Only about 100 metres of this cave has been entered in the work carried out on it; its full length is estimated at two kilometres.
It is rich in stalactites and stalagmites, and the dripstone formations are still forming, so a visitor who goes in sees formations of many different kinds. The cave is at Beşkayalar, on the Aytepe-Menekşe plateau in the Yuvacık township of the Başiskele district, and is reached by road.
Getting there
- Access
- The cave is at Beşkayalar on the Aytepe–Menekşe plateau by the town of Yuvacık in the Başiskele district, and is reached by road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kocaeli as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.3 °C in January to 24 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (108 mm) and lightest in August (42 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
