The Katerloch Cave
The Most Impressive Dripstone Show Cave in Austria
Delve into and discover an amazing fantasy world full of stalagmites and stalactites and be enchanted by metre-high, breathtakingly delicate dripstones and glistening, glittering stalactite pillars.
The 22 m wide and 10 m high entrance portal of the Katerloch cave leads down towards the impressive entrance hall, which contains the so-called Atlas column, one of the largest dripstone columns in the world measuring 22 m in height and 46 m in circumference.
Equally as impressive is the Fantasy Hall, which covers an area of 10,000 m² and boasts an abundance of dripstones in thousands of fantastic rock formations. It's like entering a magical kingdom and just as you'd expect in a real fairy story, it's not only filled with dwarves and fairies, but the Mountain King himself holds court here together with his whole entourage.
Make your way through the Fantasy Hall and on to the further great discoveries of the pioneers of Austrian speleology, Hermann and Regina Hofer: the Magic Realm and the Sea Paradise where deep down at 135 m below sea-level a turquoise-green cave sea appears surrounded by magnificent glistening dripstone walls.
After having been closed off to the public for 20 years, the Katerloch cave is still regarded as an insider tip, as visitors have only been able to view the extremely beautiful rock formations found in this show cave again since 2004.
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Katerloch Stalactite Cave, Dürntal 10, 8160 Weiz, Austria
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Registration/Information: |
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Mag. Fritz Geissler, Tel.: 0043 664 48 53 420
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Guided Tour Route: |
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400 steps over a distance of approx. 1 km (there and back); 135 mdifference in elevation
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Entrance Fees: |
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EUR 20 per person (groups of 9and above) EUR 18 per person (based on 20 or more entrance fees paid at the same time) EUR 17 per person (based on 30 or more entrance fees paid at the same time)
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Guided Tour Times: |
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From April to October, please call to make an appointment
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Groups of 9 and above Individuals can join a group General level of fitness, sensible shoes, warm clothing (cave temperature 5° C), only children of primary school age and above All children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by adults
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Guided Tours: |
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In German. English and Italian are also available on request.
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