Jenolan Caves: Extended Orient Cave Tour

$55.00

Set in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Jenolan?ÿis Australia’s most spectacular cave system the largest cave system in Australia (that is open to the public) and is 340 million years old – ranking it amongst the oldest caves on Earth.?ÿ Jenolan’s?ÿExtended Orient tour shows you the breathtaking Orient Cave plus sections of the Lucas and River caves.

There are approximately 1000 stair steps on this tour so it is regarded as ‘strenuous’. The tour starts from the ‘Binoomea Cut’ a man-made shortcut into the Orient Cave. Following the long tunnel the group enters the Orient Cave via a small but beautiful chamber known as ‘Bat End’.

The group heads upstairs to the dramatic ‘Persian Chamber’. Many consider this the most stunning chamber at Jenolan. The walls and roof are completely draped in long calcite crystal formations – stalagmites stalactites columns shawls and straws – in breathtaking array. The height of the chamber is just over 30m. The tallest stalagmite at Jenolan is in this chamber.

The group descends into ‘The Well’ from where they can view the ‘Persian Chamber’ from a deeper perspective.

Then they move into the ‘Egyptian Chamber’ home to the second largest shawl at Jenolan. As the tour descends from the Egyptian Chamber they pass a small but exquisite chamber known as ‘The Jungle’.

Finally the group comes to ‘The Indian Chamber’ which is viewed from two levels. From the top level they get an excellent view of one of our most famous formations ‘The Indian Canopy’. At the bottom of the chamber the group views ‘The Crystal Basin’ a large beautiful formation which sometimes fills with pure water.

From the Orient Cave the tour moves into the labyrinthine River Cave to see some of its most famous formations including the awe-inspiring ??Pool of Reflections?? Then the group is lead into the massive Lucas Cave to see some of its main caverns.

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Set in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Jenolan?ÿis Australia’s most spectacular cave system the largest cave system in Australia (that is open to the public) and is 340 million years old – ranking it amongst the oldest caves on Earth.?ÿ Jenolan’s?ÿExtended Orient tour shows you the breathtaking Orient Cave plus sections of the Lucas and River caves.

Additional information

Duration

2 hours
Commences

Jenolan Australia
Region

New South Wales
City

Jenolan
Category

Outdoor Activities

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