Dragon's Breath Cave

It is named for the warm moist air that rises from its entrance when barometric pressure drops, which condenses to form a mist suggestive of the breath of a dragon.

[5][6] Although it has been reported that the rare fish species, Clarias cavernicola, lives in the lake in the Dragon's Breath Cave, this is an error.

[8] The entrance to the cave is a near vertical shaft in a dolomite outcropping at the foot of a low hill, and is quite narrow in places.

As of 2015 the deepest point reached by divers was 132 m. There is a small beach at the south end of the lake, quite far from the entry shaft, which is directly above the water at some distance from the shore.

The cave is wide and fairly straight, with the lake surface being visible from a large part of the flooded volume.

Sketch of Dragons Breath Hole 1986