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The Macaque Cave () is a karst cave located on the Macaque Ridge (猕猴岭) outside Dongfang City, Hainan, People's Republic of China.


Description

The cave covers an area of whilst at the entrance there are densely packed '' Sindora glabra'' and Chinese redbud trees. About inside the cave there is a rock formation that looks like an old woman. There are also stalactites and rocks within the cave in the shape of macaques, lions and tigers. Set into the cave wall there are two chambers that look like the
cloister A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against a ...
s of a monastery.


References

Caves of Hainan Karst caves Karst formations of China Show caves in China Tourist attractions in Hainan {{Hainan-geo-stub