Day 22 – Don’t we just live on the best planet? . . .

Having visited Somerset’s Cheddar Caves a couple of times, Wookey Hole in my teens and the Glacier Cave near Baumes-les-Dames on our French trip last year, I wasn’t really up for going down under. A cave’s a cave. Right?

We time our visit to the Postojna cave system perfectly. It’s a short distance from our site. Early afternoon, so we have enough time to stop off. It’s two hundred years of tourism has seen almighty changes. It has the feel of a Disney resort. Huge car parks. Pretty watery walk-way towards the entrance. Hilton style hotel. Cafe’s. Souvenir shops. Museum. Plus it’s expensive. It comes highly recommended. I fear the worst.

It’s a guided tour. Starts 2pm. There’s probably about 50+ in our ‘English’ group, although it’s mainly made up of those with English being their second or third language.  As we walk down and inside, a couple of photographers start clicking away. (Ha, it is just like Disney). We board a couple of waiting trains. Small ones. Open carriages. It’s like being back at Disney’s Magic Kingdom on one of the kiddies’ rides. As we start to move off, two more photographers snap away. Oh no!

At this point any resemblance to a Disney ride dissipates. The series of caverns we pass through are awesome. The train takes us down and two kilometres inside. From there we have a 1.5 kilometre walk. We’re underground for almost two hours. It’s mind blowing. All this incredible beauty hidden for millenia. Taking it’s time. Getting itself ready. We get to see only a fraction of its total 24K.

We come away agreeing it’s been worth every penny . . .