The cave is located in the Matka Canyon, near Skopje, which boasts 1,000 plant species, 20% of which are endemic, as well as various butterfly species not found anywhere else in Europe.
Spilja se nalazi u kanjonu Matka u blizini Skoplja, koji ima 1.000 biljnih vrsta, od kojih su 20 lokalne, kao i različite vrste leptira koje se ne mogu pronaći na bilo kom drugom mjestu u Europi.