Cave protection zones

Cave protection zone on the surface over the cave, which is or can be threatened by various activities, are declared by the territorially appropriate regional office for the environment according to § 24 section 8 of the act no. 543/2002 of the Legal Codes on nature and landscape protection on the basis of submitted project. The declaration aims to optimization of economic activities on the surface without disturbing influences on cave geosystems (exclusion of clear cutting in forests, limitation of fertilizing in agriculture, exclusion of erosion inductive activities, unfavourable influence of raw materials mining, construction and industrial activities etc.).

The Slovak Caves Administration has worked out the following projects of protection zones by now:

Caves	Area of protection zone in hectars	Year of working out the project	Year of submitting the project to ROE	State of the proceedings
Domica Cave	616,6912	2003	2003	Declared in 2005
Ochtinská Aragonite Cave	65,9635	2003	2003	Declared in 2009
Gombasecká Cave	758,4869	2003	2005	Declared in 2011
Brekovská Cave	15,2648	2003	2003	Declared in 2006
Bystrianska Cave	104,1694	2003	2003	Declared in 2005
Važecká Cave	967,6777	2003	2003	Declared in 2010
Liskovská Cave	15,8545	2003	2003	Declared in 2003
Demänovské Caves	634,3031	2003	2004	Declared in 2009
Ponická Cave	266,1791	2003	2004	Declared in 2009
Podbanište Cave	168,5265	2003	2003	Declared in 2005
Malá drienčanská jaskyňa	30,6752	2003	2003	Declared in 2006
Krásnohorská Cave	195,6266	2004	2005	Declared in 2007
Burda Cave	10,7563	2004	2005	Declared in 2007
Čachtická Cave	379,3191	2004	2005	Declared in 2005
Brestovská Cave	59,3073	2004	2005	Declared in 2008
Gombasecká Cave	642,4831	2011	2011	Declared in 2011
Jelenecká Cave	2,6877	2012	2012	Declared in 2012
Važecká Cave	87,3728	2010	2010	Declared in 2010

Further, it is planned to prepare the following projects of protection zones for caves: Milada, Ardovská (Slovak Karst), Bobačka, Ladzianskeho (Muránska Plateau), Driny (Malé Karpaty).

News

Demänovská jaskyňa slobody - veľký okruh mimo prevádzky / long tour closed

Vážení návštevníci,

prevádzkovanie veľkého okruhu v Demänovskej jaskyni slobody je dočasne pozastavené kvôli prebiehajúcim rekonštrukčným prácam na priľahlých úsekoch jaskyne. Predpokladané znovuotvorenie je v druhej polovici roka 2024. Ospravedlňujeme sa za prípadné nepríjemnosti.

Dear visitors,

operation of the long tour in the Demänovska Cave of Liberty is temporarily suspended due to ongoing reconstruction work in adjacent cave parts. We assume reopening in the second half of the year 2024. We apologize for any inconvenience.

15. vedecká konferencia: "Výskum, využívanie a ochrana jaskýň" / 15th scientific conference "Research, utilization and protection of caves"

Konanie: 24.- 26. september 2024. Bližšie informácie o tomto podujatí nájdete na odkaze.

The conference will be held from September 24 to 26, 2024 in Liptovský Mikuláš. More on the link.

Underground boat trip in Domica Cave not available.

Due to adverse conditions, the boat trip in Domica Cave is not available. The short tour is available. Thank you for understanding

Cave visit with small children

Dear visitors, due to increased visitation of parents with very small children (circa up to 3 - 4 years of age), we would like to kindly ask you to have a rucksack baby carrier with you for visiting the more demanding caves in given time. This recommendation concerns all caves but the most concerned are the following ones: Demänovská Cave of Liberty, Belianska Cave, Dobšinská Ice Cave, Demänovská Ice Cave, Harmanecká Cave. We also ask you to consider visiting the cave with your crying child, which could disturb the other visitors. Thank you for understanding and we wish you a nice experience.

Cave tour guides for download

Dear visitors, cave tour guides are available for download