Cueva Clara

We drove back to Rio Camuy National Park today. They’d told us to get there early because they close the park once it reaches capacity. We showed up around 9:30 and didn’t have any problems. I paid $10 for a ticket and we waited around for our tour. I saw Cynthia, Chuck’s old gf there. Eventually, it was time for our tour so we filed into a small theatre and watched a safety video with English subtitles. Then we boarded a small 3 section tram and road down the S-ing trail into the sink with the cave entrance. From the outside, the entrance wasn’t as obviously gaping as other large entryways that we’d seen. The railed, cement trial looped us in from the right side and gave us a good view looking out of a pretty large entrance. Vines and formations hung down as we entered the cave. We were now in a very large cavern. The guide said the entrance was 50’ H x 50’ W. I’m not sure he was correct thought the current passage dimensions were similar to that. As we progressed along the right side of the room on the trail the cavern enlarged. Ahead, it was likely 100’ H x 100’ W. We looped around on the right wall and descended to an horizontal exit into a huge, tall karst-window pit entrance. The trail looped around to the right and ended. Above was a very large jungle encompassed pit entrance. To the right water dropped down moss shrouded flowstone on a heavily vegetated slope. To the left the floor sloped down to a large, horizontal, continuation of the cave below. We walked back into the cavernous room and the trail went along the other wall and led us through a decorated passage overlooking an 80’ drop into a cascading canyon. The trail led back into the cavernous room and back towards the main entrance. We re-boarded the tram and it took us to an overlook of a huge gulf / pit. Below, you could see a river flowing across the gulf floor. I was rather surprised that was all the tour consisted of. They used to also have a guided vertical trip into Cueva Cathedral but he guides were getting histoplasmosis so they discontinued it. I bought my sister a dolphin keychain as we left. To Cueva Viento