State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
Slovak Caves Administration
It is situated on the Dolný vrch Plateau above the Jablonov nad Turňou village. This corrosive-breakdown abyss is 100 m deep. It is formed in the Mesozoic Middle Triassic pale Wetterstein limestones of the Silica Nappe. The main shaft under the surface depression widens in bottle shape downwards into an underground dome. A cone of debris and boulders is on its bottom in 63 m’s depth. One edge of the dome has an opening leading to the lower shaft more than 20 m deep. The first descend to the abyss was done by Hungarian cavers in 1959.
It is the third deepest abyss in the Slovak part of the Dolný vrch Plateau. Deeper are only the Natrhnutá Abyss (-112 m) and Hniloš Abyss (-110 m). The Hungarian side of the plateau has the deepest Vecsembűkki-zsomboly Abyss (-236 m).
Four bat species were discovered here by now, with the most abundant Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) and Greater Mouse-Eared Bat (Myotis myotis). Invertebrates are represented by rare cave pseudoscorpion Neobisium (Blothrus) slovacum, which was the first time discovered in the nearby Diviačia Abyss.
Dear visitors, we would like to inform you that due to the technical conditions of payment terminals, there may be situations when card payment will not be possible. For this reason, we recommend that you have an adequate amount of cash available if you want to be sure that you will be able to visit the cave. Thank you for understanding.
Dear visitors,
after a longer period we reopen the long tour in the Demänovska Cave of Liberty from the 1st of July 2024. The tour is open once a day at 13:15 from June to August (3 months) and at 13:00 during the rest of the opening days. Number of visitors is limited, the tour is demanding, with many steps and it takes more than one and a half hours. Cave temperature is around 7°C whole year round. We are looking forward to your visit.
