Indian Cave “La Cueva Del Indio”

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Now here’s a place that you’ll have to see at your own risk!

It’s locat­ed a cou­ple of miles east of the Areci­bo Light­house on Road 681. It’s one of the most spec­tac­u­lar views in Puer­to Rico. It has some of the most spec­tac­u­lar crash­ing ocean scenes in the world.  It has gen­uine Indi­an pet­ro­glyphs dat­ing back to Pre-Columbian times. And it’s DANGEROUS!

First, it’s locat­ed in a soli­tary place with very few struc­tures around it. Sec­ond, the neigh­bor­hood itself is full of aban­doned hous­es. Third, the very nature of the ter­rain is dan­ger­ous. The ground is main­ly made up of rough stone, the ter­rain is uneven and the edge is unpro­tect­ed.  And the fall?  Well, let’s just say that if you fall here you’ll prob­a­bly die.

Locals know it as “la cue­va del indio” because inside there are sev­er­al gen­uine Pre-Columbian pet­ro­glyphs. The last time that I vis­it­ed, back in 2008, there was a Hol­ly­wood crew film­ing a movie there. And there was a makeshift wood­en lad­der that you could use to climb down into the cave (again, at your own risk).

I want­ed to men­tion this site because despite all the warn­ings that I gave above, it is —with­out a doubt— one of the most astound­ing seafront places in Puer­to Rico.

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