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Caption: HIDDEN CAVE YOGYAKARTA
Caption: DISCOVER
YOUR
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Caption: WE ARE READY FOR ADVENTURE
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Caption: AN
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ADVENTURE FJH
Caption: If you want to go to Goa Jomblang you need to set off early from Yogyakarta. The best way to get there is by renting a private car. You need to leave Yogyakarta at around 7:30 in the morning, because you need to be at Goa Jomblang by 10:00 (and it’s good to get there early because only 25 people a day are allowed to visit).
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Caption: Entering Goa Jomblang
It’s hard to put into words just how big the sinkhole is. The hole is easily 25 meters in diameter and drops 50 meters straight down. It must have been formed hundreds of years ago, because there’s a forest at the bottom of the sinkhole.
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Caption: Still, I have to say I felt nervous stepping off the edge into thin air 50 meters above the forest floor.
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Caption: THE TUNNEL Once you have reached the forest at the bottom of the sinkhole you need to wait around for the rest of the group to join you (remember, there’s a maximum of 25 people per group and only one group per day). As soon as everybody is at the bottom you follow the trail to the tunnel.
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Caption: HIDDEN The entrance to the main tunnel linking Goa Jomblang and Grubug cave is at least 7 meters wide and 4 meters high. The tunnel itself is 250 meters long. At the start you don’t need the torch, but in the middle it becomes pitch black. It’s also muddy and the rocks are slippery.
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Caption: AMAZING Cave
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Caption: The word amazing is used a lot. As you turn the final corner of the tunnel you start to see the rays of sunlight pouring through the roof of Grubug cave. The view is amazing (trust me, ‘amazing’ is the right word)!
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Caption: I felt like I should be holding my breath. The view around me was amazing. The cave was huge. The roof of Goa Jomblang cave was 50 meters or more above our heads. Sunshine was flooding in through the hole in the roof of the cave. My friend and i posed on a rock, a dark silhouette against the light. FJH
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Caption: JOMBLANG CAVE is one of the natural highlights of Yogyakarta. The caves are located in Semanu, Gunung Kidul Regency.
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