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Robber's Cave

Overview

•Robber's Cave (known locally as Guchhu pani), located near Garhi Cantt, Dehradun, is a river cave formation in the Himalayas, located approximately 8 km from the centre of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.
•The cave is about 600 metres long, and divided into two main parts.

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Robber's Cave (known locally as Guchhu pani), located near Garhi Cantt, Dehradun, is a river cave formation in the Himalayas, located approximately 8 km from the centre of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.
The cave is about 600 metres long, and divided into two main parts.
The cave has a highest fall of about 10 metres.
In the central part there is a fort wall structure which is now broken.
It consists of an extremely narrow gorge formed in a conglomerate limestone area on Doon Valley's Dehra plateau.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

•Robber's Cave is situated in a vast limestone area in the Dehra plateau in Dehradun.
•It is believed by locals that the place was used by robbers in the late 1800s to hide from the British-Indian authorities and store their loot.
•Labyrinth caves were suitable for robbers to hide here, which is why it came to be known as Robber's Cave.

Things to Do

Visit Robber's Cave

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Robber's Cave (known locally as Guchhu pani), located near Garhi Cantt, Dehradun, is a river cave formation in the Himalayas, located approximately 8 km from the centre of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.

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