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This is a sortable list of show caves. A show cave is a cave that has been made accessible to the public for guided visits,[1] where a cave is defined as a natural occurring void beneath the surface of the earth, per the International Show Caves Association.[2] For a list of all caves, see: List of caves.
| Name | Country/Countries | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst Caves |  Hungary Slovakia
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On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Akiyoshidai Cave |  Japan
|
Located in the Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Alabaster Caverns |  United States
|
Located in the Alabaster Caverns State Park, Oklahoma |
| Alisadr Cave |  Iran
|
The largest water cave, located in Hamedan |
| Angitis |  Greece
|
Located near Prosotsani |
| Atta Cave |  Germany
|
One of the largest dripstone caves in Germany, located near Attendorn |
| Aven d'Orgnac |  France
|
Located near Orgnac-l'Aven |
| Avshalom Cave (Absalom Cave, Soreq Cave) |  Israel
|
Located in the Judean Hills |
| Bacho Kiro Cave |  Bulgaria
|
The first show cave in Bulgaria, inaugurated in 1937 and located near Dryanovo |
| Batu Caves |  Malaysia
|
Located near Kuala Lumpur |
| Bears' Cave |  Romania
|
Located in Chișcău village, Bihor County |
| Bellamar Caves |  Cuba
|
Located near Matanzas |
| Bing Cave | Germany
|
Located near Wiesenttal, Bavaria |
| Blanchard Springs Caverns | United States
|
Located in the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas |
| Blanche Cave |  Australia
|
Located in the Naracoorte Caves National Park, South Australia |
| Blue Grotto |  Croatia
|
Sea cave, located on Biševo island, Dalmatia region |
| Blue John Cavern |  United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
| Buchan Caves | Australia
|
Two caves, the Royal Cave and the Fairy Cave, located in Buchan, Victoria |
| Grottes de Calès | France
|
Located near Lamanon |
| Cango Caves |  South Africa
|
Located near Oudtshoorn |
| Capricorn Caves | Australia
|
Located in Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Carlsbad Caverns | United States
|
Located in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Cascade Caverns | United States
|
Located in Boerne, Texas |
| Castellana Caves |  Italy
|
Located near Bari. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Cathedral Cave[4] | United Kingdom
|
Located near Pen-y-cae, Powys, Wales |
| Cathedral Caves |  New Zealand
|
Located near Papatowai, South Island |
| Cave of the Lakes (Troupisio) | Greece
|
Located near Kastria |
| Cave Without a Name | United States
|
Located near Boerne, Texas |
| Cox's Cave | United Kingdom
|
Located in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset |
| Craighead Caverns | United States
|
Located in Tennessee |
| Cross Cave |  Slovenia
|
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| Crystal Cave | United States
|
Located in Put-In-Bay, Ohio. The world's largest known geode, a celestine geode 35 ft (11 m) in diameter, lies at its widest point |
| Crystal Cave |  Bermuda
|
Located in Hamilton Parish, close to Castle Harbour. |
| Dan yr Ogof | United Kingdom
|
Located near Pen-y-cae, Powys, Wales |
| Dechen Cave | Germany
|
Located near Iserlohn |
| Deer Cave | Malaysia
|
Located near Miri, Sarawak |
| Dirou Pyrgos Caves | Greece
|
Two caves, Glyfada Cave and Alepotrypa cave, with underground river, near Pyrgos Dirou |
| Devil's Throat Cave | Bulgaria
|
Located in the western Rhodope Mountains, near Gyovren |
| Dobšiná Ice Cave | Slovakia
|
Located near Dobšiná |
| Doolin Cave (Pol an Ionain) |  Ireland
|
Located in Doolin |
| Dragon Caves (Cuevas del Drach) |  Spain
|
Located on the island of Mallorca, with concerts |
| Dupnisa Cave |  Turkey
|
Located in Kırklareli Province |
| Eisriesenwelt |  Austria
|
Located near Salzburg |
| El Soplao Cave | Spain
|
Located in Cantabria |
| Erdmanns Cave | Germany
|
Located near Lörrach |
| Fantastic Caverns | United States
|
Located near Springfield, Missouri |
| Frasassi Caves | Italy
|
Located near Ancona |
| Gough's Cave | United Kingdom
|
Located in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset |
| Gouffre de Padirac | France
|
Near Gramat, Lot. 103 m (338 ft)-deep entrance shaft into an underground river |
| Great Masson Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire |
| Great Rutland Cavern | United Kingdom
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Located near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire |
| Grotta Gigante | Italy
|
Located near Trieste |
| Grotte de Chorance | France
|
Located near Chorance, Isère |
| Grottes de Saint-Christophe[5] | France
|
Located in Saint-Christophe-la-Grotte, Savoie |
| Grotte aux Fées |  Switzerland
|
Located near Saint-Maurice, Valais. Contains an underground waterfall |
| Grutas de Cacahuamilpa |  Mexico
|
Located in the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, Guerrero |
| Gunns Plains Cave | Australia
|
Located on Tasmania island |
| Hams Caves (Coves dels Hams) | Spain
|
Located on the island of Mallorca |
| Han-sur-Lesse Caves (Grottes de Han) |  Belgium
|
Located near Han-sur-Lesse |
| Harrison's Cave |  Barbados
|
Access by tram |
| Hato Caves |  Curaçao
|
Located near Willemstad |
| Hazrat Daoud pilgrimage cave |  Uzbekistan
|
Located near Nurobod |
| Hercules Caves |  Morocco
|
Archaeological cave complex in Cape Spartel |
| Horne Lake Caves |  Canada
|
Located in the Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park near Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Hotton Caves | Belgium
|
Located near Hotton |
| Howe Caverns | United States
|
Located in New York State |
| Huanglong Cave |  China
|
Located in Zhangjiajie-Wulingyuan, Hunan |
| Ingleborough Cave | United Kingdom
|
Located near Clapham, North Yorkshire |
| Inner Space Cavern | United States
|
Located near Georgetown, Texas |
| Jeita Grotto |  Lebanon
|
Located near Jeita |
| Jenolan Caves | Australia
|
Located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The oldest known caves (340 myr). With concerts |
| Kartchner Caverns | United States
|
Located in the Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona |
| Kents Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located in Torquay, Devon |
| Koněprusy Caves |  Czech Republic
|
Located southwest of Prague |
| Kungur Ice Cave |  Russia
|
Located in Kungur near Perm |
| Lamprechtsofen | Austria
|
Located near Salzburg |
| La Verna Cave | France
|
Located in Sainte-Engrâce. With the largest chamber in a show cave |
| Ledenika | Bulgaria
|
Located in the Balkan Mountains near Vratsa |
| Lewis and Clark Caverns | United States
|
Located east of Whitehall, Montana |
| Linville Caverns | United States
|
Located near Marion, North Carolina |
| Luray Caverns | United States
|
Locaded near Luray, Virginia |
| Magura Cave | Bulgaria
|
Located in the Balkan Mountains near Belogradchik. With concerts |
| Mammoth Cave | United States
|
Located in Kentucky. The world's longest caves system. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Manjanggul |  South Korea
|
A lava tube. Located on Jeju Island |
| Marble Cave |  Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea |
| Marble Arch Caves | United Kingdom
|
Located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Mark Twain Cave | United States
|
Located near Hannibal, Missouri |
| Melissani Cave | Greece
|
An underground lake on Cephalonia island |
| Meramec Caverns | United States
|
Located near Stanton, Missouri |
| Mladeč Caves | Czech Republic
|
Located near Mladeč |
| Moravian Karst | Czech Republic
|
Located near Blansko |
| Nahal Me'arot/Wadi el-Mughara Caves | Israel
|
Located in the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve (four Caves Creek) near Haifa. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Natural Bridge Caverns | United States
|
Located in Comal County, Texas |
| Neptune's Grotto | Italy
|
A sea cave near Alghero, Sardinia |
| Nerja Caves | Spain
|
Located in Nerja, Málaga. With concerts |
| New Athos Cave |  Georgia
|
Located near New Athos. With mini-metro |
| Ngārua Caves | New Zealand
|
Located between Motueka and Tākaka in the South Island |
| Ohio Caverns | United States
|
Located near Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio |
| Orlova Chuka | Bulgaria
|
Located in the Danubian Plain, near Ruse |
| Painted Cave | Spain
|
Located near Galdar on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
| Phong Nha Cave |  Vietnam
|
Located near Quang Binh |
| Peak Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
| Poole's Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located near Buxton, England |
| Pont-d'Arc Cave (Caverne du Pont-d'Arc) | France
|
Show cave replica of Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Postojna Cave | Slovenia
|
Located near Postojna. The longest show cave in Europe and the birthplace of speleobiology; with small trains and concerts |
| Reed Flute Cave (Lúdí Yán) | China
|
Located in Guilin, Guangxi |
| Resava Cave |  Serbia
|
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| Ruakuri Cave | New Zealand
|
Located in Waitomo District |
| Saeva dupka | Bulgaria
|
Pre-Balkan, near Lovech |
| Scărișoara Cave | Romania
|
Located in Gârda de Sus, Alba County |
| Seven-star Cave (Qīxīng Yán) | China
|
Located in Guilin, Guangxi |
| Shaitan-Koba | Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea |
| Skelska Cave | Ukraine
|
Located in Crimea |
| Škocjan Caves | Slovenia
|
Located in Matavun. On the Subterranean World Heritage List[3] |
| Syrau Dragon Cave (Drachenhöhle Syrau) | Germany
|
Located near Syrau |
| Smoo Cave | United Kingdom
|
Located in Durness, Scotland |
| Snezhanka Cave | Bulgaria
|
Located in the Rhodope Mountains, near Peshtera |
| Sonora Caverns | United States
|
Located in Sonora, Texas |
| Speedwell Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire, England |
| St. Michael's Cave |  Gibraltar
|
With concerts |
| Stump Cross Caverns | United Kingdom
|
Located near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire |
| Tabon Caves |  Philippines
|
Located near Quezon, Palawan |
| Tapagem Cave (Caverna da Tapagem) |  Brazil
|
Located in Iporanga |
| Tapolca Caves | Hungary
|
Located in Tapolca, with underground river |
| Te Ana -The Caves | New Zealand
|
Sea-formed limestone cave system near Kaikōura[6] |
| Te Ana-au Caves | New Zealand
|
Located on the shore of Lake Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, South Island, with underground river. Accessible only by boat. |
| Tham Luang Nang Non |  Thailand
|
Scene of the Tham Luang cave rescue |
| Thiên Đường Cave | Vietnam
|
Located near Đồng Hới |
| Timpanogos Cave | United States
|
Located in the Timpanogos Cave National Monument near Highland, Utah |
| Tom Taylor's Cave | United Kingdom
|
Located near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire |
| Treak Cliff Cavern | United Kingdom
|
Located near Castleton, Derbyshire |
| Uhlovitsa | Bulgaria
|
Located in the Rhodope Mountains, near Smolyan |
| Valeron Caves | Spain
|
Located in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands |
| Viento Cave (Cueva del Viento) | Spain
|
Located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. The largest lava tube system in Europe |
| Verdes Cave (Cueva de los Verdes) | Spain
|
A lava tube, located in Haría on Lanzarote, Canary Islands |
| Verteba Cave | Ukraine
|
Located in Bilche-Zolote |
| Vilenica Cave | Slovenia
|
The oldest show cave in Europe |
| Vjetrenica |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
The most biodiverse cave in the world |
| Vorontsova Cave | Russia
|
Located near Sochi |
| Výpustek Cave | Czech Republic
|
Located in Křtiny. Part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area |
| Waitomo Glowworm Cave | New Zealand
|
Located in the Waitomo District, North Island |
| White Scar Caves | United Kingdom
|
Located near Ingleton, North Yorkshire |
| Wonder Cave | United States
|
Located in San Marcos, Texas |
| Wookey Hole Caves | United Kingdom
|
Located in Somerset, England |
| Yagodinska Cave | Bulgaria
|
The longest cave in the Rhodope Mountains, located near Smolyan. Contains a very large number of cave formations; contains rare cave pearls |
| Zbrašov Aragonite Caves | Czech Republic
|
Located in Teplice nad Bečvou |
See also
- List of caves
- List of deepest caves
- List of longest caves
- List of longest cave by country
- List of show mines
- Earth:Speleology
References
- ↑ Jennings, Joe N (1985). "Cave and Karst Terminology". in Matthews, P. G.. Australian Karst Index. ASF Broadway. pp. 14.1-13. http://home.mira.net/~gnb/caving/papers/jj-cakt.html.
- ↑ Definition of show cave n.d. The International Show Caves Association (I.S.C.A.), accessed 24 July 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Subterranean World Heritage List". 5 March 2022. https://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Topic/SWHL.html.
- ↑ Dukeck, Jochen (2026-01-12). "Cathedral Cave". https://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/showcaves/Cathedral.html.
- ↑ "Grottes de Saint-Christophe". 2016-01-12. https://grottes-saint-christophe.com/.
- ↑ "Te Ana – The Caves" (in en-NZ). https://caveskaikoura.nz/.
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