Can there be anything interesting in a cave that’s 9 meters long, 5m deep?
Well, if you discover that it hides human objects as old as 150 000 year old - it definitely is. Cave lion, reindeer, cave hyena, woolly rhinoceros bones were found here. The human livings used to live here as early as the Stone Age, including the Neanderthals. Believe it or not, the World oldest boomerang was discovered here - it’s more than 32 000 year old, made of a mammoth tusk. The present day throw record is 66m long (using a replica, not the original one :) ). It didn’t come back.
Before discoveries in Obłazowa Cave all Carpathian Paleolithic sites were dated to the Late Paleolithic. No traces of earlier settlements were apparent. This situation has changed with the discovery of the Upper and Middle Paleolithic sequence in the Obłazowa Cave; it means discovering that people used to live here dozens of thousand years earlier than it was thought.
How could such an archaeological treasure remain unknown and so well-conservated? Well, the river sediments would make the riverbed grow higher and higher until literally closing the cave. No one knew what did it hide inside, until the 1985 works started and revealed great discoveries.
Apart from its archeological value, its geology and fauna are also interesting. For example, some High Tatras species grow here (because their seeds were brought down by the waters of Białka River).
If you have a moment, you can hike up Obłazowa rock (by the road); Kramnica lies on the other side of the river. They both stand up some 50 meters above the riverbed level offering splendid views, their walls were used by climbers until it was forbidden due to the Reserve rules.
There are plans to build an archeological museum here.