Caves in Liptov

The nature monument Demänovská caves is the longest cave system in Slovakia. It is situated in the national nature reserve Demänovská Dolina (Demänovská valley) in the territory of the Low Tatras national park. The system represents a unique instance of cave levels development by a water flow in the fluvio-karst valley in the mid-mountain location of the Western Carpathian. Moreover, its natural merits are enhanced by a rich flowstone filling of various shapes, as well as the ice filling of the Demänovska ice cave is also important from the historical point of view. From the vast underground places, the public has acces to a part of the Demanovska cave of Liberty and Demanovska ice cave.

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Demänovská Cave

Entrance to the caves is in the Tociste valley at elevation 870 m. You can access it by zigzag foothpath leading from the parking lot, where a height difference of 52 m must be gotover. The cave is created in middle Triasic dark gray Guttenstein limestones of Kriznansky nappe, along tectonic faults by former flow of Demanovka river and its lateral hanging ponor tributaries. It represents morphologicaly the most varied part of the Demanovsky cave system. The cave length is more than 8400 m, 7624 m of the cave were measured. Out of the rich flowstone filling, flowstone water lilies and other lacustrine forms (sponge, coral, grape) as well as eccentric stalactites are unique. Mighty flowstone waterfalls and columns, sphaerolithical stalactites and many other forms of stalactites and stalagmites are captivating. There is a thick onflow of white soft flowstone in the Great dome. Underground flow of Demanovka river flows through the cave and gets to the surface by another cave (Vyvieranie), northerly of the Demanovska cave of Liberty. Air temperature is 6.1 ` to 7.0 ` Celsius, relative humidity 94 to 99 %.

Važecká Cave

Vazecka cave is national nature monument. Is situated in the Vazecky Karst, at the meeting of Kozie vrchy with Liptovska basin, at the western border of Važec village. The length of cave is 530 m. It is important finding-place of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) bones. The entrance hall was long know to the local people. The continuation of cave spaces was discovered in 1922. The cave was open to the public in 1934. After reconstruction in 1954, 235 m have been open to the public.