Lebanon is a country of karsts areas rich with mountains that offer spectacular scenery and scenic view and the mountainous caves are spread in different regions. In one of these regions in the valley of Nahr El-Kalb at 18km North of Beirut, is found Jeita Grotto, one of the most marvelous natural wonders in the world.
The road leading to the caverns is carved in the mountains and surrounded with trees. The all around beautiful nature is perfectly in tune with the site.
Our main intention of visiting Jeita Grotto, one of the popular touristic spots of Lebanon, was photo shooting session of its magnificent water cave. We arrived there at around 11:15 hours, the weather was nice and there were only few groups of visitors at the lower grotto – basically its main entrance.
With a magisterial splendor, the grotto is characterized by extraordinary limestone concretions of stalactites and stalagmites sculpted naturally in different forms, sizes and colors. That was what I read.
I went to the tickets counter and enquired from the friendly charming English speaking staff all the details, the dos and the don’ts of Jeita Grotto. The price of tickets for 10 of us, which includes the teleferik ride, visit to both lower and upper Grottos, was about 100 USD. Very impressive indeed! But what turned me off, the lady informed me that we are not allowed to take photo, unfortunately!!!!!Hence, we cancelled off our plan – which did not conform to our main objective. Feeling cheated by the information I read in their website, we ended up taking photos at the base or at the entrance of the Grotto.
Lebanon is a country of karsts areas rich with mountains that offer spectacular scenery and scenic view and the mountainous caves are spread in different regions. In one of these regions in the valley of Nahr El-Kalb at 18km North of Beirut, is found Jeita Grotto, one of the most marvelous natural wonders in the world. 
The road leading to the caverns is carved in the mountains and surrounded with trees. The all around beautiful nature is perfectly in tune with the site.
Our main intention of visiting Jeita Grotto, one of the popular touristic spots of Lebanon, was photo shooting session of its magnificent water cave. We arrived there at around 11:15 hours, the weather was nice and there were only few groups of visitors at the lower grotto – basically its main entrance.
With a magisterial splendor, the grotto is characterized by extraordinary limestone concretions of stalactites and stalagmites sculpted naturally in different forms, sizes and colors. That was what I read.
I went to the tickets counter and enquired from the friendly charming English speaking staff all the details, the dos and the don’ts of Jeita Grotto. The price of tickets for 10 of us, which includes the teleferik ride, visit to both lower and upper Grottos, was about 100 USD. Very impressive indeed! But what turned me off, the lady informed me that we are not allowed to take photo, unfortunately!!!!!Hence, we cancelled off our plan – which did not conform to our main objective. Feeling cheated by the information I read in their website, we ended up taking photos at the base or at the entrance of the Grotto.
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