Adventure Caving

Given the place is so peaceful and that people trek up here specifically, we thought we´d stay and see what it's all about. We agreed on a restful day - and signed ourselves up for adventure caving.

The caves are among lime stone hills covered with autumn forests. The walking is stunning, especially in the evening light - but steep. You go about 300m into the first cave, squeezing on your belly between narrow gaps, opening out into huge caverns again. Past snakes, spiders and bats. Not a place to get lost in.

The second cave is a belly and elbows crawl through a tight water filled tunnel to a waterfall. Somehow we´d missed this bit in the blurb. Not something I needed to do, or that I'll ever need to do again. Thoughts of whether the insurance covers caving drift belatedly across the mind.

The last cave, down a ladder and a steep scramble into the bowls of the mountain, is stunning. Cavernous high gothic dwarf dwellings of white stalagmites and tites.

So odd decision. Not sure quite what the detour was in aid of. But interesting.