Visitor flock to Ballica Cave
Included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2019, Ballıca Cave has been visited by more than 60 thousand visitors in 10 months.
It is located in the Pazar district of Tokat and is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. Ballica Cave, More than 60 thousand people visited in 10 months. There are stalactites and stalagmites formed over millions of years in the cave, which is located on a hill with an altitude of 1085 in the village of Ballıca, 26 kilometers from the city center. The cave, most of which has not yet been discovered and 8 galleries are open to visitors, has an average temperature of 18 degrees and a humidity of 54 percent.
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.e Ballıca Cave, which entered in 2019, was closed to visitors on 13 September 2021 for the environmental planning works carried out within the scope of the „Rural Tourism Route Project from Akdağ Summit to Kazova“ in cooperation with the Tokat Governorship and the Central Black Sea Development Agency. After the works carried out, Ballıca Cave, which was opened to visitors in August last year, has been reopened in the last 10 months. more than 60 thousand welcomed the visitor. Mehmet Ülkü, the field guide of Ballıca Cave, said that the cave has a very rich structure in terms of the diversity of formations. Stating that Ballıca Cave is a karst cave, Ülkü said, „The most common caves in our country are karst caves. Our visitors can go 680 meters horizontally from the cave entrance door, and a depth of 75 meters is reached vertically.“ Stating that the most important feature of the Ballıca Cave is the onion stalactites, Ülkü said, „Onion stalactites are rarely seen karstic structures. We can see the onion stalactites mostly in the new hall, inside the last gallery. With onion stalactites, Ballıca Cave is an eye-catching cave.“
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Ballica Cave, located in the Pazar district of Tokat, has been visited by over 60 thousand people in the last 10 months. This cave, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is home to stalactites and stalagmites that have formed over millions of years. It is situated on a hill with an altitude of 1085 meters in the village of Ballıca, about 26 kilometers from the city center. The cave has a total of 8 galleries open to visitors, with the majority of it remaining unexplored. It has an average temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and a humidity of 54 percent.
Furthermore, the Ballıca Cave was closed to visitors on September 13, 2021, for environmental planning works as part of the „Rural Tourism Route Project from Akdağ Summit to Kazova.“ However, after the completion of these works, the cave reopened and has since welcomed more than 60 thousand visitors in the past 10 months. Mehmet Ülkü, the field guide of Ballıca Cave, highlighted the cave’s rich structure and diverse formations. He mentioned that the cave is a karst cave, which is the most common type of cave in the country. Visitors can explore up to 680 meters horizontally and reach a depth of 75 meters vertically from the cave entrance. One of the cave’s notable features is the onion stalactites, which are rarely seen karstic formations. These onion stalactites can be found in the new hall, inside the last gallery, making Ballıca Cave an impressive sight.
