El Hoyo de la Romera

El Hoyo de la Romera is a huge cave of originally 120m of depth. Right now, tons of rubble let you arrive on solid ground after already 30m.
The legend says that people used to throw unfaithful women into the hole. Once, a man did that, believing the rumours about his wife. She, though, was received by the arms of the tree which is growing all the way from the bottom to the top. She wandered around the hole and found a tunnel, which after one year brought her to Gachantivá (another village), exactly the day when her husband was about to get married again. Seeing her, he realized that he had been wrong and went crazy.
We were lucky and got a rope to go down to the bottom. There, our guide showed us the path, the stalagtites and the minerals they're composed of, as well as the bats. At the end, we climbed up the tree (which seems way easier than it is). A trip exactly how I like it :)Read more