Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
park in Mexico featuring cave systems and underground rivers
About Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park
The caverns are a living cave system carved over millenia from steadily flowing groundwaters. Over time, the water hollowed out large openings, calledsalons', as it dissolved the limestone rock formations of the Cerro de la Corona mountain. More than 90 salons make up the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa. Prior to the Spanish conquest, the Olmec and the Chontal people used the caves as ceremonial centers. The Chontal name for the cave isCocoyocuatl. The Spanish did not learn of the caves until 1834. An initial geological survey was made under orders of Emperor Maximilian in the 1860s, and a deeper survey and more extensive mapping was done in 1922. The area was declared a national park in 1936 by President Lazaro Cardenas. Guided cavern tours became available in 1969. A further survey of the cavern
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