Pawon Cave

Pawon Cave

Gua Pawon (Pawon Cave) is located in semi-karst topography of Rajamandala Ridge in Western Bandung (between Bandung-Cianjur state road Km-21 to Km-27 West Java, Indonesia).
Pawon Cave has been developed into several big and small chambers. According to the naming of pawon that in local Sundanese (in Javanese and Balinese too) means kitchen, and based on architectural situation of the cave, authors gave name all cave chambers by terms associated with such a big house. Particularly, the terms are appropriated when there is possibility the cave has been dwelt by ancient Bandung people (Yulianto and Brahmantyo, 2001). Main entrance of the cave (± 595 m above mean sea level) forms a narrow passage to the first high rock shelter called the Backyard Room. The so-called Pawon Cave (the Kitchen) itself can be reached after one climbs a high enough cliff to about 6 m height differences. The chamber is big enough and decorated by speleothems (stalactites and flowstones), which most of them are in damage condition due to over exploited for natural stones collection. A hole at the ceiling indicates further development of karstification. A smaller chamber called ‘Dinning Room’ connects the Pawon chamber to the big open chamber called ‘the Main Hall’... [link]


This photo is photomerge, 10 vertical photo (panorama).