Għar Dalam Cave
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Loved the space. You could see the bone remains still and we had a great experience! Exhibition centre gives a huge idea about the immense bone deposits recovered from this location! It was not busy and tickets were bought on site without any queue! There is much more to see in that compound than the cave itself, but with time restrictions we stuck only to the cave exploration. There is parking facility close by and you could buy souvenir from their shop. It's a well maintained facility with all the basic amenities included for the visitors! ***Please read the information to know the significance and history of this cave. It is not a massive cave and you get access only to a certain distance. If you don't know the story behind this cave, then it could be a disappointing cave experience as it's not a massive cave!
Bipin RaghavBipin Raghav
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Ghar Dalam Cave is a highly important site as it was here that the earliest evidence of human settlement on Malta, some 7,400 years ago, was discovered. The display area consists of two parts: the cave and the museum, which exhibits a remarkable wealth of finds from animal bones to human artefacts. An overlaying river running at right angles formed the cave. It is some 144 metres deep, but only the first fifty metres are open to visitors. The lowermost layers, more than 500,000 years old, contained the fossil bones of dwarf elephants, hippopotami, micro-mammals and birds. Above the pebble layer that follows is the so-called ‘deer’ layer, dated to around 18,000 years ago. The top layer dates to less than 10,000 years and holds evidence of the first humans on the Island.
Niroj AdhikariNiroj Adhikari
10
Mildly interesting cave with a Victorian museum collection of bones found in the cave. The cave when visited was not fully accessible due to rare woodlouse living in the cave and they need total darkness to do whatever woodlouse do! Apart from that there are a couple of unimpressive stalagmites and stalactites but a good place to chill if the weather is hot! The Victoran museum house's bone of creatures found in the cave which are displayed in old Victorian glass cases. In the grounds they are slowly replacing any foreign plants with native Malties species' plus are introduced bee's to help with pollination. There are allso signs on the paths saying "Beware! Snails crossing". Well done for trying to save the environment!
Andy MeearsAndy Meears
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I was expecting so much more of this cave. When you enter in the cave is literally a minute walk and that’s it. Everyone was so disappointed as the ticket is a bit pricey for what it is. We paid around 6€ per person just to see that “cave” because the museum is free. If you are a fossil lover then you will be thrilled with this, but as someone that didn’t had much time and sadly had chosen this place to visit, I think it will be worth to see the fisherman village instead. Also, from the signs I could see that they had a lot of plants and flowers there but if you are visiting in summer expect to see everything dry.
Claudia BaptistaClaudia Baptista
30
The Ghar Dalam cave is one of the historical sites you should visit if you're in Southern Malta. The cave itself doesn't provide much information but it is interesting to "explore" and see the 80 meter or so that are accessable. The museum is more interesting providing insight into the early history of Malta, consisting of animal bones and fragments found in the cave. The surrounding area also shows how different eras of Maltese history have marked the landscape, with remains of an Roman Villa, a watchtower from the time of the Order of Saint John and a WWII tower all standing on roughly the same spot.
Adrian PecirepAdrian Pecirep
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Overall, an OK place to checkout. The cave is much larger than the area you are allowed to walk. There is a scenic place to eat a picnic if you bring something, and the walk down to the cave has flora and fauna that you can learn about. They have some snacks you can purchase in the museum shop. Friendly staff too. There is a display room with all the bones excavated, and displays and a movie that educatel about the history of the cave and area. I went here because it was relatively close to another Heritage Malta site (Borg In-Nadur). Truthfully, skip both and spend time elsewhere if I were you.
Angela A.Angela A.
40
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Ghar Dalam Cave, Triq Ghar Dalam, Birżebbuġa, Malta
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Għar Dalam is a 144 metre long phreatic tube and cave, or cul-de-sac, located in the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, Malta. The cave contains the bone remains of animals that were stranded and subsequently became extinct in Malta at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
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