It is rather rare that show caves are located high up in the mountain, because its difficult to get there, so there would be no visitors. Nevertheless, there are some show caves and other tourist sites which are actually pretty high. This is a list of such exceptional sites which are listed on showcaves.com without any hope to be complete. We checked the caves we listed above 2,000 m asl. There are less than 20, and we included some semi-wild caves in the list.
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Junín Departamento, Perú | 3,992 m asl | semi-wild, but with guided tours, the highest tourist cave of the world. |
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Kashmir, India | 3,888 m asl | Located on Mount Amarnath in the Indian part of the Himalaya, a pilgrimage destination with half a million visitors per year. |
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Sichuan, China | 3,568 m asl | Located in the Minshan Mountains in the northwest of the province, a part of the Tibetan Plateau. |
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Gansu Province, China | 3,280 m asl | |
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Tirol, Austria | 3,250 m asl | This is a natural cave in the glacier, so it is not only the highest in Europe, but also the most exceptional cave opn this list. |
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Kermanshah Province, Iran | 3,000 m asl | Located in the mountains at the border between Iran and Irak. |
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Trentino and Alto Adige, Italy | 2,750 m asl | Actually, the tourist site is the museum in the valley below, there are guided tours into the cave though, which require some fitness. |
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Bolivia | 2,590 m asl | The only show cave in the country, and as the whole country is pretty high... |
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Tirol, Austria | 2,521 m asl | No long and strenuous climb required, located at the second stop of the cable car. |
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Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland | 2,445 m asl | Famous for cave bear bones, a long hike, only visited by mountaineers. |
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Queretaro, México | 2,415 m asl | The capital Mexico City lies at an altitude of over 2,200 m asl, which is why we are surprised that only one Mexican show cave has made it onto this list. |
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Idaho, U.S.A. | 2,346 m asl | |
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Shanxi Province, China | 2,300 m asl | |
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Chongqing Province, China | 2,200 m asl | |
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Colorado, U.S.A. | 2,164 m asl | |
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Colorado, U.S.A. | 2,150 m asl | |
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Salzburg, Austria | 2,100 m asl | Although it is listed as a semi-wild cave, it has guided tours with carbide lamps. |
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Nevada, U.S.A. | 2,080 m asl | |
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Utah, U.S.A. | 2,051 m asl | |
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West Azarbaijan Province, Iran | 2,000 m asl |