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Hwanseon Cave is a cave located in Gangwon province , South Korea .. Gangwon province. Gangwon-do ( South Korea ). South Korea. South Korea. It is one of the largest limestone caves in Asia , and the biggest in Korea , with 6.2 km of known passages and a total suspected length of 8 km , 1.6 km of which are visited by over 1 million people per year .. In 1966 the South Korea government designated this cave and a neighboring cave not open to the public , Gwaneum cave , National Monument 178 .. South Korea. South Korea. Hwanseongul was opened to the public in 1997 .. Situated in a rugged karst range near the city of Samcheok , the cave 's 10 m tall entrance is a grueling 30 to 45 minute uphill hike from the ticket office .. karst. Karst topography. Samcheok. Samcheok. Once inside , the temperature varies between 10 ° and 14 ° C .. The walls spout water from innumerable cracks and seeps , which join to make good-sized streams , waterfalls and ten large pools .. Some rooms in the cave are vast , 100 m tall , and bridges have been built across chasms in them .. The usual fanciful names have been given to the various formations , but the high rate of water flow has prevented the building up of many stalagmites or stalactites .. Flowstones , rimstones , popcorn , pipes and curtains are more abundant .. There are 47 species of wildlife found in the cave , including the lungless Korean clawed salamander Onychodactylus fischeri , the spider Allomengea coreana , the cave cricket Diestrammena asynamora , the millipedes Epanerchodus kimi and Antrokoreana gracilipes , the moth Apopestes indica , and a species of amphipod in the genus Pseudocrangonyx .. Onychodactylus fischeri. Onychodactylus fischeri. Allomengea coreana. Allomengea coreana. cave cricket. cave cricket. Diestrammena asynamora. Diestrammena asynamora. Epanerchodus kimi. Epanerchodus kimi. Antrokoreana gracilipes. Antrokoreana gracilipes. Apopestes indica. Apopestes indica. amphipod. amphipod. Pseudocrangonyx. Pseudocrangonyx. Four species are unique to Hwanseon Cave , including the beetle Kurasawatrechus latior .. Kurasawatrechus latior. Kurasawatrechus latior. The cave is open year-round , and the self-guided tour costs 4000 , about $ 4 , and takes about an hour to traverse 1.6 km on steel catwalks , not including the 1.3 km long , 200 m climb to and from the entrance .