Jaskyňa mŕtvych netopierov (Dead bats cave)
The Cave of Dead Bats is located in the middle of Slovakia in the central part of the Low Tatras ridge within the Ďumbier high-mountain carst (1750m above sea level). The relatively tiny, deeply wrinkled limestone massive block called Kozie chrbty is 2 kilometres long and 300 meters wide, contains in its bowels a number of passages in 14 floors and two parallel branches discovered so far. The biggest underground space called Bystrický dóm is located on the 7th floor at a depth of 180 meters directly under M. R. Štefánik’s Cottage and its volume is 52,500 cubic meters.
You can reach the cave from the southern side from the village of Bystrá by car or by bus from Brezno or Podbrezová to Trangoška or Srdiečko. The trail from Trangoška to the Cottage under Ďumbier takes approximately 1 hour (1740m above sea level). Another trail starts from Srdiečko. You can take a lift to the transit station Kosodrevina or to the peak station Chopok and start your trail to M. R. Štefánik’s Cottage under Ďumbier from there. You have several trail options from Liptov as well. You can either walk from Liptovský Ján or take a lift from Jasná to Chopok and hike from there to the mountain cottage.
