Caves of Crimea: Emine Bair Khosar or Mammoth Cave
Before our hiking in the mountains we met our new friends who live near Simferopol. They told us about the famous Crimean cave Emine Bair Khosar and offered to go there. I'll tell you about how we got there by ATV some other time. I can only mention that there were too many sensations, as this four-wheeled monster is too powerful and strove to throw me off.
Cave of Crimea Emine Bair Khosar - is located on the lower plateau of Chatyr Dag at an altitude of about 1000 meters. Therefore, those who go to it are given the opportunity to admire the mountain views. Of course, they are not as pretty as with upper plateau Chatyr Dag, but as a bonus it is fine. In addition to Emine Bair Khosar, there is also the popular Marble Cave and a number of small caves, which are visited only by individual tourist groups..
Our friends assured us that there are much more people in the neighboring Marble Cave, and despite its great fame, the Emine Bair Khosar cave is in no way inferior to it. And I had no reason not to believe them, so we did so and visited only one and did not regret anything.
Crimean caves: Emine Bair Khosar
It received the second name Mammoth Cave because of the mammoth that fell inside. Initially, the entrance to the cave was a 16-meter vertical well (where animals fell) and only in our time was an artificial entrance for organized groups made. We are shown the upper level of the cave, and there is also the lower Bair, which is closed to visitors. The excursion is long and it is quite difficult to remember all the halls in which we were, as well as the names of certain stalactites and stalagmites. Therefore, not all of the photos from Emine Bair Khosar will be signed. Immediately I apologize for their quality, it was impossible to use a tripod, and the built-in flash will spoil the picture very much.
The length of the cave is about one and a half kilometers, and the depth is about 120 meters. She is much more than Be patient Koba, which I wrote about a couple of days ago, and about the same as Batu caves in Malaysia. True, in the latter there are no stalactites and stalagmites..
Natural entrance to the Emine Bair Khosar cave
Artificial entrance to the cave Emine Bair Khosar
A stone staircase leads down
Our guide Neo explains to us the plan to fight the matrix.
Our group is led by Neo. I didn't take off my glasses even in the dark.
Baby mammoth skeleton
Leaks on the walls of the main hall
The same natural well entrance
Main cave hall and bison skeletons
European bison skeleton
Lake hall
Crimean caves - Emine Bair Khosar
Crimean caves - Emine Bair Khosar
Emine Bair Khosar cave
Hall of Idols
I'm slowly going crazy
Emine Bair Khosar cave
Chocolate wall from drip formations
In some places, passages have been cut for convenience
The younger generation of stalagnets is growing up
Bizarre calcite formations
In some places, passages have been cut for convenience
Stalagmite monomakh hat
Someone even managed to take pictures on the phone
Emine Bair Khosar cave
This thing reminds me of an Alien
Stalactite Wasp's Nest - the oldest in the cave
Dead lake
A piece of education broke off
Information for visiting Emine Bair Khosar
This cave is located near the Simferopol-Alushta highway, the nearest settlement is the village of Mramornoye, which can be reached from Simferopol by regular transport. For example, first by trolleybus from the Simferopol railway station to Zarechny, and then by bus to Mramorny. From where to stomp 8 km on foot to the very top, or just take a taxi here. Therefore, the easiest way is to go by car, or to include a visit to the cave in the route of a tourist hike, so that later you do not have to go back down the same day..
All the information you need to visit
Emine Bair Khosar on the map
The cost of the visit is 50-90 UAH, depending on the duration of the excursion (25-90 minutes). It is cold in the cave, about +5 degrees, therefore, either take warm clothes, or on the spot you can rent a jacket for 6 UAH per piece.
They don't take money for photography now (August 2012), but you can't use a tripod, and you won't actually have time, since the cave is crowded and you won't be able to find yourself in one place without people. Only if some kind of mini-tripod, to put it on the railing and carry it without folding.