Bijambare Nature Park
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The Bijambare area, well-known for its cave complex, is located on the far north-eastern slopes of Ilijaš, a small town near Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is accessible by the main road Sarajevo-Olovo, from which an asphalt road branches out leading towards a mountain home and the especially known Bijambare cave. Large parts of these caves are open to visitors.
Optimum height above sea level (950 m on average), thick conifer woods, meadows, two water flows with lakes and chasms, five caves, rocky massif and high quality air provide ideal conditions for alpinism, speleology, skiing, mushroom picking, medicinal herb picking, or simply for nature excursions and visits.
The middle part of Bijambare is a karst enclave with all its commonly observed characteristics: caves, lost rivers, intriguing funnel-shaped depressions and rocky massifs. There are five caves located in three horizons, in a pretty small area. One of these caves is especially popular- the Bijambare cave, which has been a popular tourist spot and a speleological site for a long time. The cave is 420 m long (basic direction without individual branches), with four halls with rich ornaments of all known creation forms: lateral blocks, stalactites, casts, stalagmites and curtains. The fourth hall is the biggest (around 60 m in diameter and 15–30 m in height). It is also called the "music hall" for its acoustic effects.
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44°05′41″N 18°30′12″E / 44.094610°N 18.503214°E
| Unexplored, flooded |  | |
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| Caves with paintings, pictograms & cave prehistoric sites | ||
| Subterranean river | ||
| Caves with underground lakes | ||
| Caves with wellsprings | ||
| Estavelle caves (Ponor) | ||
| Show caves & explored | ||
Most Bosnia and Herzegovina caves belong to Dinaric Alps and are kast caves | ||