Haitón del Guarataro


The Haitón del Guarataro is a solutional cave system in the Sierra de San Luis in Falcón State, Venezuela, south-east of Curimagua. It is the deepest limestone cave in Venezuela, and the entrance is a tourist attraction within the Juan Crisóstomo Falcón National Park. A large entrance shaft in diameter leads via drops of,, and to a stream passage which eventually chokes. It has a depth of, and a total passage length of. It was first explored and surveyed in April 1973 by members of the Venezuela '73 British Karst Research Expedition. It is formed in Oligocene reefal limestone.