Underground-caves connectedness preview using the geoelectrical profiling method as an effort to revive natural tourism in "Gua Pandan,” East Lampung Regency

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic has made one of the tourists in the East Lampung regency inactive, namely "Gua Pandan.” Due to its unique location geologically, efforts must be made to revive the area. One of the approaches is applying an indirect method, namely the geophysical method. One of them is the geoelectrical profiling method. Six lines are spread in the study area with a length of 70-105 m. The target is a cave filled with air because it is suitable as a tourist spot. Based on the measurement results, a very high resistivity value of more than 5,000 Ωm is suspected to be an air-filled cave. The cave area that is probably safe is about 120 m long with 1-3 m depth below the ground surface, 2-8 m width, and 2-6 m height. However, a safety assessment is necessary for feasibility so that the cave is worthy of being re-activated as a tourist spot.