Karst cave.
| Location: | Isla Bastimentos |
| Open: | All year daily 9. [2006] |
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Karst cave.
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| Light: | helmets and headlamps provided |
| Dimension: | L=1,400m. |
| Guided tours: | D=6h. |
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:34:27 $ |
A visit to Nivida Cave on Isla Bastimentos is a half day excursion. After a 15min boat ride through the National Marine Park, the participants board kayaks to explore Bahia Honda. On the way through channels, deep bays, mangrove cayes, and patch reefs, dolphins, birds, iguanas, and caimans can be seen. A short walk through the jungle leads to the entrance of the cave.
The visitors are equipped with hard hat and headlamps. The guide, Oscar Powell from adventure tours gives last instructions and then the cave is entered. The entrance area is dry and full of bat, the ammonia and the slippery guano on the flor makr this part a little annoying. Still the hundreds of bats on the ceiling make it a impressive sight. Visitors should walk very carefull and avoid standing below the bats.
Further in the cave changes a bit, and becomes a typical river cave. The water is rather warm, visitors generally wear swimsuits. Still it is cool enough to be rather enjoyable after the warm and humid dry part of the cave.
As far as we know this is the longest cave of Panama.
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