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CAVING IN BELGIUM
THE BELGIAN CAVE GUIDE: 25 classic trips

The caves that are presented in this guide, are NOT necessarily the BIGGEST, DEEPEST or MOST BEAUTIFUL caves in our country. One of the most important selection criteria was the accessibility of the caves. This means that all caves listed below, are freely accessible, or you can easily and quickly obtain permission to visit them. As a result, caves such as Hotton, Fontaine de Rivire, Vilaine Source etc... (all splendid caves), where you'll have to wait at least 6 months up to 1 year before getting permission, are not listed.
All caves listed represent (in my eyes) a certain interest: sporting cave (e.g. Chawresse), geology (e.g. Trou Ozer), nice formations (Galerie des Sources) etc. Of course, assembling a list of "classic" Belgian caves is always an arbitrary thing. Therefore, don't consider this guide as being complete: it isn't!

	Name	Lenght Depth (in m)	Difficulty	Ropes	Through-Trip	Nice formations
1	BEAUMONT (Abime de)	L: 492 D: 59	medium	yes	yes	yes
2	BERNARD (Trou)	L:960 D:140	medium to difficult	yes	no	no
3	BERON-RY (Chantoir)	L:>2927 D:75	medium	yes	no	yes
4	BRETAYE (Système de)	L: 1726 D: 30	very sporting and wet	no	yes	yes
5	CHAWRESSE-VERONIKA (Système)	L:>3500 D:85	difficult	yes	yes	no
6	DURY (Chantoir)	L: 386 D: 77	medium	yes	no	no
7	EGLISE (Trou de l')	L:1065 D:78	easy to medium	no	no	yes
8	ENFER-FISSURES (Système)	L:979 D:57	medium	yes	yes	no
9	FOSSE AUX RENARDS (Chantoir de la)	L: 380 D: 58	easy	no	no	no
10	FRESNES (Réseau de)	L:3838 D:78	medium	no	no	medium
11	HAQUIN (Trou d')	L:1704 D:56	easy to medium	no	no	some remains
12	HEINRICHS (Grotte)	L: 588 D:34	easy	yes	no	yes
13	KIN (Chantoir de)	L:604 D:52	difficult (very wet)	yes	no	no
14	LAIDE FOSSE (Chantoir de la)	L:800 D:72	medium	some	no	no
15	MANANTS (Trou des)	L: 500 D: 65	medium	yes	no	yes
16	MANTO-ST.ETIENNE (Trou )	L:626 D:52	easy	yes	yes	some remains
17	NOU-MAULIN (Trou du)	L: 1606 D: 37	easy	yes	yes	no
18	OZER (Trou)	L: >500 D: 66	medium	yes	no	no
19	PERSEVERANCE (Grotte)	L: ? D: 87	medium	yes	no	no
20	PUITS-AUX-LAMPES	L: ? D:70	easy	yes	no	no
21	RONSOMBEUX (Chantoir de)	L: 488 D: 62	medium	yes	no	no
22	ROUGE-THIERS (Chantoir de)	L:684 D:66	medium	yes	no	no
23	SAINTE-ANNE (Grotte)	L:1542 D: 35	easy	no	no	some remains
24	SOURCES (Galerie des)	L:1890 D:53	medium	some	yes	yes
25	WERON-DELLIEUX (Système)	L:3600 D:106	very difficult	yes	yes	no