Ghar ir-Rih and Ghar in-Nghag Halfar Birzebbuga Malta

[@JCRC]

wow - prosit. Amazing places you visit. With I can join you on one of your adventures!

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thank Joe but due to filming I go alone or with my team, hope you understand

[@jacquelinefarrugia371]

So interesting

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thank you

[@carmengalea3346]

Thank you for this Pierre. I am from Birzebbugia. I knew Hal Far and Benghajsa but not this amazing. Since I am terrified of heights and tight spaces I would have never seen what it is really like had it not been for you. Thank you so much.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thank you Carmen - I have lots from that area I post you some kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJvCaWqFqMysndUsi=BqnKKBNfTihBJj8D

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[@GetOutandKayakMalta]

Another not only beautiful, but informative! Thanks my friend!!!

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks buddy , appreciate

[@rosewiegers7284]

Hello Pierre Farrugia. Wow just discovered your channel fantastic video very nice indeed thanks for sharing

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks and more than welcome, hope you subscribe to my channel .

[@suzettecalleja3122]

Paul where did you buy your Helmet. I would like you to do a video on your equipment including outerwear.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Online , that would be interesting

[@carmelo1509]

Great video. I'm trying to catch up with you. I am writing two years after you posted this video and maybe you have done another about this since then. According to Conrad D'Amato the cave with two openings has two names, Għar in-Nagħaġ and Għar ir-Riħ. The other one is Għar il-Buwż.

[@PierreFarrugia]

I have a document and might check but then there are other cave here very similar kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXa1l5-Jf7mVsNk

[@kathrinecaruana3845]

Love those views . Thanks Pierre xx

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks Kathrine , one of my fav caves

[@anngerrish5842]

Wow stunning colours of the sea and in the cave. Thank you Pierre

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@Alexa-lu5ph]

Hi Pierre just discovered your channel. Just amazing. Im from birzebbugua and never came across these 2 caves. Keep it up

[@PierreFarrugia]

If you are from B Bugia then watch this , opposite Ghar Dalam , best cave so far , home you subscribe kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CvnICof5ZrbJo

[@PierreFarrugia]

And an other underestimated cave - Ghar Hasan with its 400m of tunnels kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJvCaWqFqMysndU

[@9H1RA]

Keep them coming just discovered your channel well done.

[@PierreFarrugia]

wow, thanks

[@peterroberts9638]

Fantastic views thanks for a great video

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@catherinerosewell5067]

beautiful adventure thank you Pierre enjoyed walking with you in lockdown - how I wish I was with you - somebody suggested Ghar ir-Rih as the name of the cave - cave of the wind - very appropriate

[@PierreFarrugia]

thanks alot

[@donnagalea2469]

Beuatiful shots! Thank you

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks for your nice comments

[@PaddlingTramp]

Hi, nice hike. Water is so pure! PT

[@best_of_mat]

From were I could buy that type of helmet to be used in caves?

[@PierreFarrugia]

I bought mine from Adventure Shop Malta, ask for Nico Abela

[@ivanb000]

Could be the first one, is named fisherman cave. Used to fish from there. Got to know that place from another fisherman.

[@PierreFarrugia]

From what I checked Fisherman’s cave is 100m away and looks exactly the same like this one, but could be weong

[@rayvalletta2913]

Hello Pierre I came across your vlogs through watching Englishman and Conrad .Watched A few of them and found them quite fascinating and interesting.As an expat living in the uk some of the places that you bring to us are just strange to me as during my childhood growing up in Birkirkara I never knew that they existed.Im fascinated how do you know about these beautiful places especially The caves that you explore.May I convey my thanks to you for your enthusiasm for what you do,although sometimes it can be dangerous.Keep up the good work and Sahha.stay safe

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks a lot, hope you subscribe to my channel ❤️

[@johnabela932]

Good vlog Pierre 🚶 🔦 ⛑ 🎥 . I liked Ghar ir-Rih - easily accessed with a rewarding awsome view at cliff end 🌊 ☀. A very picturesque area 🖼. Tanx for sharing mate. (Shame Gahan has been there 😔) Cheers 🇲🇹 🇪🇺 ®.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks for your nice comments as always, one of my fav caves, unfortunatly yes, the Gahan was here too.

[@GetOutandKayakMalta]

Very well done as always mate. Keep creating and sharing!

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@alisonspiteribrewer1732]

Thank you Pierre , as always very interesting

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@rahimagholamnabi8346]

Hi pierre, i really like your videos and im right now in malta gozo, i wanted to know is there a way to get there by car? I mean atleast near to it? (The first cave)

[@PierreFarrugia]

Yes of course, just Google maps ghar Hasan close by Video Ghar Hasan - Full Exploration (Hasan's Cave) - Malta kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJvCaWqFqMysndU, and i suggest you visit this too, then walk around 500m towards Birzebbugia and you will be a where i stated the video

[@PierreFarrugia]

Google maps Ghar ir rih Dropped pin goo.gl/maps/oP1SjAMJDF4XJ76G7

[@rygneisanau1724]

nice videos ! im maltese from Ghaxaq i love to explore i explored alot of places mostly north west and south i went to some places aswell but thanks to you im exploring abit more the south now :) thanks again :)

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks , need any info about any of my videos, please don’t hesitate to ask

[@rygneisanau1724]

@@PierreFarrugia thanks alot ! :)

[@PierreFarrugia]

My pleasure

[@ronloveflying]

Pierre the big cave that has an opening to the sea cliff is called Ghar ir-Rih. We also used to fish from the cliff.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks, that’s what I named it in the video hopefully 😊

[@trumbettier]

There is one greatly sought after asset to these caves which I don't know if it has been mentioned in the comments. I am referring to the annual lampuka fish run (dolphin fish - one of the most colourful fish on earth). The lampuka fish's annual migration around September brings it close to these cliffs when literally millions of fish come by.The lampuka doesn't like the sun, and they congregate around the bottom of the cliffs where the cliffs throw shade depending on the time of day. Anyhow, these caves were tightly held by keen fishing enthusiasts and as a source of food by the villagers; often from one generation to the next. Someone told me this story in the mid 1950's. One time around the early 20th Century or late 19th, a policeman was transferred to a village in the vicinity and he wanted one of these caves for himself. In those days (as always) a village policeman could make life hard for someone he didn't like. The man who had inherited the spot (which in those days could only be reached by shimmying down a rope) held his ground; but in the end, he gave in and the policeman got his way and started using the cave to fish for lampuka fish. Now this is where the story turns into legend. A year or so after the man yielded his prize spot, the policeman disappeared. They found that the access rope was broken but not cut. So it was assumed the rope had given way and the policeman died as he fell hitting the jutting cliff face and eventually drowned. But no. That's not what happened according to folklore. After being bullied by the cop, the original owner had gone back in the night, twisted the rope anti clockwise and inserted a sharp stone (żonqra the size of "ħabba" - a coin roughly 1 cm diameter). He twisted the rope back until the sharp rock couldn't be seen or felt. As the cop used the rope, the żonqra slowly ate away at the rope twine fibres. Soon, the crooked cop fell to his death and the man got his fishing spot back.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Very interesting , thanks

[@IsmaelBrincatz]

Heaven on earth, simply gorgeous

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks buddy

[@rar2k11]

I found this cave by accident several years ago trekking up from Fort Benghjsa and wondered both the name and how well known it would be. It's a beautiful space, and I truly hope that it remains in good conditions, unlike the little ones across the valley where people confuse for a toilet or worse a place to vandalize (also like Ghar Hasan).

[@PierreFarrugia]

Same happened to me, was trekking from Benghajsa too, 100% agree

[@rar2k11]

The first two times I trekked from Birzebbuga, up through Benghajsa toward Hal Far, I ached to go down to sea level and thought it was impossible, but it isn't, and since then it's been one of my favorite adventures that I have repeated many times. You probably know what I'm talking about, and if not... I'd love to take you there.

[@PierreFarrugia]

@@rar2k11 It’s in my plans

[@ronloveflying]

Hi Pierre, the first cave is called Ghar ir-Rih. We used to go camping when we were young like 45 years ago.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Big one or small one ?

[@lifestylesimplelife...thai7666]

I love to see inside cave its was awesom

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@clintbalzan8926]

Ive thought that i trekked everywhere round this area but then ive came across your footage and still dont have an idea where to access the first cave. Great shots dude. :)

[@PierreFarrugia]

Contact me on facebook and i send you location

[@PierreFarrugia]

around 300m from fisherman cave near a small valley

[@clintbalzan8926]

@@PierreFarrugia thanks pierre, ive just managed finding it.

[@PierreFarrugia]

@@clintbalzan8926 hope you like and subscribe for me

[@carbugnov1952]

just when you think you've seen everywhere on this small island for the first time discover this amazing cave. the meandering way ghar ir-rih is formed may suggest that in ancient times this may have been a passage for a continual stream of water or a small river, as ghar hassan once was. in this case the stream would end dropping in the sea as a waterfall.

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks you for your comments, this cave it’s just 500m away from Ghar Hasan

[@johnpeterfenech3634]

Nice one Pierre !!

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

Nice video pierre

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@saviourvisanich9585]

Pierre is this fisherman cave?

[@PierreFarrugia]

I don’t think so, Fisherman cave it’s around 400m to B Bugia

[@saviourvisanich9585]

@@PierreFarrugia would be grateful if you are again by this cave and send me the exact gps coordinates.

[@PierreFarrugia]

@@saviourvisanich9585 This on of the video or fisherman cave ?

[@AngeloCaruana]

Nice buddy, I need to go ;)

[@PierreFarrugia]

thanks

[@Pukkaphotographer]

Nice buddy

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks ✌

[@jermainextremo]

Hi my Friend! 🖐

[@PierreFarrugia]

Hello 👋

[@christopherborg750]

Nice

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks

[@sbosic]

prosit

[@PierreFarrugia]

Thanks