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Waitomo Glowworm Caves

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves showcase a remarkable limestone cave system within New Zealand’s Karst region. Thousands of A...

New Zealand Limestone Cave System Glowworm

9.3 Excellent

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Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns National Park protects an extensive limestone cave system within New Mexico’s Guadalupe Mountains. The...

Unesco Limestone New Mexico Cave System

9.2 Excellent

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Puerto Princesa Underground River

The Puerto Princesa Underground River is a remarkable cave system within a karst landscape in Palawan, Philippines. It f...

Unesco Philippines Limestone Cave System

9.2 Excellent

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Jeita Grotto

The Jeita Grotto is a remarkable karst cave system located in Lebanon. It features two distinct levels showcasing impres...

Limestone Lebanon Cave System Show Cave

9.1 Excellent

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Phraya Nakhon Cave

Phraya Nakhon Cave is a significant karst formation within Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand. The cave system fea...

Limestone Thailand Cave System Show Cave

9.1 Excellent

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Paradise Cave (Thien Duong)

Paradise Cave, or Thien Duong, is a significant karst cave system within Vietnam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. The...

Limestone Vietnam Cave System Show Cave

8.8 Great

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Jenolan Caves

The Jenolan Caves represent an extensive karst system within New South Wales, Australia. Formed over millennia by ground...

Australia Limestone New South Wales Cave System

8.8 Great

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Guilin Reed Flute Cave

The Guilin Reed Flute Cave is a significant karst cave system located in Guangxi, China. Formed by millennia of water er...

China Limestone Guangxi Cave System

8.8 Great

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Frasassi Caves

The Frasassi Caves are a vast karst system located in Le Marche, Italy. Discovered in 1971, they represent one of Europe...

Italy Limestone Cave System Show Cave

8.7 Great

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Zhijin Cave

Zhijin Cave is a massive limestone cavern in Guizhou, China, recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark and famous for its ex...

China Limestone Guizhou Cave System

8.7 Great

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Jewel Cave

Jewel Cave in South Dakota, USA, is the third-longest cave system in the world, notable for its extensive calcite crysta...

North America Limestone South Dakota Cave System

8.6 Great

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Gouffre de Padirac

The Gouffre de Padirac is a large karst chasm in the Lot region of France, explored since 1889, featuring an underground...

France Limestone Cave System Show Cave

8.6 Great

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Blue John Cavern

Blue John Cavern in Derbyshire, England, is a karst cave system notable as the primary source of Blue John, a rare blue...

England Derbyshire Cave System Show Cave

7.9 Good

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Treak Cliff Cavern

Treak Cliff Cavern in England is a limestone show cave famous for its deposits of the rare Blue John fluorite and its we...

England Limestone Derbyshire Cave System

7.8 Good

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Peak Cavern

Peak Cavern, located in Derbyshire, England, is a natural limestone cave system known for having the largest cave entran...

England Limestone Derbyshire Cave System

7.6 Good

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White Scar Cave

White Scar Cave near Ingleton, North Yorkshire, is England's longest show cave, discovered in 1923 and featuring an impr...

England Limestone Yorkshire Cave System

7.5 Good

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Wookey Hole Caves

Wookey Hole Caves is a karst cave system in Somerset, England, famous for its large underground river chambers and the l...

England Somerset Limestone Cave System

7.4 Good

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Ingleborough Cave

Ingleborough Cave is a show cave in the Yorkshire Dales, England, hydrologically connected to the Gaping Gill pothole sy...

England Limestone Yorkshire Cave System

7.3 Good

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Speedwell Cavern

Speedwell Cavern is a show cave in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, notable for a boat ride through flooded mine passages...

England Limestone Derbyshire Cave System

7.2 Good

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Cox's Cave

Cox's Cave is a smaller but highly decorated limestone cave in Cheddar Gorge, England, discovered in 1837 and known for...

England Limestone Cheddar Cave System

6.3 Fair