Postojnska jama - Postojna Cave

fbslo (70)in #travel • 9 years ago

Postojna Cave is one of most visited cave in Slovenia.

The cave railway has been operating at the cave for 140 years.

Cave entrance is connected to Predjama Castle.

During an hour and a half long guided tour, you learn about all of the most important karst features, you see the largest, 5-metre-high stalagmite known as Brilliant and the most famous underground animal – the human fish (proteus).

More than 37 million visitors from all over the world have seen Postojna Cave in this 140 years.

More than 150 animal species live in the karst caves of Slovenia, and the largest among them is the human fish (Proteus anguinus). . The only European underground vertebrate can live for up to 100 years and can survive without food for years at a time.