Los Tres Ojos - Demystifying Caves in Dominican Republic

In the Caribbean country of Dominican Republic,underground river that is a home to some fish. If
you will be surprised that not only its beachesyou will look more sharply inside the caves, you
draw attention from adventure-seekers andmay even be lucky to see some turtles or
tourists. In fact, one of its most popular sites ofmaybe, even bats!
interest are collapsed caves!These structures of open basins with clear water
Yes, there is a collection of threeposing as lakes with stalactites were formed by
open-atmosphere caves in Santo Domingo,various geographical phenomena involving tectonic
Dominican Republic which is about 15 - meter high,movement in the area. These movements
named Los Tres Ojos or "The Three Eyes" ashundreds of years ago led to the giving in of
translated in English. These caves, which are asome underground limestone caverns and led to
major source of tourism and pride of thethe formation of these three -eyed open air
Dominican flag are available for viewing and tourscaves. The intensity of these tectonic
from 9 to 5 in the afternoon which would allowmovements even produced some openings at the
the tourists see the stalactites and stalagmitesside making it easier for adventurers to get a
inside as well as the clear water - varying fromglimpse of more details inside, further
aqua to turquoise and even yellow in color -- thatdemystifying the inner structure of caves to man,
collected within the walls of the caves, thusbut opening more questions about nature and how
resembling filled bowls. The waters draining andour role as its protectors be further attained at
filling these caves are actually coming from anthe same time.