Cueva de Calichal

Location:
Málaga, Colombia

Adventure Tour

By Lorraine Caputo

Spelunkers, get ready for a bit of exploration. Cueva de Calichal—Calichal Cave—is awaiting you. The first chamber is easily accessed by anyone. Just slip through that fissure in the rocks. But if you really want to see the stalagmited and stalactited bowels of his piece of earth, get your ropes and clamps out. It takes a bit more expertise and devotion to get into those depths. While you’re out this way at Vereda Calichal, enjoy the waterfall and the pool at its base, called the Cascada y Pozo Borbollón.

Getting There
Four kilometres from Málaga. Follow the Cúcuta road to La Palma, from where a stone road leads to the road going to the planta eléctrica. Take a left and soon you’ll see the cave.

Travel Tips: Alternatively, a more scenic route, before the bridge outside town, follow the camino herradura (stone road) that goes behind the monastery.

Relative price: Free

Open Hours from:Dawn

Open Hours to:Dusk

Travel Skills: advanced/difficult.

You Need to Bring: Flashlight, caving equipment.