Limestone cave, Baratang (Shande 2008)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A visitable Limestone Cave on Baratang Island is economically exploited as a show cave, which allows visitors in search of recreational adventure tourism not only to pay cash but also to experience taking part in a guided tour through more or less pitch dark caves (naanushande.com accessed 2008.09.06). IDENTITY: Compare the –>Hava Beel Cave. ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known cave name has been identified for what has been refered to as Limestone Cave (naanushande.com accessed 2008.09.06). SITUATION: This Limestone Cave (naanushande.com accessed 2008.09.06) is said to be found somewhere on Baratang Island at an unidentified location and not only at a walking distance of 50 m from a shop where one can buy lime juice (note 1) but also an Indian urban kilometre on foot from a wooden platform (January 2008), which had been (and possibly still is) accessible by being passively transfered with a small motor boat from a big boat and that's it. APPROACH: First and mostimportant to mention is the … packed breakfast (Idly, chutney) given as part of package while traveling in the boat. After traveling for 45 minutes along the Mangrove Strait, we reached a small opening in between Mangrove vegetation. From there we are transfered to a small motor boat. The motor boat takes people in batches of ten to a wooden platform. From the platform a km trek took us to limestone cave. … It was , after taking sufficient photos (mainly with flash) we came out of the caves. … Then we trekked back to the same wooden platform and transfered to the big boat again by a small motor boat. We experienced the memorable mangrove ride for the second time … CAVE DESCRIPTION: … expected the caves to be something like Yaana [note 2], but it was very different and unique. The guide there explained how the calcium carbonate rocks emerged from the earth because of an earthquake, leading to formation of caves (naanushande.com accessed 2008.09.06).important to mention is the … packed breakfast (Idly, chutney) given as part of package while traveling in the boat. After traveling for 45 minutes along the Mangrove Strait, we reached a small opening in between Mangrove vegetation. From there we are transfered to a small motor boat. The motor boat takes people in batches of ten to a wooden platform. From the platform a km trek took us to limestone cave. … It was , after taking sufficient photos (mainly with flash) we came out of the caves. … Then we trekked back to the same wooden platform and transfered to the big boat again by a small motor boat. We experienced the memorable mangrove ride for the second time … CAVE DESCRIPTION: … expected the caves to be something like Yaana [note 2], but it was very different and unique. The guide there explained how the calcium carbonate rocks emerged from the earth because of an earthquake, leading to formation of caves (naanushande.com accessed 2008.09.06).