Cave Tubing

Also at Jaguar Paw there was a place you could cave tube (complimentary of Karen, again). I'd seen pictures of other peoples' cave tubing experience and I was really looking forward to it. It was really fun! The water was really low so it was slow, but the cave was interesting and the rest of the river was really calm and quiet. I had a blast!
First, we had lunch (can't get enough of those rice and beans!) at this really pretty place right in between the zip line and the cave tubing trail.
Once the food was situation was taken care of (which was also gratis con Karen), we grabbed our tubes and our sexy construction worker helmets and headed down the trail. Now, this was a pretty long hike because you have to get to the starting point of the river (well, where WE were starting, anyway). I was loving the hike. I probably liked the hike as much as the tubing. Who doesn't love a romp through the jungle?!? I love all the plants and things.
We also checked out some smaller caves on the way. Our guides, Sam and Carlos, showed us different rock formations and told us stories (some true...some not so true).
A true story is that the local people believe demons and things live in caves and are afraid of them. For that reason, many of the caves went unexplored until around the 70's and 80's. Carlos actually does cave search and rescue, so he was able to provide lots of information about the area and it's exploration.
Finally we got to the start and we all linked together (the cave is pitch black without your light, so it's to make sure we don't get lost).

Kenyah, Edna, Me and Karen ready to start our cave tubing adventure.

The cave is huge! It took about 20 minutes to get through and then we floated down the river for about another 20 minutes until it was over. It was a perfect day and it was so pretty out there! I loved it!

Coming out of the cave. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm lookin' rough.