Experts' Choice Award Barra Honda National Park
What the experts agree on
Barra Honda shelters Costa Rica's most impressive cave system with 40 caverns beneath a limestone peak. La Terciopelo, the main accessible cave, descends 41 meters past spectacular speleothems with whimsical names—stalactites shaped like organ pipes,
“A mecca for speleologists, the caves beneath the 390-meter (1,184-foot) Barra Honda Peak were created millions of years ago by erosion after the ridge emerged from the sea.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet "This 23-sq-km national park protects a system of some 40 caverns. The only cave with regular public access is the 41m-deep La Terciopelo, which has incredible speleothems – calcite..."
Travel + Leisure "Costa Rica isn’t well known for its caves, but boy does it have some great ones, and they’re all in Barra Honda National Park" Full review
