Back to map



Caves · Rethymnon Prefecture
Tafkos Mavri pothole
- Rating
- 3.5
- difficulty
- Hard
- km · Anogeia
- 16
Anogeia


20 nearbyAravanes Wood, Platania Gorge, Saint Nicholas Church at Platania
Read the story
The sinkhole Tafkos Mavri ( black sinkhole ) is located above the village Vistagi at an altitude of 1450 meters and has a total explored depth of around 200m with vertical rappels reaching 50 meters high and huge rooms that exceed 1500 sq.m.. The cavers have found bones (horns) of Cretan wildgoats that have disappeared from Psiloritis Range since the Ottoman Era (around 1800 AD).
Be the first to review this place
Leave a review for Tafkos Mavri pothole