Al-Daher Cave

Zubia Cave

Useful Information

Location:	, Irbid District,
Open:	closed. [2026]
Fee:	closed. [2026]
Classification:	Karst Cave
Light:	Electric Light
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Bibliography:	A. Al-Malabeh, S. Kempe, A. Al-Shreideh, H.-V. Henschel, (2004): Tourisitic potential of Al-Daher cave, Jordan: A show cave of a modest design. 3rd Inter. Confr. of Sci. & Techn. In Archaeology & conservation. The Hashemite University, Abstracts and Program, p.34. S. Kempe, A. Al-Malabeh, A. Al-Shreideh, H.-V. Henschel (2004): Daher Cave, Irbid District, Jordan, a First Assessment of this Unique Jordanian Geotop The 8th International Conference of Jordanian Geologists Association. Abstr. Band p 200, Amman-Jordan. S. Kempe, A. Al-Malabeh, A. Al-Shreideh, H.-V. Henschel (2006): Al-Daher Cave (Bergish), Jordan, the first extensive Jordanian Limestone Cave: A convective Carlsbad-type cave? J. Cave and Karst Studies 68 (3): 107-114. S. Kempe, A. Al-Malabeh, H.-V. Henschel (2009): Hypogene Karstification in Jordan (Bergish/Al-Daher Cave, Uwaiyed Cave, Beer Al-Malabeh Sinkhole) Hypogene speleogenesis and karst hydrogeology of artesian basins, 2009, p. 253-255. speleogenesis Stephan Kempe, Heiko Dirks, Ingo Bauer, Ahmad Al-Malabeh, Horst-Volker Henschel (2009): Hypogene Karstification in Saudi Arabia and Jordan Proceedings of the conference held May 13 through 17, 2009 in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology, Special Paper 1, Simferopol 2009. HYPOGENE KARSTIFICATION IN SAUDI ARABIA AND JORDAN (visited: 24-SEP-2012) Jaimie L. Lovell (2009): Chalcolithic caves discovered east of the River Jordan Antiquity Project Gallery83 (322). Antiquity: Project Gallery (visited: 24-SEP-2012)
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History

Description

Al-Daher Cave is a maze cave, which was formed along two directions of clefts in the limestone rocks, which are almost rectangular. There has been a long discussion to make the first show cave in Jordan in this cave. Reality is frustration, development never happened, but the cave was freely accessible and as a result the cave was massively vandalized. Various attempts to protect the cave by creating a show cave failed miserably. We do not have any information about the current situation, but there are some comments that it was finally gated.