BYSTRIANSKA CAVE

Situated on the southern side of the Low Tatras close to the tourism centres Tále and Mýto pod Ďumbierom. The cave have an abyss character with dominating flowstone curtains hanging on calcite crusts. Some parts of the Bystrianska Cave are used for speleotherapy since 1971.

The cave is located in the ponor zone of the Bystrá-Valaská Karst in the Bystrá foothills of the Horehronské podolie, on the southern edge of the Bystrá village, nearby the recreational resort Tále and on the southern slope of the Low Tatras. Cave entrance is at 565 m elevation above the sea, on the foot of the NW slope of the Chodorov Hill (748 m).
The cave is located on the southern edge of the Bystrá village, between Podbrezová and Mýto pod Ďumbierom. Cave entrance is about 120 m distant from the parking place with minimum vertical difference.

The show path is 545 m long and almost flat (20 steps). The cave is accessible also for disabled people. The visit lasts 45 min. The temperature ranges between 5,7 and 6,7°C. The cave was formed by tectonical and erosional processes and modelled by underground stream, which flows at present through the spaces 15 to 20 m under the show path. You can see three abysses with the depth of 20 m during the visit. The cave is interesting by diversity of the underground spaces along the tourist path.

Cave manager: Ján Vrabec
Address: 977 01 Brezno
Phone:   +421/ (0)48/ 619 51 33
E-mail:   bystrj@ssj.sk