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Where Cave Bears Once Were Roaming During the Ice Age

A cave displaying spectacular stalagmites and leftovers of these ancient species

Anne Bonfert
Globetrotters
Published in
9 min readNov 9, 2022

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The Bear’s Cave. | Credit: Anne Bonfert

It’s been bigger than I expected. More stalactites than I’ve ever seen. And stalagmites. Those rock formations were growing everywhere. From the top and from the bottom. And then those bones. They’re just bones but then again they are very, very old bones.

Let’s start at the beginning of the day. After two nights in Budapest, it was time for us to move on. We packed up our bags and left the apartment.

On our way to the parking lot, we entered a hallway where people tried to stop us. They said they were “shooting” something. I first stopped but then understood what they meant. However, behind the door they didn’t want us to go through was our car.

We did get let through. And after passing the film scene as quickly as possible, I turned around to take a picture of those cars standing on the side. I don’t know what they were filming but it looked cool.

And yes, it was raining.

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Anne Bonfert
Globetrotters

I am a traveler. Photographer. Writer. Teacher. Skydiving instructor. Adventure enthusiast. Nature lover. And fell in love with the African continent.