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Traveling deep into the earth has long been an adventure activity for the human being.

One of the places in which you can make this dream come true, and the Iranviva team recommends you to visit is the country of Iran.

To name the big caves in Iran, Iranviva team will definitely name Ali Sadr and Daniel caves as well as the dreadful cave of Parau at the top of the list.

Ali Sadr Cave is the largest cave in Iran, through which a large river is flowing, so that you can cross the cave and travel through the cave system by boat. Another large cave in this country is Danial Cave, which is approximately 2033 meters long and located in the north of Iran, near the Caspian Sea (Mazandaran).

Now accommodating the bones of some cavers, Parau Cave is one of the deepest and scariest caves in the country.

Introducing the magnificent big caves of Iran like Ali Sadr and Daniel Caves and the scary big caves like Parau Cave

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Best Amazing and Technical Caves in Kermanshah, Iran

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How Are Caves formed?
First, we would like to acquaint you with the caves in general. A cave is a natural void in the ground, a hillside or cliff, specifically a natural opening in the earth which is large enough for a human to enter through the cave’s mouth. There is no certain dimension for the mouth of caves; the entrance might be very small, so that one needs to crawl into the cave through the mouth, or it might be an opening of several meters. Caves are formed either naturally or artificially.

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Top 10 tourist caves in Iran Part1

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Iran is a country full of diversity and home to numerous amazing tourist attractions, similar to which, one can hardly find any other places.
One of the tourist attractions in Iran is its amazing caves. Thanks to the numerous caves in Iran, it is the paradise for caving lovers, and, every year, a large number of nature and adventure lovers travel to Iran to explore deep into the earth at the beautiful caves in this country.
In addition to places like Mount Paraw (Parau), which is full of technical deep caves, Iran has some caves that are good destinations for tourists interested in nature.

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Top 10 tourist caves in Iran Part2

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Stalactite/ Stalagmite
There are numerous cylindrical sediments or cone-shaped rock formations known as stalactite and stalagmite in many caves. These sediments are of two types: some of them hang from the ceiling of the cave, named Stalactite, while the others rise from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings, known as Stalagmite. Sometimes stalactite and stalagmites come together and form an integrated column. Limestone rock is mostly composed of calcium carbonate. When rain penetrates through limestone, it dissolves some of the calcium carbonate. So, the water dripping from the cave ceiling contain a large a Mount of calcium carbonate.

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Everything about Nakhjir cave

Nakhjir cave

This cave located in 11 kilo miters Northeast of Delijan and it’s in the way of Naragh one of city of Markazi state and on the slop of Takht mountain with 1716 meters hight, also this cave is near Kerugan, Veshtegan and Harazijan villages. This cave is one of the Calcareous caves and has several floors and it consider a class caves. The unique features of this cave is livelihood of the cave which it can repair cracks automatically. There are a large number of crystals discovered in the preliminary depth of the cave that’s been explored. The crystal prisms and sponges and coral gardens in the cave are the breathtaking beauties of the cave that catches every visitor’s eyes.