every inhabitant of south moravia is a bit of a speleologist, because there are many caves in these parts karst, the largest and longest cave system in the czech republic. in order to really get to know the czech republic underground, you must definitely visit the punker caves. in total , there are more than a thousand caves in the moravian map. punker caves, some of the youngest for the first time researchers described them at the beginning of the last century. the total length of the cave corridors is 4 km, and the height difference here reaches 180 m. completely punker caves have not been explored so far, there are areas where speleologists and other scientists continue to conduct research, most of the caves that are open to the public in the punker caves have a dry and the water part were studied in stages. first before world war i. the dry part, two centuries later, the local waters are, perhaps, the most interesting thing in the punkina caves. here flowing underground river, punkva. she gave the name to this amazing underground world. in 1909, it was opened by the outstanding czech