Later today we made our way to Tres Ojos (three eyes). The ‘eyes’ refer to three subterranean lakes. They were well worth the visit as the photos below demonstrate. There was a fourth lake that we had to take a ‘boat’ through one of the caves to get to. We could see plenty of bats circling above our heads.
The floors of these caves are filled with beautiful circular lakes fed by the Brujuelas, a subterranean river. The sulfurous waters of the first lake are only about 20 feet deep. The second, named La Nevera or “refrigerator”, drops to 15 degrees centigrade. The Women’s Lake, the third and smallest, is warm and shallow. A fourth lake, measuring 300 meters deep, is named Los Saramagullones after a species of ducks that inhabits it.
These pictures are gorgeous!
Your trip looks great! We wish we were there with you, kicking your butts in Spades. What is traditional DR food? You should get a DR cookbook for me!