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The Top 20 Caves in the Sauerland

Looking to visit a cave in the Sauerland on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Sauerland’s 20

best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

Last updated: October 31, 2025

Feldhof Cave

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The Feldhof Cave awaits you after a bend. It is very large and you should take a flashlight with you to explore so that you don't end up standing in the dark. A very interesting historical place.

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Felsenmeer (Hemer)

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The impressive boulders, ravines and faults have their origin partly in the formation of caves and their collapse and in the centuries-long iron ore mining.

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Hollow Stone

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A large, open cave that you can enter. Not very deep, but it has yielded archaeological finds from the late Paleolithic to the pre-Roman Iron Age.

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Bilstein Cave

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Stalactite cave is great and in the deer park, in the wild boar so close that you can absorb their smell. Do not forget the camera !!!

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Hollow Stone (Kallenhardt)

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Great cultural asset! Most beautiful spot around Warstein, with great views, picturesque creek and great connections to the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park!

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Feldhof Cave

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Most beautiful and largest cave in the Hönnetal

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Heinrich Cave

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Small cheap minerals sale in the visitor's hut.

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Draken Caves, Obermarsberg

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There are several legends about the Drakenhöhle. Apparently Siegfried is said to have defeated the dragon Fafnir here and then bathed in his blood. Whether that actually happened here in …

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Balver Cave

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The Balver Cave is the largest open cultural cave in Europe with an entrance portal that is 11 meters high and 18 meters wide.
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Feldhof Cave

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Beautiful natural cave right after the start of the tour.
A good flashlight is recommended.

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The Top 20 Caves in the Sauerland

Feldhof Cave

Felsenmeer (Hemer)

Hollow Stone

Bilstein Cave

Hollow Stone (Kallenhardt)

Feldhof Cave

Heinrich Cave

Draken Caves, Obermarsberg

Balver Cave

Feldhof Cave

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