Caves is Cuba

[Just_Me]

Hi Everyone, have a friend who is also headed to Cuba in february and they are interested in exploring some caves. Does anyone know if there are any caves around Cardenas or Mantanza.......not Saturno cave more of a cave you can walk through. Thanks in advance! JM

[cubado]

hola just me,

i recently bookmarkes a site.. world cave database ..listed a number of cuban caves!
i just went to my bookmark and it is not there... i did a search... and came up with it...but link still did not work!
it seems to be linked in a number of web sites as a good guide for cavers! so maybe if you bookmark it...it might just be temporary problem!

I WONDERED WHERE I FOUND THIS LINK...my answer!

i beleive i got it from one of TJELLO'S posts somewhere else!
thanks tjello! TJELLO is the KING OF CUBAN LINKS! and i am sure if any one has links for this he might!

[Guest]

Hallo Just Me,

I thought that I had some useful links on the subject, but when I tried to open the pages, unfortunately most of them were not accessible (anymore).

So what’s left of them is listed below.
It’s not what your friend will be looking for, I’m afraid, but it might be interesting for him to read it anyway.

http://www.wsg.org.uk/
Click on articles, then Cuba 1997. Caving club in England with comprehensive report on Cuba. 1997.
And also, click on Cuba, for some more info.

http://www.italia-cuba.speleo.it/
An Italian site about Speleology in Cuba.
-The English version is at this moment (still) under construction. But if you like caving, or like to read about other people experiences, it’s a site to bookmark.-

http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/DB/database.html
World Cave Database. 17 of them are situated in Cuba. (not accessible at the moment) *


And finally, your friend could of course try to contact the official Cuban source for information.

Speleological Federation of Latin America and the Caribbean – FEALC.
CUBA
SEC - Sociedad Espeleologica de Cuba
7 ma. # 6614 c/ 66 y 70
Miramar - La Habana - CUBA
E-mail: funat@artsoft.cult.cu

BTW, thanks cubado, for the nice comments.

Tjello

[beardo]

Not the area you are asking about - but there are several caves near Vinales.

El Cuevo del Indio includes a boat ride.

[Guest]

The Bellamar Caves just outside of the city of Mantazas are quite spectacular.

[Just_Me]

Thanks Bob and all the others who responded, I think it was Bellamar they were thinking of as they are an older couple and the other caves are more for the real cavers. They do look like they would be of great interest, but a little more for the agile. JM

[cubado]

not caves for the beginners...but thought i would put it up here!

lists 17 caves in Cuba !!

http://www-sop.inria.fr/agos-sophia/sis/DB/countries.html

[beardo]

Vinales has several tourist caves.

El Cuevo del Indio is very good.

[Kubanita]

wow ... Tjello was excellent :thumbsup:

... wonder if he will ever come back ...

... that would be a wonderful miracle imo ... :curtain: