Namakdan Salt Cave

The Namakdan or Namaki salt cave is located on the island of Qeshm (Hormozgān region). The highest part of the island is a natural mountain of salt-shaped dome high 237 meters which is considered one of the seven wonders of the Persian Gulf.

It includes some caves in the lower part, the largest of which with the name of Namakdān, has a length of about 6400 meters (the longest saline cave in the world). This cave with very varied and beautiful colors, has some rooms whose dimensions vary.

The first with respect to the entrance has a distance of about 670 meters and its average width is 5 meters. In the inner part of the Namakdan mountain, next to the flight of bats, there is also a permanent water course, which after mixing with the salts around it, leaves the cave in the form of a spring and has created a natural pond on the mountain slopes.