Kwanum-sa

Avalokitesvara in Kwanum Cave, Kwanumsa

Korean Buddhist temple, founded in 970 AD. Temple built in 1393, contains many valuable relics. Includes Kwanum Cave with ancient statues.

Songam Caves

Songam Cave

7 km long system of caves with beautiful speleothems, opened for tourists.

Ryongmun Cavern

In Ryongmun Caverns

7 km long cave system with up to 40 m tall cave rooms. Here are wonderful cave formations including several giant stalagmites, in the cave is Samsonam Falls – some 30 m tall waterfall.

Hwanseon Cave

Hwanseon Cave

Some 8 km long limestone cave. In the cave are enormous cave halls, up to 100 m tall, cave pools and waterfalls, rimstone pools and numerous species of cave fauna, including four species found only here.

Gosu Cave

Gosu Cave, rimstone pools

Some 5.4 km long limestone cave that has formed in limestone. This cave has impressive cave formations, including cave pearls, rimstone pools, cave corals, stalactites and stalagmites.

Bilemot Cave

The longest lava cave in South Korea, 11,749 m long. Cave has unusual, “braided” passages, spiralling around each other.

São Vicente Caves

São Vicente Caves, Madeira

More than 1,000 m long lava caves with some 700 m long trail for tourists. Caves include Volcano Center – a visitor center explaining the geological history of caves.

X’kekén Cenote (Dzitnup Cenote)

X'kekén Cenote

One of the most photographed cenotes, with beautiful deep blue lake and sun beam lighting it through the ceiling, numerous stalactites. At least 35 m across, distance between the ceiling and water is some 20 m.

Tahtzibichen Labyrinth

Natural cave labyrinth, Mayan site. Contains stone temples, small pyramids, sculptures, ceramics, human remains. Part of caves is inundated.