Kan´ba Caves
Located in: Lanquín, Alta Verapaz
Time trip: One or two days tour
Attractions and activities: Caving, swim and walk on the river inside de cave with candels, tubing in the Cahabón River, there is a swing on a tree at the end of the tubing trip.
Point of departure: Coban City
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Laguna de Chichoj from the Calvario
Facts about de site: The Cuevas de K'an Ba is located near the inn Posada Las Marias. The landlord of the inn is also owner of the cave and developed the new show cave. The famous tourist site Semuc Champey is only 15 minutes walk away, and the hotel organizes both trips to the pools at Semuc Champey and into the cave. It is a so called eco hotel, does not have telefone, no electricity during the day and the showers are always cold. But it is rather cheap and recommended very much by many travellers. Probably because of the daily dinners, with music and dance.
The cave is an impressive river passage, typically between five and ten meters wide and rather high. The water is warm and slowly moving, so visits are rather enjoyable. Although the cave is more than three kilometers long, only the first 200m are visited on the guided tours. Afterwards the visitors can float the 500m to the inn on inner tubes.
The cave was explored and surveyed by local Guatemalan cavers, which were supported by cavers from the United States.
