Cave Tubing Goa Pindul

Goa Pindul attraction of the cave is located the village of Bejiharjo, District Karangmojo, Gunung Kidul Regency.

Goa Pindul known because of the way down the cave is done by climbing above the tube underground river in the cave, this activity is known as cave tubing .

 Underground river starts from the mouth of the cave until the end of the cave, inside the cave there is a narrow passage that can only be passed by a tire float, so that tourists usually will alternate one by one to skip this section .

Pindul long cave is 350 meters with a width of five meters and the distance of the surface of the water with a four meter roof of the cave . Pindul cave search takes approximately one hour that ends at a dam .

Streams are in Goa Pindul derived from Gedong Seven springs. Bejiharjo village located in the karst hills that are dominated by rocks. Goa Pindul can be reached from the city of Yogyakarta to use private vehicles such as motorcycles or cars passing through Wonosari, located about seven km to the north of the city Wonosari, after entering the village Bejiharjo, the journey continues to follow the asphalt road.

Goa Pindul location of the secretariat at the end of the road. Penulusuran in the cave there will be rock formations of stalactites, which is a type of secondary mineral that is hanging on the ceiling of limestone caves. In fact, there are stalactites that had grown up under and become like pillars.

Some karst rock is alive and dripping water. Pindul Goa is divided into three zones, namely Zone bright, dim and dark. One part of Goa Pindul there is a wide enough so it looks like a pool and there is a gap wide enough incoming sunlight.

This gap can also be passed as a pathway by entering the cave vertically. Pindul tourist spots around Goa are Goa Wren (dry cave), UnSoed heritage monument, as well as archaeological sites Sokoliman.

Cavetubing almost equal to rafting. If rafting (rafting) is the activity along the river flow by boat, then cavetubing is caving activity in the tires. The flow of water in Goa Pindul quiet then do cavetubing in Goa Pindul can also be done by beginners as well as small children.

No special preparation is required to do cave tubing in Goa Pindul. The equipment required is simply the tube, life vest, and head lamp that everything is provided by the manager. The flow of the river was making this activity safer performed by anyone, from children to adults. The best time for cave tubing in Goa Pindul is morning at about 09:00 or 10:00 am . In addition because the water is not too cold, if the weather was clear at these hours will appear heavenly light that comes from sunlight that filtered in through a large crack in the roof of the cave .

In the cave there are some beautiful ornaments such as rock crystal , moonmilk , as well as stalactites and stalagmites . A gigantic pillars formed by stalactites and stalagmites that meeting he reached thousands of years lie ahead . In some parts of the roof of the cave there is also a natural paintings created by cave-dwelling bats . In the middle of the cave there is one place that resembles a large pool and is usually used as a rest for a moment so that tourists can swim or jump from a height .