The caves of Postojna lie at the south west of Slovenia about 1km away of the centre. 6 of the more than 20km long cave was opened more than 80 years ago for the public.
A little train lead the visitors to the first large chamber of the cave system. Afterwards the visit goes further with a guide in Slovenian, German, Italian, English or French.
The guide walks through the 5 large cave chambers. One of them is the room of the brilliant room & the concert room. At every cave chamber they tell you what makes the cave this special. Beside a lot of stalagmites & stalactites at the cave, there also lives a rare animal type, the drobnovratnik beetle. This long salamander which can live 12 years without food and can become sometimes 100 years old.

The Spaghettiroom of the caves of Postojna

30km at the south west of the caves of Postojna you find perhaps the most beautiful caves in the world. In 1986, UNESCO exclaimed this 1,5km head cave to globally cultural heritage. This is the only site in Slovenia which stands in the world heritage list.
This site, lain in the centre of the Kras, counts 6km underground caves which 3 of them are opened for the public.
The visitors walk by bridges & paths in the cave, on a depth of 144 meters. Especially the deep river gap of the Reka is impressive.

The ice caves of Snezna, are the highest caves of Slovenia who are open for public. They lay on 1500metres height. You find this caves in the mountain Raduha, who is 2062 meters high. This mountain lays between two small cities, Luce and Solcava in the north of Slovenia. The temperature in the caves lays between –10° tot +2,5° degrees. You can’t compare this cave with the caves of Postojna & Skocjan.

ice caves of Snežna (source:www.campinggids.com )

The special feature of the cave of Križna, who lies in the South of Slovenia, is the fact that it is formed out of 22 lakes. The most beautiful part is the Kalvarija room it exist out of 2 parts, the cave where you see running water & the one with a lake.