A system of Punkva caves together with Stepmother’s Abyss (Przepaść Macochy) is the greatest attraction of Brno and the Moravian Karst area. The abyss is 138 m deep (dimensions at the surface: 174x76 meters) and emerged as a result of collapse of the great vault of the original cave. This makes it possible to visit this place in daylight.
The first person who went to the bottom of the abyss was father Lasarus Erker in 1728. Today tourists can also go
down to the bottom of the abyss walking along a marked-up trail, and then going by boat 500 meters along underground river Punkva, admiring the well-lit shapes formed in the limestone by water. Stepmother’s Abyss and the Punkva Caves are certainly worth a trip from Międzygórze.
website: www.morawskykras.net