Cave entrance
Dragon's Breath Cave
The only documented entrance to Dragon's Breath Cave: a crevice and squeeze on private farmland leading to rope descents and a huge underground lake. Expedition access only.
A surface crevice on Harasib farm leads into a passage with a squeeze of about 60 by 40 cm and then rope descents to the lake shore, roughly 50-60 m below ground. Expedition teams have needed several days to carry 1.5-1.8 tonnes of equipment down.
From the lake surface divers descend a near-vertical wall to about 55 m, then follow a passage sloping down into the large tunnel mapped by the 2019 SUNFISH survey. The 2024 expedition reached about 157-160 m.
The environment
Very clear, warm water (about 25 C and roughly 100 m visibility reported in 2024) in a large, dark lake chamber; the air in the cave is humid.
Conditions
Single expedition observation of water temperature and visibility (2024).
Typical ranges from published sources, not current conditions.
For orientation, not navigation. Hollow dots are approximate.
Every fact on this page, with its source (6)
| Fact | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The lake surface lies roughly 50-60 m below the entrance. | Reported | [1] [2] |
| Below the lake surface a vertical descent of about 55 m leads to a passage sloping at about 15 degrees. | Reported | [1] |
| The lake tunnel ends at about 205 m (2019 SUNFISH survey); divers reached about 157-160 m in 2024.264 m appears in some sources without citation. | Sources conflict | [3] [1] [4] |
| Water about 25 C and visibility about 100 m reported in 2024. | Reported | [5] |
| Area-level only; private land. | Reported | [2] [1] |
| Private land at Harasib farm; documented dives were hosted by the farm owners. | Reported | [1] [5] |
Verified: stated by an official or primary source we opened. Reported: from a secondary source only. Sources conflict: the note gives both versions. May be out of date: the newest source we found is old.
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