Mayavi Caves - Technical Caving Trip

Mayavi Caves - Technical Caving Trip

This is a beautiful cave which has a lot of stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, shining mineral deposits etc throughout the cave. Since, it is a technical cave not many humans have visited this place. Most people don't even know the existence of this wonderful cave.

Itinerary

Mayavi caves is a beautiful technical cave situated in South India and is filled with stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, shining mineral flows etc. It is just 6 hours drive from Bangalore. It is a technical cave because of the few vertical sections inside the cave. These sections need you to rappelling and ascending 15 - 20 ft (5 - 7 meters).

What to expect?

Hike in 1km

Elevation gain: 200 ft

Stay: Backcountry tent camping

Cave: Mayavi caves is a technical cave. The entrance is a small passage and 15 ft down climb. after that cave is mostly horizontal except the 2 obstacles which we will have to ascend and then descend on the other side using ropes. Once we descend to the other side of the first obstacle air will be almost stationary and people might feel some uneasiness.



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• Belum Caves, Belum Village, Kurnool 518123 India
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