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Moravian Karst

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Marco
January 24, 2022
If you come to the Balcarka Cave by car, there is parking available right at the cave, while if you come by bus, get off at the stop called Ostrov u Macochy, Balcarka. The trip is conceived as a circuit and which side you start from is up to you. You will experience Macocha as well, from the upper bridge – you only have to extend your visit a little. The Moravian Karst encourages exploration... The Balcarka Cave is situated in a picturesque karst deep down near the village of Ostrov u Macochy. The underground maze of corridors, cracks and domes is spread across two underground levels. The entrance portal of the cave is a significant paleontological and archaeological site. It can only be visited as part of a guided tour, plan approximately 60 minutes for it. After the tour of Balcarka, go along the bike trail called Through the Heart of South Moravia to the right and explore the karst village of Ostrov u Macochy. You will find a lot of small caves and sinkholes along the way, up to the signpost Ostrov – U Hřbitova (Ostrov – At the Cemetery). Here, join the red tourist marking on the left, walk past the windmill and turn right onto the green tourist trail, which leads to the Macocha abyss. When you get enough of looking into the green depth of the abyss, take the same way back, but this time turn right to the red trail at the signpost Ostrov – nad Balcarkou (Ostrov – Above the Balcarka Cave). You will get back to your car or to the bus stop, back to the Balcarka Cave. Since they were kids, all natives of the Moravian Karst region have heard a terrifying legend about a stepmother, an evil one of course. She threw her stepchild into the abyss and jumped in right after. By a miracle, the child was saved, but on stormy days you can still hearthe mournful weeping of the stepmother from the abyss… Macocha and the beautiful green area around it gives a mysterious, even magical impression. Just as Prague has the infamous Nuselský Bridge, the endless abyss is a place for suicides here. Dozens of people have chosen to end their lives here over the last hundred years. But you will be enchanted by the positive influence of the surrounding nature. It is a true balm for the nerves – lush greenery, wherever you look. You can view the abyss from two bridges, the upper and the lower. The upper one looks down from a height of 138 meters, while the lower one is 92 m above the low part of the abyss and you can see the bottom very well from there. From the bridge, head to Punkva Caves via a picturesque hiking trail. Macocha was probably formed by breaking the vault of a large underground dome, which the underground Punkva River flows through (along which you will float at the end of the tour). There are other underground spaces below the surface of the Lower Lake, so far explored up to 187.5 meters. The Punkva Caves are situated in Pustý Žleb (Barren Deep), two kilometres from the Skalní Mlýn information centre upstream on the Punkva River. The tour consists of two parts. In the first stage, you will walk through massive domes and corridors with dripstone decoration to the bottom of the Macocha Abyss. You will experience real adrenaline in the second part as you travel along the underground Punkva River by motorboat. The cruise includes a tour of the Masaryk Dome, the most beautiful space of the Punkva Caves, although everything you have seen prior to that is worth it, too. The caves are part of the longest cave system in the Czech Republic, the Amatérská Cave (Amateur Cave). The length of its corridors which have been discovered so far is over 30 kilometres. For wheelchair users: visit the Front Dome in the dry part of the cave and with a little help from the guides when getting in the boat, you can also go on a cruise on the underground Punkva River. It is necessary to announce your visit beforehand by calling +420 516 418 602. You should book the tour in advance, because it is in high demand. Don’t be sad if you cannot get to the Punkva Caves this time. Go a little further, to the Kateřinská Cave (Catherine Cave), for example.
If you come to the Balcarka Cave by car, there is parking available right at the cave, while if you come by bus, get off at the stop called Ostrov u Macochy, Balcarka. The trip is conceived as a circuit and which side you start from is up to you. You will experience Macocha as well, from the upper b…
Francesco
June 4, 2020
The Moravian Karst is a karst landscape and protected nature reserve to the north of Brno in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, located near the town of Blansko. It encompasses a number of notable geological features, including roughly 1100 caverns and gorges and covers an area of roughly 92 km². Currently, five of the cave systems, Býčí skála Cave and Stránská skála are open for public tours and exploration. This region is also home to one of the most important single geological features in the Czech Republic, the Macocha Abyss, a gorge 138 m deep, which was formed when the ceiling of a cave chamber collapsed. Macocha Abyss is also the place where the Punkva River begins to run underground through the Punkva cave system, and two small pools of water are visible at the surface. The Moravian Karst is a popular tourist attraction in the local area, and large numbers of tourists visit in the summer months. In addition to caverns, the nature preserve also contains well-marked bicycle trails and hiking paths to explore.
The Moravian Karst is a karst landscape and protected nature reserve to the north of Brno in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, located near the town of Blansko. It encompasses a number of notable geological features, including roughly 1100 caverns and gorges and covers an area of roughly 92 km…
Dalibor
August 16, 2021
Moravský kras - jeskyně, cca 20 km od chaty
Tomáš
January 1, 2022
JESKYNĚ pro všechny milovníky tajemna Naše farma je pomyslnou branou do Moravského krasu a přímo vybízí k návštěvě tohoto tajemného podzemí. Největší propast svého druhu ve střední Evropě je světoznámá propast Macocha a rozhodně stojí za návštěvu. Sloupsko-šošůvské jeskyně, které jsou největší zpřístupněné jeskyně v České republice vás okouzlí rozsáhlým komplexem dómů, chodeb a obrovskými podzemními propastmi, které navíc spojují dvě podzemní patra. Moravský kras je krasová oblast a geomorfologický podcelek severovýchodně od Brna, který je částí Drahanské vrchoviny. Jedná se o největší a nejlépe vyvinutou krasovou oblast s nejširším spektrem krasových jevů v České republice. Nacházejí se zde všechny krasové útvary s výjimkou polí.  Propast Macocha Hlavním turistickým lákadlem Moravského krasu je světoznámá propast Macocha, která je součástí komplexu Punkevních jeskyní. Do propasti lze buď nahlédnout shora z horního či dolního můstku nebo zdola při návštěvě Punkevních jeskyní. Její největší hloubka je 138,4 m. Cyklotrasy a horolezectví Moravský kras je protkán hustou sítí turistických tras pro pěší i cyklotras. Územím krasu prochází cyklotrasy 5 (Jantarová stezka), 505, 5005, 507, 5075, 5077, 5078, 5079, 5080, 5081, 5082, 5083, 5085, 5116, 5117, 5119, 5134 a 5139. Skalní terény v Pustém a Suchém žlebu, v Holštejnském údolí, kolem Sloupsko-šošůvských jeskyní, v Kolíbkách, v Křtinském údolí a v Údolí Říčky jsou vhodnými a často navštěvovanými horolezeckými terény.
JESKYNĚ pro všechny milovníky tajemna Naše farma je pomyslnou branou do Moravského krasu a přímo vybízí k návštěvě tohoto tajemného podzemí. Největší propast svého druhu ve střední Evropě je světoznámá propast Macocha a rozhodně stojí za návštěvu. Sloupsko-šošůvské jeskyně, které jsou největší zpří…
Zora
November 9, 2019
Unikátní krápníkové jeskyně s podzemní řekou, možnost plavby na loďkách. Propast Macocha. Možnost horolezectví na vápencových skalách. Rehabillitační pobyt v jeskyni. V okolí významná poutní místa s ojedinělými barokními památkami Křtiny, Sloup.

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