Karst cave.
| Location: | Posada Las Marias, near Lanquín. At the road from Rio Cahabon to Semuc Champey. |
| Open: | |
| Fee: | |
| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | provided |
| Dimension: | L=3,300m. |
| Guided tours: | D=2h, L=400m. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: | Las Cuevas de K'an Ba, Posada Las Marías, Semuc Champey, Tel: no. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:24:31 $ |
| 2004 | cave explored by cavers from the USA. | |
| MAR-2005 | survey completed. |
The Cuevas de K'an Ba is located near the inn Posada Las Marias.
The landlord of the inn is also owner of the cave and developed the new show
cave.
The famous tourist site
Semuc Champey
is only 15 minutes walk away, and the hotel organizes both trips to the pools at
Semuc Champey and into the cave.
It is a so called eco hotel, does not have telefone, no electricity during the
day and the showers are always cold.
But it is rather cheap and recommended very much by many travellers.
Probably because of the daily dinners, with music and dance.
The cave is an impressive river passage, typically between five and ten meters wide and rather high. The water is warm and slowly moving, so visits are rather enjoyable. Although the cave is more than three kilometers long, only the first 200m are visited on the guided tours. Afterwards the visitors can float the 500m to the inn on inner tubes.
The cave was explored and surveyed by local Guatemalan cavers, which were supported bycavers from the United States.
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