Location: Lares, Puerto Rico Map
Tel. 787-893-3100
Closed: Mon- Tue
Area: 706 acres
Age: 45 million years
Rio Camuy Cave Park or Camuy River Cave Park is a natural underground formation near a town of Lares of Puerto Rico. It was formed by River Camuy for the past 45 millions of years and covers an area of 706 acres. Rio Camuy Cave National Park is one of the largest cave systems in the world and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy, Hatillo and Lares in the northwest of the island of Puerto Rico, although the main entrance to the park is located in the Quebrada, Camuy. Rio Camuy Cave are part of an extensive network of natural limestone caves and underground water courses excavated by the third largest underground river in the world, the Camuy River. The cave system was discovered in 1958 and was first documented in 1973 in a book on the Camuy River by Russell and Jeanne Gurnee, but there is archaeological evidence that these caves were explored by the Taino Indians, the first inhabitants of Puerto Rico hundreds of years ago.