Discover the Grandeur of the Stone Age
Ajdovska Cave is one of the largest archaeological sites from the Neolithic period in Slovenia.
Visit the largest bat maternity roost in Slovenia
During the cave’s open season, you can peacefully explore the birthplace of baby bats – without the flurry of mother bats or the squeaks of the youngest ones.
Visit the cultural and natural gem of the Posavje region
Ajdovska Cave and its surroundings offer a compact showcase of the main karst phenomena.

THE CAVE

The enclosed valley, known to the locals as Podjama, hides a special surprise in the heart of its natural karstic beauty – a real cave. Once, bears dwelled in it and people used it to bury their dead there, while nowadays the cave is a home to animals of a truly special kind – bats.

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

The oldest human presence in Ajdovska jama is attested, together with the cave bear bone remains, as early as the Palaeolithic or Early Stone age period (70,000 to 20,000 years BP). In the Neolithic or Late Stone Age period and in the Copper Age, the cave was used as a burial ground and a shrine. Up until the end of the Middle Ages, the cave then functioned as a refuge in times of danger.
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NATURAL HERITAGE

The karst enclosed valley Podjama is a natural phenomenon, a karstic world in miniature, with typical karst features, such as cave, karst springs, subterranean watercourse, sinkholes and ponors. Bats, the present occupants of Ajdovska jama, had used it as shelter and hunting grounds for at least 5000 years already, according to some estimations.
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Opening hours of the cave

Ajdovska Cave is open every season, from October 15 to April 15, on weekends – from Friday at 3 PM to Sunday at 6 PM, including Saturday.

Entrance to the cave is free (via the right entrance only, for safety reasons), at your own risk and with appropriate equipment (suitable footwear, flashlights) and in small groups (up to 20 people at a time).

Visitors are expected to respect the space – nothing should be brought in, taken out, or damaged in any way. Parking directly in front of the cave is not allowed.

This is a temporary measure to ensure access to the cave, proposed by the Municipality of Krško, and agreed upon by both the Institute for Nature Conservation and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, until formal management is established.

If any vandalism is observed during this time, access to the cave may be restricted again.

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Ajdovska Cave is open on weekends

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Educational Film about Ajdovska Cave

As part of the Ajdovske zgodbe iz Posavja project, an educational film was created—an intertwining of documented expert interviews, footage of nature, archaeological findings, and dramatized scenes—fragments of life during the Neolithic period (mid-5th millennium BC). All of this is…

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