Ali Sadr Cave Travel Guide | Iran Travel Guide

Ali-Sadr Cave in the western province of Hamedan is one of the most wonderful tourist attractions in the world, it was announced here on Sunday.

Assadollah Bayat, Managing director of Ali-Sadr tourist Agency said that although the cave is one of the most amazing natural phenomenon in the world, it is one of the inexpensive tourist sites throughout the globe.

this amazing natural phenomenon is the only cave in the world in which yachting is possible in its underground waters, he added.
Over 11 km of corridors of the cave have so far been discovered through which people may pass by boat and on foot, Bayat said.

Although Ali-Sadr is the biggest and most mysterious water cave in the world, it has not been horoughly introduced to the people of the world, he reiterated.

The cave was originally discovered during the reign of Darius I (521-485 BC) which can be verified by an old inscription at the entrance of the tunnel.
However, the knowledge of the existence of the tunnel was lost, and only rediscovered in 1978.

The width of the cave varies between 1.5 and 60 meters. In some sections the caves' ceiling, more than 15 meters high, is covered with most beautiful cabbage-Iike stalactites hanging downward. Stalagmites soaring toward the roof can be seen in certain parts of the cave invert.