Cave Orlova Chuka
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Orlova Chuka cave is located near the Bulgarian city of Ruse, 40 km to the south. The name, which is translated from Bulgarian language means "eagle top" Orlova Chuka was due to it being on the high cliffs, home to eagles.

The cave was discovered in 1941 by a local shepherd, the sheep grazing nearby. In 1959 the cave entrance tunnel pierced serving and carved 124 steps. Since being Speleological research, which resulted in found the remains of cave bears. Scientists believe that in the Paleolithic and Chalcolithic people lived here. Currently, research Orlova Chuka continue.

Rooms cave - a favorable place for bats. It is home to species such as the lesser mouse-eared bat, big and lesser horseshoe bat and a rare kind in Europe - Food chiropteran (Chiroptera).

Tourists can visit only 3 km of inland caves are lit and ready for visitors. You can enter the cave only with a guide and as a group up to 15 people. Tours are every hour from 9 to 17 hours in the period from 1 April to 31 October. The Orlova Chuka is prohibited inspect the unadapted for tourists galleries, campfires and frighten animals. But photography and filming is allowed in the cave. Also here you can buy brochures and souvenirs.

The first room, which fall during the tour, tourists, called the Concert no accident. Here, excellent acoustics, even concerts. In this hall visitors can see a large stalactite height of 3, 5 meters and a diameter of 50 cm at the base and bizarre formations in the form Turtles, Dinosaur, owl, etc.

Hall Golem Sipei (translated from Bulgarian - Large talus) - the largest of all in the cave. On the walls of this room, as well as on the gallery walls, running west from the Concert Hall, located channel deposits of various bizarre shapes. This hall - one of the favorite habitats of bats. And at the bottom of the hall are fragments of rock, splinter, probably during an earthquake.

Not far from the Golem Sipei room is Malki Sipei (small scree). To the west there is a gallery leading to the Space Hall. And near the small hall is located Pochivka tunnel where you can see the calcite crystals.

Since 1962, the cave Orlova Chuka is officially recognized as a natural landmark.

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Cave Orlova Chuka
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