Pandora's Box Cave

Located 4 km from the village of Malaya Sya, on the left bank of the White Iyus River.

Pandora’s Box Cave was opened in 1981, its total length is about 11 kilometers, the depth is almost two hundred meters.

Pandora's Box is a labyrinth-type cave, there are a large number of grottoes, large halls, lakes, draught formations. The galleries of the cave are on different levels, and some of them can not be accessed without insurance. A large number of wells, difficult descents steeply going down. All these difficulties end near Lake Emerald, and it is worth it. The lake is not beautiful, it will be remembered forever, with its emerald and clean water. Getting there is difficult and it is worth having some experience in climbing, and, of course, endurance and fortitude.

Pandora’s Box Cave contains about four hundred lakes, the depth of some lakes reaches fifty meters, the water in them is crystal clear, but very cold. The temperature of the cave itself does not rise above +5 ° C. In the lakes there is a fish, it is white, and local adventurers called her blind, as she has almost no eyes. There are bats in the cave.

Departure from Abakan at 9:00 - arrival in Abakan at 20:30

It is possible to book a route with an overnight stay at the campground or tents.