Beyond Imagining :

Fashioned by millions of years of erosion, the Jeita Grotto is a spectacle that defies description. Its stone sculptures, both elegant and tormented, are seen to their best advantage thanks to the ingenious lighting system that reveals their mysterious depths. Discovered in 1836, between 1874 and 1940 expeditions by English, American and French explorers penetrated the Jeita Grotto a depth of 1.750 meters.

Since 1946, Lebanese speleologists continued investigating this great underground system, which is now known to be at least 9 kilometers in length.

Jeita is composed of a dry upper gallery and a lower gallery with an underground lake that is seen by boat.

A visit to these caves is an emotional experience, for their variety lends them an air of almost supernatural mystery. Stalagmites and stalactites meet one another in a fantastic décor where mirages of the rocks are reflected in the clear water of the subterranean basin.

The caves are very well managed and are easily accessible to children and older people. A small train carries visitors between the levels of the two Gallerys and there is a restaurant, snack bar and projection room at the site.

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