Caves

According data from Slovak Caves Administration there are about 6200 caves in Slovakia. Shorter overhanging caves are included. 44 caves are declared national monuments, 15 caves are opened to the public, 6 from them are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Caves of Slovak Karst and Aggtelek Karst   were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The inscription was based on the common Slovak Hungarian nomination project in 1995 and the World Heritage Committee decided about it on 4-9 december 1995 in Berlin. In 2000 was this project extended to Dobšiná ice cave  and on the meeting of World Heritage Committee on 27 November -2 December 2000 in Cairns was the Dobšiná ice cave added to the list.

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Name	Picture	Region	County	Mountains	UNES- CO
Belianska cave		Prešov	Poprad	Belianske Tatra
Bystrá cave		Banská Bystrica	Brezno	Low Tatra
Demänová Cave of Liberty		Žilina	Liptovský Mikuláš	Low Tatra
Demänová ice cave		Žilina	Liptovský Mikuláš	Low Tatra
Dobšiná ice cave		Košice	Rožňava	Slovak Paradise	Y
Domica		Košice	Rožňava	Slovak Karst	Y
Driny		Trnava	Trnava	Little Carpathians
Gombasek cave		Košice	Rožňava	Slovak Karst	Y
Harmanec cave		Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Great Fatra
Jasov cave		Košice	Košice	Slovak Karst	Y
Ochtiná aragonite cave		Košice	Rožňava	Slovak Ore Mountains	Y
Važec cave		Žilina	Liptovský Mikuláš	Low Tatra

To visit the other three caves, which are available for public, you need a bit good physical condition:

Krásnohorská cave  - cave is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is in region Košice

Dead Bats' Cave  - the only cave in high mountains of Slovakia, which is accessible to the public  - in region Banská Bystrica

Cave Zlá diera (Bad hole) or Lipovecká cave - in region Prešov