Khersin Salt domes

The Khersin Salt domes placed in Siyahu, Hormozgan Province, consists of salt and have a famous long Salt cave.

Khersin Salt domes are located 3 kilometers northwest of Siyahu, which is made of salt and includes long salt caves. The various dissolved shapes of salt have formed in this salt dome. The Khersin Salt Cave consists of unique features with marvelous landscapes, a salt waterfall, and enormous salt columns. The Khersin Salt dome has protected by the Department of Environmental. Stay with us to talk about one of the untouched Salt Caves of Hormozgan Province.

• Physical features of the Khersin Salt domes

   

Khersin Salt domes are a mountain range that emerged as a salt dome from the ground; the tip of the dome is still unchanged from the surrounding natural texture, covered by Prunus scoparia. The other sides of the dome appear as salt under the Earth's internal pressures.

• Khersin Salt Cave

One of the fabulous sections of this area is the Salt Cave, which amazes everyone. The entrance of the cave has a height of 3 meters, a width of 4 meters, and a length of 178 meters. You will enter the only large hall of this cave after passing a few meters. After a 10-meter walk through the hall, you will reach a hole on the west side, which enters you to the principal corridor of the cave. This corridor continues about 170 meters from the cave with no misleading paths. When you enter the corridor, feel an uphill slope of the cave that continues to the end of the cave. You will see marvelous salty stalagmites, stalactites, and salt waterfall along the cave; in the middle of the cave, there is a salt waterfall with a height of 12 meters. There is a saline water flow in the Khersin Salt Cave, which has a high velocity to the outside of the cave; it is because of the slope of the cave in winter and heavy rainfall.

• What is the best time to go?

  Spring and summer is the best time to visit Khersin Salt domes. Remember, don’t visit the Khersin Salt Cave during the heavy rainfall, and there is no source of drinking water in the cave.

• Getting there?

Khersin Salt domes are located near the Khersin Village in Siyahu, northeast of Bandar Abbas, 80 kilometers from the center of Hormozgan province. You will get to the entrance of the cave within 90-minutes of hiking.