Jatijajar Cave

Jatijajar Cave

Jatijajar Cave isa tourist attraction located in the Village Jatijajar, District Father, or 42 kmwest of Kebumen. This cave was discovered by a farmerwho owns the land above the cave was aNamed "Jayamenawi" at a time jayamenawi're looking for grass, he suddenly fellinto a hole which turned the ventilation holesare Cave, the cave door was still covered by soiland after the land was disposed of before seen two teak trees are parallel, therefore the cave called the cave Jatijajar. Inside the cave there are many Jatijajar Stalagmites andalso Pillar orPillar of Limestone, which is a meeting between the stalactite with Stalagmites. All of these deposits formed from dropletsof rain that has been reacted with limestonerocks that penetrate. According to research by experts, for the formation of stalactite it takes a very long time. Within one year of stalactite formation is only as thick as the thickest one (1) cm only. Therefore Jatijajar Caveis a cave Limestonewhich is very old. This cave has an average width of 15 meters andan average height of 12 meters, the length from the entrance to the exit while the damis 250 meters ceilingsaverage 10 feet.