Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park

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Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park is a small park in the center of Vancouver Island. Composed of uplifted limestone and weathered by the melting water of several Ice Ages and the typical West Coast rains, numerous caves have formed on the island. This area, discovered in 1912 by a local geologist, has been protected as a park in 1971. There are numerous caves, some are open to the public in several tours of all difficulties.

Main Cave (aka Horne Lake Main) and Lower Main Cave are open for self guided tours. Safety helmets, maps, and flashlights can be rented at the park office during operating hours.

Riverbend Cave is the main attraction of the park, with numerous speleothems. It is visited on different guided tours, helmets and lamps are provided for the tours. The Karst Trail, leading to various karst features of the park, leads also to the cave entrance after a 20 minutes walk. The cave entrance is covered by a steel door, looking like a manhole cover, below is a steel ladder leading down into the cave. The tours of different length show various passages of the cave with different formations. The longest and most demanding tour is called Extreme Rappel and includes a rappel down a seven-story waterfall and then a climb out on a cable ladder.
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