Cerje Cave

Cerje Cave is located 14 km away from Nis, close to the Kamenica Hill excursion site. The entrance to the cave is set near the spot where the Provalijska river sinks into the ground, 515 meters above sea level. The cave is hydrologically active. Geologists estimate that the Cave of Cerje originated over 2 million years ago. The end of the cave remains undiscovered.

The cave abounds in cave formations throughout its length. It boasts a wonderful underground world made of corridors and large halls, on average 15 to 40 meters high, showing hundreds of morphological and hydrological forms of different shape, size, and color, cave jewelry – stalactites, helictites, wavy draperies, cave corals, and crystal flowers, which can be found only here in Serbia. Helictites found here represent a special kind of cave jewelry which, contrary to all laws of physics and gravity, extends in all directions, like electrified hair.

In 1998, the Institute for the Protection of Natural Monuments proclaimed Cerjanska Cave a first category natural treasure. However, due to the lack of funds, Cerje Cave is still not available for visitors.