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RIO CAMUY CAVE PARK
$483 For Up to 10 People
The extensive
subterranean cave systems of Rio Camuy Cave Park is reported to be the
largest in the western hemisphere. Until the recent completion of the
expanded highway leading west to Camuy, the driving distance discouraged
many from seeing this remarkable cave system.
Today a drive of approximately one hour and forty-five minutes from San
Juan takes you past lush landscape, pineapple farms and jagged eroded
limestone cliffs as you near the area of this massive subterranean
wonderland.
Your visit to the park begins with a short video as you wait to board
the open air trolleys, which twist and turn their way through the road
carved out of verdant foliage before reaching the moss- lined entrance
to the cave. After this ten minute trolley ride, multilingual cave
guides will escort you on foot through the enormous cave, 200 feet high
and a half mile long. A large opening at one end of the cave allows
light to filter through part of the cave, creating beautiful
photographic opportunities. From this opening you will see one of the
many sink holes carved out by the Camuy river, the world's third largest
underground river. As you walk through the interior of the cave, passing
stalagmites and stalactites, you will experience the eerie illusion of
timeless steps in the earth's creation. You will be exploring the caves
for one hour.
