EXPLORING Caves of the Caribbean! SPELUNKING - would you visit? Belize, Barbados, Puerto Rico

Belize – Cave Tubing & Jungle Trek at Jaguar Paw o About an hour drive from Belize City o First, you will take a 45 minute hike down a jungle trail o Once at the cave, you get a flashlight, an inner tube – and off you go floating through the cave system Aruba – Spelunking at Fontein Cave – islands most popular cave o About 30 minutes from Oranjestadt o Cave is filled with AmerIndian drawings and graffiti from Early European Settlers o Quadirikiri Cave – nearby o An eerie two-chamber cave filled with hundreds of bats Barbados – Cave Tour at Harrison’s Cave o about 30 min drive from Bridgetown Harbour o number-one tourist attraction of Barbados o bubbling streams, tumbling cascades, and subtly lit deep pools, while all around stalactites hang overhead like icicles, and stalagmites rise from the floor Grand Cayman – Guided Tour at Crystal Caves o 40 minute ride from port o one of the island’s newest natural tourist attractions o in the middle of a lush tropical forest o 45 minute walk through three different caves ♣ open-ceiling cave, the roots cave, and the lake cave ♣ will see stalactite and stalagmite crystal structures Puerto Rico - Cave tour from San Juan to Cueva Ventana, meaning Window Cave o Leaves from san juan - 5.5-hour tour o An easy cave hike, with a breathtaking views from atop a cliff ♣ Limestone cave ♣ stunning view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley and the Caribbean Sea o petroglyphs on the walls and stone engravings created by the Taínos indigenous culture that once inhabited these cave shelters