Cave South Lakes 

Caving in the Limestone Labyrinths 

Otherworldly adventure exploration

As you gaze over the Inglebourgh landscape you realise the landform rules are different here to most of the rest of the country.

This is limestone country a land form formed of rock from the sea bed slowly dissolving.

There isn’t a river in the valley that you can see - there is in fact, one, but it is far below your feet flowing and chasing out its course through the rock itself and leaving behind passages, tubes, tunnels and grand amphitheatres.

This is where we will play for the weekend exploring the network the water has left behind and the ancient monuments to the microscopic transition of rock to and from solutions which gives up stalagmites, vast billowing rock curtains, gour pools and delicate hollow straws.

DAY 1
On the open for everyone courses, we spend the first day exploring a horizontal cave - one which requires little or no specialist climbing equipment to access. At the end of the trip, we will spend a little time either at a suitable outdoor spot or indoors going through how to climb and lower using climbing equipment ready for the next day.

DAY 2
Today we build on day 1’s experience and knowledge and have a wider range of caves to explore now that we can ascend and descend effectively.

Experienced caver trips available
These trips are designed on the foundation that everyone on the trip understands the systems and procedures we use to climb and lower already. We will, of course, be there to help refresh you if it has been a while.

These trips have more staff to allow for bigger and more challenging caves to be explored.

NOTE - All caving is heavily weather dependent there is a chance that plans and schedules may need to be changed. There is a very small chance in extreme weather that no caving can be done at all. Alternative activities will be arranged at the time.