Los Tres Ojos
Three Eyes aka The Three Ponds
Useful Information
| Location: |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, near the highway Las Américas.
Parque Mirador del Este, in the eastern part of the city of Santa Domingo.
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| Open: |
daily 8-17.
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| Fee: |
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave.
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| Light: |
electric.
There are no lights during the day, but at night the cave is lit up with lots of coloured lights.
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| Dimension: |
L=17m.
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| Guided tours: |
all day long.
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| Bibliography: |
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| Address: |
Pedro Morales Troncoso, Av. Las Américas, Santo Domingo. Tel: (809) 591-1492
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| Last update: | $Date: 2010/05/19 23:20:50 $ |
History
Description
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| Image: a drawing of the pools by Pierre Strinati. |
Los Tres Ojos has - in spite of its name - four ponds.
The first pond is of a perfect aquamarine tone, the second is the smallest and
its water is sulphurous.
The third, and biggest, is fresh water and has strong undercurrents.
The most beautiful pond is the fourth pond which resembles the crater of a
sleeping volcano.
It is a cenote, which means the cave ceiling has collapsed and so the lake is
now at the bottom of a shaft with vertical walls and sun is shining in.
The cave visit includes by boat ride across lake two.
Then a concrete path leads through the upper chamber to the fourth pond.
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