Caving

Caving makes possible to discover one of the last virgin worlds of planet Earth, it consists of locating the underground cavities to explore them, chart them and study the fauna and the formed concretions.

Caving is practiced mainly in the karstic areas (formed landscape of rock limestone). It is also practiced in total immersion in underwater galleries (Cave Diving).

Caving is an activity with many faces: scientist, sportive, technical. It can also be practiced in the tectonic, volcanic cavities (tubes of lava), glacier….

Motivations of the caver

Ask a caver what the hell he’s doing in a cold, wet and dark area. He will answer quite simply by a raising shoulders. It does not reflect the pride of caver; it expresses his impotence to explain in few words his motivation to go underground. One of the first motivations is discovering the unknown.

Making a premier for a caver is like discovering a new island for a sailor.

Caving in Zaghouan

The caves in Zaghouan mountain are extremely vertical and situated along the fault oriented 200 and 290°, are mostly sharp rifts and frequently bolder filed up to the roof and the walls are symmetrical.

In the caves of Zaghouan, we can found lots of fossilized guano, a few living bats, a lot of bone cemeteries containing remains of bats, goats and porcupines and a big number of various shells.

Some of the Zaghouan caves are certainly a lot deeper but pushing them will need more work. Nevertheless, this mountain contains the deepest vertical cave in Tunisia, which is the “4 fous” cave (-220m) and it goes much deeper.