Al Hoota Cave () is a cave located in Al-Hamra', Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman, that is long. The cave was first discovered by locals several hundred years ago and was officially opened as a tourist destination in December 2006.
The cave houses over 100 animal species, including Omani blind cave fish, bats, arthropods, mollusks, snails and water beetles.https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/oman/articles/al-hoota-inside-omans-stunning-two-million-year-old-cave| TheCultureTrip.com - Al hoota cave Stalagmites from this cave yield data on the palaeoclimate.FLEITMANN, D., J. Haldon, R. Bradley, S. Burns, Hai Cheng, R. Edwards, C. Raible, M. Jacobson, A. Matter 2022. Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late antique Arabia, Science 376, 1317–21. It is believed to be the longest cave in Oman.
The visitors were brought with an electric train into the cave; a dedicated entrance to the cave was built for that purpose. Meanwhile, the train line is dismantled and the visitors are brought on an asphalt road by golf carts into the cave.https://www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.php?030,11070170, retrieved on: 2025-03-08.
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External links Official website