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The caves of Škocjan county

Actually, I wanted go travel back North (and thus into the mountains) again today. According to the weather forecast, however, this could have been a rather wet day. So, I drove South instead. On the one hand the weather should be better there, and on the other hand one can go hiking below the surface, in karst caves.

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Höhlen von Škocjan
(© Ramón, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0)

Slovenia is very rich in caves. I opted to visit the Škocjan caves. They have some drip stone formations. However, they are most famous for their underground river, which flows in a cave that is on average 100 meters high.

In some parts, the cave ceiling has collapsed, forming so-called collapsed dolines. After the tour through the cave, I could also explore these collapsed dolines, Velika Dolina and Mala Dolina, a bit.

This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.

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