Exploring the Unknown Beneath India
“Adventure begins where the map ends.”
We are CAKES Foundation (Cave and Karst Exploration & Science Foundation), India’s premier exploration-led research initiative into subterranean and karst systems. We bring together skilled divers, scientists, and technologists to discover, document, map, and protect India’s hidden cave networks.
Journey into India’s hidden worlds — where exploration begins beyond the light.
What We Do
Explore. Document. Protect.
Explore — organize and lead safe, high-rigor expeditions into submerged caves, lava tubes, and karst systems.
Document — survey, map, photograph, and record the geology, hydrology, and life of underground systems.
Protect — train new explorers, publish data, and advocate for the conservation of fragile underground ecosystems.
Featured Expeditions
Meghalaya Karst Survey — mapping subterranean rivers & cave systems.
Join us as we venture beneath the surface — tracing ancient waterways, mapping hidden worlds, and uncovering the stories written in stone. Whether you seek adventure, purpose, or knowledge, C.A.K.E.S. welcomes you to explore alongside us.
