Highest Show Caves


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.


Name Location Altitude Explanation
CaveGruta de Huagapo Junín Departamento, Perú 3,992 m asl semi-wild, but with guided tours, the highest tourist cave of the world.
ShowcaveAmarnath Cave 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.
ShowcaveHuánglóng dòng Sichuan, China 3,568 m asl Located in the Minshan Mountains in the northwest of the province, a part of the Tibetan Plateau.
CaveBaishiya Karst Cave Gansu Province, China 3,280 m asl
ShowcaveNatur Eis Palast Hintertuxer Gletscher 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.
ShowcaveGhar-e-Qūrī Qal'eh Kermanshah Province, Iran 3,000 m asl Located in the mountains at the border between Iran and Irak.
CaveGrotte Conturines 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.
ShowcaveGruta San Pedro Bolivia 2,590 m asl The only show cave in the country, and as the whole country is pretty high...
ShowcaveSpannagelhöhle Tirol, Austria 2,521 m asl No long and strenuous climb required, located at the second stop of the cable car.
CaveDrachenloch Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland 2,445 m asl Famous for cave bear bones, a long hike, only visited by mountaineers.
ShowcaveGrutas los Herrara 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.
ShowcaveMinnetonka Cave Idaho, U.S.A. 2,346 m asl
ShowcaveWannian Ice Cave Shanxi Province, China 2,300 m asl
CaveXia Bing Dong Chongqing Province, China 2,200 m asl
ShowcaveGlenwood Caverns Colorado, U.S.A. 2,164 m asl
ShowcaveCave of the Winds Colorado, U.S.A. 2,150 m asl
CaveEiskogelhöhle Salzburg, Austria 2,100 m asl Although it is listed as a semi-wild cave, it has guided tours with carbide lamps.
ShowcaveLehman Caves Nevada, U.S.A. 2,080 m asl
ShowcaveTimpanogos Cave National Monument Utah, U.S.A. 2,051 m asl
ShowcaveSahoolan Cave West Azarbaijan Province, Iran 2,000 m asl