Grotte de Rouffignac
A cave over 8 kilometres long, one of the largest decorated caves in Europe, toured by electric railway over 4 kilometres round trip.
EspeleoWorld
Grotte de Rouffignac
A cave over 8 kilometres long, one of the largest decorated caves in Europe, toured by electric railway over 4 kilometres round trip.
Tursac
Length: 7500 m
Updated record
https://espeleoworld.com/en/c/grotte-de-rouffignac-tursac
Information can change. Always verify coordinates, access, weather, and cave conditions before setting out.
A cave over 8 kilometres long, one of the largest decorated caves in Europe, toured by electric railway over 4 kilometres round trip.
Description
Morphology
Over 8 kilometres long, this cave is one of the largest decorated caves in Europe.
Progression
The visit, by electric railway, covers 4 kilometres round trip through the main galleries.
Other details
Research has identified countless claw marks and bear wallows left by cave bears before human intervention.
About 13,000 years ago, these galleries were decorated with 158 mammoths associated with woolly rhinoceroses, bison, horses and ibex. The figures are deeply engraved or painted in black. Four human figures and tectiform signs are also present.
Source: Wikipedia article “Grotte de Rouffignac”, in its version of 17 January 2916: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grotte_de_Rouffignac&oldid=122417180
User Comments (0)
No comments yet.
Be the first to share your experience!
Registered Explorations (0)
No explorations registered yet.
Register your visit to this cave!
Nearby caves
Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23291 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23291 · data as of 2026