Quadiriki Caves
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The Quadiriki Caves are located in Arikok National Park
on the island of Aruba
. There are three caves, which tourists commonly explore.The caves, located high in the wall of a limestone cliff, house many deep passages. They contain Arawak petroglyphs. The name is of the Quadiriki Caves are of Arawak origin. The first two chambers are damp and dark, filled with bat guano, stalactites and stalagmites. The last of the three chambers is partially illuminated in its center by a hole in the ceiling.
Arikok National Park
The National Park takes up approximately 18 percent of the island, including three primary geological formations, the Aruba lava formation, a quartz diorite formation, and a limestone formation that extends inward from the coast...
on the island of Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
. There are three caves, which tourists commonly explore.The caves, located high in the wall of a limestone cliff, house many deep passages. They contain Arawak petroglyphs. The name is of the Quadiriki Caves are of Arawak origin. The first two chambers are damp and dark, filled with bat guano, stalactites and stalagmites. The last of the three chambers is partially illuminated in its center by a hole in the ceiling.