Bear Cave in Kletno. The most beautiful and longest cave in the Sudetes!

Name: Bear Cave in Kletno
Rating: 4.8

Bear Cave is open for sightseeing
Tickets are best booked online in advance (link below)
Paid parking is located near the Earth Museum, about 20-30 minutes walk from the entrance to the cave
This route can be covered for a fee by a minibus running here
The cave is visited for about 45 minutes, the route is illuminated
The temperature is about 6 degrees Celsius throughout the year

The Bear Cave in Kletno is a place that I recommend visiting at least once in your life. It is a gem of the Kłodzko Basin and Lower Silesia. The longest cave in the entire Sudetenland impresses with a wonderful dripping robe. A new tourist route with a long corridor and a huge Mastodon Hall is currently being prepared here! Remember that tickets to the cave must be booked in advance!

The most beautiful cave in Poland?

The Bear Cave is the most beautiful cave in Poland, next tothe Paradise Cave in Chęciny. The Świętokrzyska equivalent is much smaller, but it also has a wonderfully preserved dripping robe! Almost all forms of infiltration that have formed here as powerful creations delight here.

Parking and access to the Bear Cave in Kletno

The Bear Cave is located in the Śnieżnik Massif, on the right slope of the Kleśnica Valley, in a block of marbles on Stromej Hill (1166 m above sea level). Access to the cave itself takes place on foot or by a minibus running along the route. The car should be left in a paid parking lot near the Earth Museum in Kletno. The walk will take about 20-30 minutes. The entrance to the Bear Cave is located at an altitude of about 800 m above sea level and has been built up with an entrance pavilion, which houses ticket offices. In front of the pavilion, there is a playground for children.

Bear Cave - Sightseeing and Weather Conditions

The tourist route is about 360 m long and runs through the middle floor of the cave. The tour takes about 40 minutes. The route has been well prepared for sightseeing, tourists move on a comfortable sidewalk. Suitable even for children. Mud-loving cavers and tight crevices will not be particularly impressed with this facility, unless it is an extreme route.

In addition, the Bear Cave has been secured and illuminated along the entire length of the tour. It is also adapted for people with disabilities. It is worth taking comfortable shoes and a warm sweatshirt, because the temperature below ground is 6 degrees Celsius and is constant throughout the year. In addition, high humidity, close to 100%, increases the feeling of coolness.

On the tour, an extraordinary multimedia show to the Metallica music is waiting for you. A great experience!

Beautiful calcite infiltrates in Bear Cave

Bear Cave is famous for its beautiful dripping robe. You will find almost all calcite infiltration forms here. These are stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the cave, stalagmites rising on the floor, or stalagnates and columns that arose from the combination of the first and the second. In addition, the walls are covered with icing and drapery, and necrotic bowls have formed on the floor, in which cave pearls can be found.

Infiltrations have various shapes, more or less fancy, amazing eyes. You can imagine anything here, even a character from Scream or a queue to an ATM.

The drip coat was created here thanks to the unique microclimate - stable temperature within 6 degrees C, air humidity within 100% and poor air movement.

Why is it called Bear Cave? Bone remains of Pleistocene animals

Yes, you are probably right to associate it with a bear. She took the name of the cave from a cave bear whose remains spilled out at the moment of unveiling its opening. And did you know that despite the fact that it was huge, larger than the modern one, it was closer to a cow? In terms of food, because he ate plants. He consumed carrion extremely rarely.

Other animals in the cave

In the past, a cave lion also appeared in a cave made of Pleistocene animals. He often fed on young bears. The skull of a cave lion was found in the mule. This is a phenomenon on a global scale, because only three such well-preserved ones have been discovered. He was larger than the African lion known today, because these are two different species, he did not have a mane, but his body was covered with thick and dense hair. And today in the cave you can meet animals, first of all insects, but the most interesting are tiny flying mammals, i.e. bats. Up to 1,500 individuals winter here.

Cave protection - reserve, tourist traffic control and ticket booking

Movement in the cave is limited due to the protection of the underground microclimate. Only under stable conditions, in the so-called static zone, a new dripstone can form and the existing one will not be destroyed. This is a wonderful heritage, created by nature for hundreds or even thousands of years. Therefore, it is necessary to care for such a unique pearl. Therefore, tickets should be booked in advance, because there is no guarantee that there will be free seats when you arrive at the ticket office. Since 1977, the cave has been protected by the Bear Cave Nature Reserve. This means that you need to be especially careful on the route, you can not bring food or drinks and you must not touch the infiltrates, much less destroy them.

Extreme route in Bear Cave

Now in the Bear Cave, there is also an extreme route, i.e. exploration only for the brave... and slim, because the places are tight. Visiting this route takes about 3 hours and you then descend to the lower parts of the cave, it is much more interesting and with more excitement. Suits are provided on site. This is a real treat for cavers.

Bear Cave Discovery

The first chamber, later called the Bear Room, due to the numerous cave bear bones found, was discovered on October 14, 1966. In the following years, intensive searches and research were carried out, as a result of which the largest cave of the Eastern Sudetes was penetrated and explored. Due to the great scientific importance and extraordinary beauty of this underground system, since 1977 the Bear Cave along with the surrounding buffer zone has been recognized as a legally protected nature reserve Bear Cave. It was made available for tourist traffic on June 11, 1983.

Mastodon Room

In 2012, further corridors were discovered in the lower parts with a huge and beautiful Mastodon Hall. Work is underway to make it available to tourists. I can't wait. The route will be longer than the current one and most likely available with a separate ticket. The mastodon is a prehistoric mammal of the trumpet order, similar to an elephant.

Experiences in the area

In the immediate vicinity, you can also visit the Uranium Mine and the Earth Museum in Kletno, as well as stroll along the Stara Morawa Lagoon. The tops of the mountains rise above these attractions. Nearby there is Śnieżnik in the Śnieżnik Massif with an observation tower, as well as Rudawiec in the Bialskie Mountains and Kowadło in the Złote Mountains. All these peaks belong to the Crown of the Polish Mountains, and you will start at Rudawiec and Kowadło from the same parking lot in Bielice forester's lodge.

Accommodations nearby

Being in the south of the Kłodzko land, we slept in a unique place. There are 4 Elements - Yurts in the Sudety Mountains in Stara Morava in Lower Silesia, overlooking the lagoon. The place is delightful, so are the yurts. This is our third glamping and the best so far. Yurt offers everything but a TV and that's the best part. You know I didn't even realize he was gone? Łukasz made me aware, but also without regret. The apartments are luxurious, there is a bathroom with a shower, air conditioning, a fully equipped kitchen with a fridge and a dishwasher, a bedroom on the mezzanine, wifi and parking, a private terrace and a common place for a bonfire. I recommend it!

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A video about the experience and more

I invite you to our video, in which we not only explore this beautiful attraction, but also get to know other interesting facts of the region.

Practical information

Open daily except Mondays
Thursdays open from V to VIII
Tickets: the current ticket price list and visiting hours can be found at:
http://jaskinianiedzwiedzia.pl Ticket booking is required, online or by phone
74/814-12-50 The time of visiting the cave is about 45 minutes
Parking: payable at the Earth Museum in Kletno
Further on foot, about 30 minutes (1 km)
Accessible for disabled
People drive up to the cave pavilion

Bear Cave
Kletno 18, Silesian Party

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What's worth seeing in the area?

If you have already visited this attraction, it is also worth visiting several other interesting ones places nearby. Within a radius of 100 kilometers you will find many interesting places places that can diversify your stay in this part of Poland.

Kłodzko Fortress, distance: 26.5 km
Fortress Silver Mountain, distance: 40.3 km
Szczeliniec Wielki, distance: 45.2 km
Palace in Kopice, distance: 62.6 km
Grodno Castle in Zagórze Śląskie, distance: 64.9 km
Moszna Castle, distance: 69.5 km
Church of Peace in Świdnica, distance: 72.4 km
Książ Castle, distance: 78 km
Wrocław Zoo with Afrkarium, distance: 98.3 km
Ostrów Tumski in Wrocław, distance: 98.9 km