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NANAWAR CAVE ORKZAI TRIBAL DISTRICT PAKISTAN

Nanawar cave is located in Mani Khel Dara OrakzaiTribal District. It is one of the most beautiful, tremendous and natural caves. It is approx 200 Meters long cave with 2 entrances and a home to thousands of Bats & Spiders. The cave traces its history back to thousand of years with varying opinions and myths:-

• Thousand of years back lava erupted here and it seems like a bubble trapped in lava which made this cave.

• Second opinion is that, it is a lime stone cave which ended up on water channel beneath the surface in summer water.

• Other opinion of the historian is that the graves on the ground in the general area are not Muslim graves, and it is believed that this cave was used for meditation in Kanishka times 127 CE.

• The myth that its farther end is unexplored, seems false. It has a farther end with a graduated narrowing/ suffocating effects due to low oxygen.

Nanawar cave has tremendous potential of adventure tourism for domestic and international tourists especially the “BACK PACKERS SOCIETIES”. The project is on the list of erstwhile FATA Tourism Development Authority.

History compiled by Zakir Khan