[5][6] Extending horizontally, it is a semi-active cave with underground water source showing very important features of its formation.

[6] Although well-known to local inhabitants for many generations, it wasn't discovered scientifically until 1952 by Temuçin Aygen (1921–2003) during hydrogeological surveys for the State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).

Italian arachnologist Paolo Marcello Brignoli (1942–1986) conducted research works on the cave's biospeleology (1968, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1978), Austrian zoologist Friederike Spitzenberger (1939– ) researched bat suborders in 1973, Turkish geographist Korkut Ata Sungur (1935– ) its geology in 1974 and French geologist Jacques Choppy (1926–2004) the karstology of the cave in 1978.

[6] In 2006, scientists from the Middle East Technical University conducted underwater and surface surveys in the lakes and prepared maps accurate to BCRA standards.

[2][3][5] The show cave is rich in formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns, walls, curtain dripstones and calcite crystals and has nine lakes inside.

[7] The second cave, which was discovered as a result of groundwater lowering, is poor in terms of stalactite formations compared with the first section, although it is longer.

Wide-ranging chemical decomposition of the carbonate rocks in the area is visible although the Burdur region has a young appearance, geologically speaking.

The limestone rock of the cave has a color ranging from white to light grey, and is composed of middle-sized crystals.

[6] The structure of the region, which was formed by the geological evolution affecting the entire Taurus Mountains, is highly complex.

This complex geology is an important factor controlling the movement of underground water, which is the main attraction of the cave.

The subterranean river running in the cave, which was formed in the cracked limestone of the Cretaceous period, surfaces at an impervious Neogene layer at the level of Madıma Valley on the slope of Sarpgüney Hill.

[6] In December 2014, the Ministry of Forest and Water Management announced the initiation of an action plan for protection of the cave's ecosystem.

[3] In July 2015, it was reported that the water level at the "Great Lake" had risen again thanks to the contingency plan put into effect and seasonal rainfall.