In all 8,414 km² of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, or 9.5% of the territory is composed of limestone or dolomitic rocks. To date, nearly 1,000 sites of speleological interest have been noted, of which between 50 and 100 sites of speleological interest have been noted. There are between 50 and 100 caves which have tourist potential. However, few of these will be opened to the public in the near future, mainly because of their remote situation and scattered locations. Most of the caves are to be found in eastern Serbia, though there are a few in the western area.
Between 1972 when
Resavska Pecina
was opened and 1984, when
Potpecka Pecina
was opened, 7 other tourist caves were opened in Serbia, 5 of them being in eastern Serbia, one in Kosovo and one in western Serbia 1.
The most important caves which will be opened in the future are
Risovaca Pecina
near Arandelovac,
Pecina Ravnistarka
near Kucevo,
Petnicka Pecina
near Valjeva,
Stopića Pećina
in the Zlatibor Mountains,
Bogvinska Cave
near Bogovina,
Prekonoška Pećina
near Svljiga,
Dubocka Pecina
near Kuceva,
Ravanicka Pecina
near Cuprije,
Usacke Cave
near Sjenice,
Cerjanske Cave (Cerjanska cave - Cerjanska pecina)2
near Nis, and
Radavacka Cave
near Pec.
Reprinted from The British Caver Vol 101 Spring 1987. With kind permission.
1 note by the editor:
actually this text describes the situation more than forty years and at least one war ago.
Especially the borders have changed since then.
We could not exactly identify the seven tourist caves mentioned, but the ones we know of are:
Ceremošnja Pecina,
Mermerna Pecina,
Rajkova Pecina, and
Zlotske Pecine.
2 note by the editor: the cave entrance is filled in by water flowing in. A partial development of the cave has been destroyed. The cave is now gated and a development is not planned.