treasure – Balcarka Cave. The almost five-meter-tall entrance is definitely impressive, but this also applies to the extraordinary richness of dripstones and unusual surface karst features (dents, lapies) that lie behind it. The cave area has become famous for archaeological and palaeontological finds. Significant species of thermophilic flora and the picturesque landscape in the surroundings will enchant you even outside the cave.
On a tour of Balcarka Cave you will see, among other things, the Dome of Doom and Foch’s Dome – one of the largest spaces of the Moravian Karst. The tourist route also includes a section with a museum, which presents the cave as a home for reindeer and horse hunters, and a generational wintering ground for female cave bears and their cubs. Don’t worry, you won’t meet any bears here today, but you will meet nice, talkative guides!
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The only system of caves in the Czech Republic where you can admire nature’s own sculptures both while you walk and while you take a cruise on an underground river.
Where can you experience a parade of karst hits in one place? Right here! The longest cave system in the Czech Republic offers a choice of three routes. Which one will you choose?
Singletrails are obviously not just for singles! At the ones in the Moravian Karst are definitely not. Hop on the bike, it’s gonna be a wild ride.
Stalactites, stalagmites, stalagnates... do you have problems telling these cave-related terms apart? Visit the House of Nature and you will be a master of cave terminology.
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An impressive 8-meter-high entrance to the Kateřinská Cave opens in the right valley slope of Suchý Žleb near Skalní Mlýn (Rock Mill).
In Rudice, you’ll find a windmill of the Dutch type and a museum in one. They have a friendly, unusual approach to children here.
Trees are not boring. Get close to them on the nature trail in the Arboretum Křtiny and you will feel a zen-like calm.
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