Sunday, August 30, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Driny

Driny is a limestone cave in West Slovakia in the Little Carpathians Mountains. It is located around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Smolenice, and the cave's entrance is 399 metres (1, 309 ft) above sea level. The first attempt to enter the cave was made by Prussian soldiers, who were camping nearby during the Austro-Prussian War. It was finally explored in 1929, and in 1934 the first 175-metre-long (574 ft) route was opened. In 1950 other parts of the cave were explored and in 1959, the cave was reopened. The cave was declared a nature monument in 1968 and became part of the newly designated Little Carpathians Protected Landscape Area in 1976. The total explored length is 636 metres (2, 087 ft), 550 metres (1, 800 ft) are open to the public.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Slovakia

  1. Baradla cave25.5 km
  2. Belianska Cave3.8 km
  3. Krásnohorská Cave1.6 km
  4. Dobšinská Ice Cave1.5 km
  5. Hrušovská jaskyňa0.8 km

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km