Gua Jomblang menawarkan tantangan berupa gua vertikal dan pemandangan menakjubkan.
Gua tunggal ini terletak di Desa Pacarejo, Kecamatan Semanu, Kabupaten Gunungkidul, sekitar 49 kilometer dari Kota Yogyakarta.
Destinasi wisata ini merupakan gua vertikal yang disebabkan oleh runtuhnya tanah dan vegetasi akibat proses geologi. Puing - puing membentuk sinkhole atau lubang, yang menjadi mulut gua sedalam sekitar 50 meter.
Exploring this cave requires special equipment and expertise because it is vertical caving.
Visitors can choose 4 paths that can be passed based on their depth. The trails are the first at 15 meters, usually used for beginners. This path, which has sufficient terrain, can be traversed on foot.
Then there are also 40-meter, 60 meters, and 80-meter-deep cave paths specifically for experts.
After arriving at the bottom of the cave, the scenery around the mouth of the cave will fascinate you. Many beautiful and lush ancient plant vegetation surrounds it.
Then there is also a view of the stalactites and stalagmites above it. Visitors will be even more amazed by the river’s swift flow.
Another view that is no less beautiful is Luweng Grubug, in the form of a view that visitors usually call ‘the light of heaven.’
The price of admission to Gua Jomblang is free. If you want to rent caving equipment, the manager will provide it for IDR 450 thousand to IDR 1 million.
The total price includes a vertical caving package complete with equipment, a guide, and lunch.
