Un panorama exceptionnel
The “Devil’s balconies”, view from the “gouffre”

The giant Cabrespine gouffre has two main curiosities:

bulletA large room accessible to the public: floor surface: 80 m, height 220 m! This classifies the cave between the biggest of the world, opened to tourism.
bulletA wide variety of cristalisations, thanks to the particular geological context. A protection programme has been set up since the discovery of the cave (in the seventees).

The visit of 45 minutes is without steps, which makes the cave accessible to disabled people. It is a journey in a world of fantastic aragonite and limestone cristals.

Towards the “Salles Rouges” (the red rooms, so named after the red ochre colours which are due to the presence of iron oxide) you will admire the “discs”, big cristal plates which hang to the ceiling. Their weight can reach up to 100.000 kilos!

From the “Devil’s balconies” the view is magnificent.

The “gouffre” (natural pit) is almost 200 metres deep and you can hardly distinguish the bottom. It is the biggest underground room, opened to the public. The first explorers have penetrated the bottom of the cave, after a long and difficult journey.

Part of the vast network (a few kilometres) which is not opened to the public contains an underground river.

The water of this “river without stars” comes to surface at the Cathare castle of Lastours

 

  

Aragonite ( Salles Rouges )

Les disques géants

Dans la rivière souterraine...

Stalagmites de calcite pure

 

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