Tag Archives: La cueva del Solins

La cueva del Solins

We decided to go to the province of Murcia with some friends to explore one of the many cave systems. We arrived early and met our two guides Fran and Victor from Entrena adventura. They explained the cave system and how we were going to explore a part of it. We then began by walking up the mountain to the entrance of the cave.

Walking up the mountain towards the entrance of the cave system

The cave entrance was not easily seen and was quite small. We had to crawl through a narrow gap in the stone into the cave system.

Cave entrance

Once we crawled through the narrow space of the entrance the cave system opened up into numerous cave systems.

One of the cave systems throughout the caves

We crawled and worked our way along the cave system for several hours. During that time we came across some challenging spots which we had to climb down or crawl through.

Shelley taking a break in a larger area of one of the cave areas.

We went down approximately 17 meters to different areas of the caves.

Susie, Shelley and Sonja in the caves in Murcia
Marcelo, Ray and Izac In the caves in Murcia.

Our guides would stop at certain areas of the cave system and explain some of the features of the cave.

Our guide Victor explaining some of the features of the cave
Calcium formations on the cave ceiling area
Graining of minerals along the cave wall

There were some interesting features in the caves including calcium carbonate formations which are produced through slow precipitation. These included  stalactites, stalagmites,  and other features.

Ray and Shelley in the caves in Murcia

We came to an area of the cave which was large enough for us to take a group photo.

Group photo of us in the Murcia cave system

After our group photo we turned around and began our return trip to the surface of the mountain. It was a very interesting and enjoyable experience.

“Adios y que tengas un gran dia”