Lepenica Cave is 12 kilometers away from Velingrad Syutka below the summit, to the west of the Rhodope Mountains. Cave with a depth of 1525 meters and is located above the sea level 975 meters, three-tiered: the bottom floor is flowing underground river, on average - the lake (in the rain formed four lakes in the dry - two), the third floor is dry, but getting there can not be . Air temperature in the cave about 10 degrees.

In the cave are many stalactites, stalagmites and stalacton creating quirky compositions and shapes. The Museum of Natural Sciences in Sofia exposed cave pearls found in Lepenica, which is a unique natural phenomenon. The cave fauna is very varied and interesting: animals recorded 24 species, 6 of them so-called troglobionts - animals that live only in caves. Bats living in Lepenica, 6 species.

In the town of Rakitovo, 10 kilometers from where the cave is located, in 1930 a branch was established Speleological Society Bulgaria, who was in Sofia for the study of Lepenica and other caves in the area. Earlier, in the years 1925-1927, Ivan Bures - academician and head of the work of the royal museums of natural sciences - is held here biospeleologicheskie research. The first 400 meters of the cave passages have been mapped in 1931, but a thorough study of the cave were engaged in 1973.

About 50 years Lepenitza remained closed to tourists, but today it is a very popular tourist destination. Cave Lepenitza received the status of the natural attractions in 1960.

Who can visit the cave group of no more than ten people, with special equipment, under the guidance of an experienced guide. The cave has a strict no - tourists can not stray away from the paved paths, use alcohol and drugs, smoking, as well as touching the cave formations, especially - hurt them.