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Bear's cave one day tour from Oradea
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Duration - 8 hours
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Guide optionsEnglish, German, Romanian
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Cancellation PolicyStandard
Overview
Visit the most beautiful cave from Romania. See the ancient skeletons of Ursus spelaeus. Etnographic museum visit. Listen the explanations of the cave tour guide whose words are translated in German and English by the excursion guide.
Highlights
- Most beautiful cave from Romania
- Ancient bear' s skeletons(Ursus spelaeus-cave bears)
- Etnographic museum.
Description
Bear's cave one day tour from Oradea
Visit one of Romania’s most mysterious attractions, a little-known prehistoric site called “The Bear’s Cave.”
Signs are in Romanian, making it difficult for international tourists to understand.
But you’ll unlock the mysteries of the cave with your own private guide, as you peer at the 15,000-year-old bear skeletons and teeth that remain inside. Learn about their deadly fates and visit an on-site ethnographic museum free of charge.
Bears’ Cave is unique in Romania and Europe, thanks to the stunning beauty of its rock formations, as well as the fossilized remains of long-extinct cave bears.Five complete cave bear skeletons were discovered in the Bears’ Gallery in 1984. Gone extinct approximately 100,000 years ago, cave bears (Ursus Spelaeus) were quite different from present-day bear species, weighing up to a ton and standing a terrifying four meters tall when standing on their hind paws. It’s safe to say you wouldn’t want to bump into one of these beasts when trying to find shelter in a cave.
What's included
- Inclusions:
- Guide service.
- Transportation air conditioned car.
- Pick up and drop - off at the hotel.
- A mineral water bottle.
- Translation from Romanian in English or German inside the cave.
- Exclusions:
- The entrance ticket.
- Photo or video fee.
- Souvenirs.
Itinerary
- Visited Places:
- The Bears' Cave
- Băile Felix
- In the morning we start our trip leaving Oradea for one hour travel toward Chiscau. There we shall visit the cave around 50 minutes. The cave guide will give explanations in Romanian and the tour guide will do the translation.
- The Bear's cave was accidentally discovered by Tiberiu Curta in 1975. He was astonished by the beauty of the cave and the authorities decided to close the excavations and to open it to the large public. Today there are more than 200 000 visitors yearly.
- There are 3 halls of the cave opened for visiting - the "Hall of Bones" , the "Emil Racovita hall" partially and the "Hall of Candles" - the 4th hall of the cave is a speleological reservation , off limits to the general public.
- Around 140 bear skulls were found inside. It is said that a lanslide closed the entrance and the bears were forced to eat each other due to the lack of the food.
- In the vicinity of the cave there is a very interesting etnographic museum free of charge.
- Afternoon we shall return back in Oradea.
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