The Cave Orlova Chuka Photo: The Cave Orlova Chuka

The Orlova Chuka cave is located near the Bulgarian town of Ruse, 40 km to the South. Its name, which translated from Bulgarian language means "eagle top" Orlova Chuka was due to being over her high cliffs, home to the eagles.

The cave was discovered in 1941 by a local shepherd who was grazing nearby sheep. In 1959 punched into the cave which serves as the entrance tunnel and are carved out of 124 degrees. Since being speleological research, which found the remains of cave bears. Scientists believe that in the Paleolithic and bronze age people lived here. Currently research Orlova Chuka continue.

Rooms of the cave - a good place for bats. It is home to species such as eared bat, greater and lesser horseshoe bat and rare in Europe view – squeaking bats (Chiroptera).

Tourists can visit only 3 km of the innards of the cave, they lit and prepared for visitors. To enter the cave is possible only with a guide and in a group up to 15 people. Tours are held every hour from 9 to 17 hours in the period from 1 April to 31 October. In Orlova Chuka prohibited from viewing unsuitable for tourists gallery, campfires and scaring animals. And here is a photo and video is allowed in the cave. Here you can also buy informational brochures and Souvenirs.

The first room, where fall during the tour, tourists, Concert called not by chance. The acoustics here are excellent, and even concerts. In this room visitors can see a Large stalactite 3 meters high, 5 meters in diameter at the base is 50 cm and intricate structures in the form of a Turtle, Dinosaur, Owl, etc.

Hall of Golemite Shipei (translated from the Bulgarian – Large Talus) is the largest of all in the cave. On the walls of this room, as on the walls of the gallery, going West from the Concert hall, are run-of-river sediments variety of bizarre forms. This hall is one of the favorite habitats of bats. And at the bottom of the room are fragments of rock broke away, probably during the earthquake.

Not far from Golemite Sibai is a hall of Malki Shipei (Small Debris). To the West is a gallery leading to the Outer hall. And near the small hall Pochivka is a tunnel where you can see calcite crystals.

Since 1962 the Orlova Chuka cave is officially recognized as a natural landmark.

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The Cave Orlova Chuka
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