Showing posts with label El Hundidero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label El Hundidero. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 January 2010

El Hundidero

Just a few pictures of the spectacular gorge at El Hundidero that we passed through on our way home after leaving Estación de Benaoján today.
At the bottom of the gorge, accessible by pathways leading down, is the entrance to the Cueva del Hundidero, a cavern that eventually emerges 4 kms away at the Cueva del Gato near to the pueblo of Benaoján.














Sunday, 18 January 2009

El Hundidero

On the road to Montejaque we had passed a park area called El Hundidero so on our return journey we took a slight detour and stopped off for a look.









We parked the car just off the road and proceeded on foot down a track into the valley.
The park is the site of an abandoned dam project which as a result now has a cave complex stretching 5kms.
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The track was lined with these lovely plants.













In days past, the occupiers of this ruin would have had a place of perfect peace and tranquility.

























The track gave way to a path which wound it's way further down into the gorge to the entrance of the cave complex. We could see and hear quite a few intrepid walkers way down below us but decided to stop at this point and just admire the view.




























One of the old abandoned dam buildings.

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