Caving Safari Greece - Pindos 2020│Caves of Koudounotripa - Mpeh - Tripa Volioti

On 24-25-26 October 2020, our team, Proteas - Thessaloniki Caving Club, organised an expedition to explore 3 very interesting caves on South Pindos. The first cave was located on Itamos mountain and its called "Koudounotripa" ( Κουδουνότρυπα ). Took its name from the sound (koudouno=bell + tripa=hole), when rocks are falling in sounds like a bell. It was a 110 meters deep vertical cave. Second cave was located on Koziakas mountain, and its called "Mpeh Cave" ( Σπηλιά του Μπέη ). Entrance reach was easy, hiking into a beautiful forest. Mpeh cave has 2 big openings, entrance needs rope for safety, descending next to a small waterfall of 8 meters. Third cave was located again on Koziakas mountain and its name is "Tripa Volioti" (Τρύπα Βολιώτη ). Difficult reach of the entrance with 50 minutes off road driving and 2 hours of hiking on steep soil. It was the first official record of exploring the whole cave till the bottom which revealed an around 90 meters vertical cave holding a glacier at its bottom, one of the few (4-5) in Greece, plus one of the southernmost of Europe. A very important discovery. Members of Expedition : Zacharis Aristeidis Konidis Giorgos Avramidis Ilias Karinoglou Maria Kountouras Sotiris Pafitis Giannis Kyziridis Thodoris Poultourtzidis Themis Kokori Anastasia Amfitreidis Thanasis Kitzonidou Katerina