Rouffignac Cave
Grotte de Rouffignac
Ride a small electric train deep into an 8-km-long cave to see more than 150 mammoths drawn and engraved by prehistoric people, known as the 'Cave of the Hundred Mammoths'.
Rouffignac Cave is about 8 km long. Visitors ride a small electric train roughly 1 km underground, passing claw marks left by cave bears on the rock walls and their hibernation hollows. At the end, the ceiling of the Grand Dôme is covered with mammoths, bison, horses and rhinoceroses. The cave holds about 250 images in total, more than 150 of them mammoths. The tour lasts about an hour and costs about €9. Some sessions can be booked online; other tickets are sold on the day, often with a queue. It is part of the Vézère Valley World Heritage site and lies about 35 km from Sarlat.
Opening hours
About Apr–Nov 10:00–17:00 (09:00–18:00 in summer)
Nearby sights
- Grotte du Grand Roc
- National Museum of Prehistory
- La Roque Saint-Christophe
- Font-de-Gaume Cave
- Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
- Gouffre de Proumeyssac
- Château de Commarque
- Limeuil