Devil’s Throat Cave
The cave was named in this way due to the rocks around its entrance, which looked like a gaping mouth. If the river carries something into this cave, it will never be retrieved, says the curator. Some years ago, the rising river carried away 500 kilograms of wood and not a single whittle was discovered. When making researches, cave specialists poured colorful water along the stream, which went out after 2 hours. The exit of the river siphon is also quite gruesome.
Cave specialists organize expeditions there, using rubber boats and sailing against the stream. Many Bulgarian and foreign cave specialists have explored the underground way of the river. Despite that, it remains a mystery even nowadays. Legends say that many people have died in the cave Diavolsko gurlo.
Even in modern times, people died in this cave. During year 1970, the divers from Varna City Siana Lyutskanova and Evstati Yovchev disappeared for ever in this awesome b. Nowadays, the visitors of this cave can indulge in unusual luxury under the rocky ridges. Nearly the vertical ladder here has been fixed very well after the sponsorship of the British Embassy in Bulgaria, but even now it is quite slippery and muddy. If you have also decided to visit this interesting place, then we recommend you to put on comfortable shoes and to wear warm clothes-the temperature in the cave is approximately +8°C.
Here, you will see water falling to the ground from the height of 42 meters and as a result of it a big cave hall has appeared, as they call it The Rumbling Hall. It is impossible to hear anything here-the sound of water is so loud. The length of the Rumbling Hall is 110 meters, its width is 40 meters and its height reaches 35 meters. The rumbling waters flow and this boiling and rising water mass rises along the existing cascades. There is an artificial gallery at the cave entrance, as this gallery is 150 meters long and it is as big as the cathedral “Alexander Nevski” and from there you can reach the foundation of the water stream. When you climb up in the cave, you may observe one of the highest underground waterfalls in Europe (42 meters high).
Legends say that exactly at this place, Orpheus went into the underground kingdom of Hades in order to save his sweetheart Euredica. There is a Thracian legend, saying that leaders were thrown here, so that they could remain immortal. People have believed for centuries, that here was the entrance to the underworld, the road to immortality. Local people have offered as sacrifices their most beautiful single young women in honor of the gods of the underworld kingdom, in order to appease evil spirits.
Working time–summer season: 8:00-18:00 h, winter season: at request, there is a seal, you can spend the night at the hut “Trigradski skali”. The cave has been electrified and the ladders passing along the rumbling waters of the underground waterfall have been made safe as there is a concrete balustrade. The cave is 1 kilometer long and the route for tourists is 350 meters long. The temperature in the cave is approximately +8°C.
