Robber's Cave, India

Geography of Robber's Cave
Gucchu pani, Dehradun, river flowing inside the cave
Location of Robber's cave in northern India
ContinentAsia
RegionDehradun, India
Coordinates30°22′31″N 78°03′35″E / 30.3754146°N 78.059761°E / 30.3754146; 78.059761

Robber's Cave (known locally as Guchhu pani), located near Sahasradhara, 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.

It is a natural cave formation where rivers flow inside the cave. The place is a popular tourist spot and which is now being maintained by Uttarakhand State. Local bus services are available up to Anarwala village, from where it is a kilometre's trek away.

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