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 bowels of this piece of earth, festooned with stalagmites and stalactites, get your ropes and clamps out. It takes a bit more expertise and devotion to get into these 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.

Location:
Málaga, Colombia

Adventure Tour

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 electrical plant. 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.

By Lorraine Caputo

Upon re-declaring her independence at age 29, Lorraine Caputo packed her trusty Rocinante (so her knapsack's called) and began traipsing throughout...

Created: 05 Feb 2008

Updated: 15 May 2009

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