STRANGEST Caves In The World

"From mysterious caves in India; to the bizarre cave of giant crystals !

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12.Devetashka cave | Bulgaria

Welcome to the Devetashka cave, nowadays it's home to over 30,000 bats, thousands of years ago it was a shelter for paleo humans. Thousands of years might be an understatement since archeologist found traces of human presence that date back some 70,000 years !

11.Carlsbad Caverns | New Mexico

Located in the Guadalupe mountains of New Mexico, this national park was 250 million years in the making. Turns out the area was a coastline for an inland sea, and the caves were an elaborate reef. When the sea dried out, earthquakes and tectonic plate movement brought the reef above current sea levels. Pretty neat right ?

The biggest chamber has an area of about 8.2 acres (357,192 sq.ft, 33,184 sq.me), or the equivalent of 6.2 american football fields. The ceiling reaches heights of 255 feet (78m). Surprisingly, those are rookie numbers, the Big Room as its called is only the 28th largest in the world.

10.Benagil cave | Portugal

9.Phraya nakhon | Thailand

Thailand is blessed to have some of the most interesting and beautiful natural scapes in South East Asia, some are famous and right in the open, others are hidden in plain sight.

The Phraya Nakhon cave can be reached by a 11mile (17km) hike, and it is definitely worth it to traverse the Tian mountain region to get there.

Yes, that's a temple, and yes, the ceiling of the cave has a giant opening that allows sunlight to come in. If you visit the temple at the right time, you can see the sun shine directly on it, which creates a mesmerizing view.

Since 1966 the cave has been part of the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, the 11 mile hike is measured from the parks visitor center.

8.Cave of the Crystals | Mexico

7. Marble Cathedral | Chile

Continuing our journey south, we reach one of the more mesmerizing sites on this list. After thousands of years of water erosion, this marble coastline was shaped into what we see here.

This is definitely not a place you go to just because, considering its remoteness. Also, its often referred to as the Blue Marble cavern, but depending on the time of day and sun position, the colors can vary drastically.

6. Waitomo Caves | New Zealand

5. Fingal’s Cave | Scotland

Perhaps the smallest cave on this list, it was named after the hero of the epic poem by the same name. It measures in at 279 ft deep (85m) and 75 ft high (23m), and believe it or not, the photo you are looking at was taken in 1900 !

Since its discovery in 1772, the cave has been featured in numerous art and literature works, including a song by Pink Floyd and the movie When Eight Bells Toll.

4. Jomblang Cave | Indonesia

3.Manjanggul Cave | South Korea

Hey did you know that there is something called a lava tube ? Its formed by flowing molten lava that eats thru already solidified lava.

Anyway, the Manjanggul cave is just that, a lava tube ! Formed sometime between 2 to 3 hundred thousand years ago, it's considered to be in excellent condition. As for size, it gets up to 75 ft wide (23m) and 100 ft high (30) and get this, its 5.5 MILES long ( 8,9km) , for reference, the longest known lava tube is the Kazumura Cave in Hawaii, coming in at 40.7 miles (65km)

2.Ellora Caves | India

1.Ice and Glacier Caves | Around The World

In most cases, ice caves are old limestone or lava tube caves that are covered by ice year round. Although they are pretty cool, not much changes inside. Some ice formations and natural sculptures will definitely keep your interest. Oh yeah, some of them look like a nightmare waiting to happen.

On the other hand, you can find yourself exploring a cave, inside of a glacier. These ones are formed by running water from the glacier.

On a danger scale, glacier caves rank way way way higher up. Considering the terrain is forever changing, sudden changes in the weather or glacial motion can cause collapses. On top of that, the paths you explore today could be different or completely gone next week. Mapping glacial caves is a fools game, but hey, its not everyday you get to see what the insides of a glacier look like.

The world’s largest glacial cave, depending on weather conditions is the Mount Rainier cave system in Washington state.

Would you go in ? Just to set the mood, we are talking about exploring a constantly changing ice cave system, that can collapse, and is also located on the top of a large active volcano."