One of the great natural treasures of Mexico is its huge network of caves and underground rivers, that include records in length, depth and size.
You can visit these extraordinary places, that very few have seen. Imagine being part of a speleology expedition, rappeling into the depths, camping at the shores of underground lakes or rivers, and even paddle them on a kayak or raft. Only Incursiones can take you speleorafting in underground rivers, or let you be part of a true search and discover expedition into caves that are waiting for you to explore them for the first time. We have topographic and field information of caves, pits and underground rivers in Mexico that have not been explored. How would you like to be a discoverer, and baptize a cave with your name?
We have cave trips with different difficulty levels, all through Mexico.

General Information - Caves

Grutas de la Estrella, Mexico State.
the 'Caves of the Star' are named thus because of a star shaped formation on top of the Cerro de la Estrella, where the entrance to the grottoes is. This is an attractive, impressive and beautiful natural formation, result of water erosion over thousands of years in the limestone terrain. The beautiful internal formations like stalactites, stalagmites, columns and helictites are the result of slow chemical processes through the filtering of water that deposits mineral compounds as it goes through the caves, forming capricious shapes which tradition has singled with names like Christ Brought Down From The Cross, The Tree, Crocodile, The Beautiful Arts Palace, The Chess Game, The Little Town And Its Pilgrims, The Tiger's Head, The Lion, The Hand, etc.
Likewise, the inner chambers and tunnels are called with particular names, like the Columns Room, The Bride's Salon, The Piñatas Room and the Room of Shame, among many others.
The Grutas de la Estrella have two options: one for the regular tourist, visiting the various rooms where you can admire the complex formations, on a paved road and an illumination that favors the already beautiful place. Another option for the more daring visitor; from November to June you can go down into the live part of the cave, trekking for about 4 hours the El Zapote underground river.
An experience that you just have to live.
Season: All year; December to June for the underground river.

Cacahuamilpa System, Guerrero
Undoubtedly one of the Wonders of the World and Nature's gift to Mexico, the Cacahuamilpa Caverns in Guerrero are a MUST for visitors from all parts. A mere 25 minutes from the charming Colonial town of Taxco and about 4 hours from Acapulco, the huge caverns located under the Cerro de la Corona at an altitude of 1,105 meters were discovered in 1835 but less than 10 of their 70 kilometers have been explored so far. Today, about 20 Chambers with a height of up to 40 meters and covering an area of 3 Kms have been spectacularly illuminated to display an awesome profusion of impressive and grandiose stalactite and stalagmite sculptural formations among them The Fountains, The Throne, The Bell Tower, The Goat and hundreds of others that can be visited daily with guided Tours, except on Sundays.
Below the dry, fossil caves of Cacahuamilpa lies Dos Bocas, where the Chontalcoatlan and San Jeronimo underground rivers resurface. These two rivers can be explored during the dry season, November to March, with amphibious treks of about 6 Kms each.
And there's much more! It is estimated that the Cacahuamilpa system could comprise up to 70 Km of caves, most of which have not been explored yet. These mostly fossil, horizontal caves are the perfect opportunity for the not-so-experienced-speleologists to record some discoveries of their own.
Season: All year; November to March for the underground rivers.

Grutas de Juxtlahuaca, Guerrero The Juxtlahuaca Grottos, are located 42 km (26 mi) from Chilpancingo in the State of Guerrero. The entrance to the grottos is guarded two huge "cocoxochitl" trees. They consist of 19 caves with stalactite and stalagmite formations such as: Los Idolos Rotos (the broken idols), Las Cataratas (the waterfalls), Las Cupulas (the domes) and Las Catacumbas (the dungeons). This underground sanctuary has several petroglyphs (rock paintings) representing a jaguar, a serpent and a human figure, among others. In this natural park are other extraordainary lanscapes to visit, like El Rio Azul (the blue river), this river forms spectacular waterfalls, water funnels and ponds.

Extreme / Non-touristic caves

Sotano de las Golondrinas, SLP
This huge pit, while not Mexico's largest, is probably the most widely known. This pit has served as a stage for many stunts, including a parachute jump out of a helicoptor where the jumper opened his 'chute after passing below ground level, or the more common base jumping from the edge of the pit.
The pit provides a free 1094 feet (376m) drop from the edge and a total depth of 512 meters. The opening measures 160 feet by 205 and the bottom 1000 feet by 440 feet. Three Titanics would easily fit side by side on the bottom. It has a volume of five million cubic meters.
Even if you don't intend to go down, it is a place worth visiting, especially on late afternoons when thousands of birds return to their nesting places in the cave. Season: All year

Gruta de Zacatecolotla, Gro.
In the middle of the Guerrero mountain range, a few minutes from the silversmith town Taxco, is the entrance to this extraordinary marble cave. With a length of about 2 Km, between the main and secondary caves, this cave offers three rappel descents, the longest one with a 90 m vertical shaft. You can walk behind a waterfall into a secondary tunnel, following a clear creek in a series of chambers covered with extraordinary crystaline formations. This is a 2 day expedition, camping next to an underground pond in the cave. Speleodivers are still attempting to get past a syphon near the bottom of the third shaft, trying to figure out its real length. Season: All year

Underground rivers
Take a two day trek in an underground river across a mountain, camping in the cave overnight. Or rappel 200m deep into a marble cave, camp on a sandy beach that has never seen the sun, and walk behind an underground waterfall following a clear creek through endless crystaline tunnels.
Kayaking in a class II/III underground river is an experience very few people have ever experienced. Combine the excitement of rafting with the breathtaking beauty of some of the largest caves in the world.
Some of the caves we use for these underground adventures are Aguabrava (Puebla), El Zapote (Mexico), Chontalcoatlan and San Jeronimo (Guerrero), Cuetzalan System (Puebla), Puente de Dios (Querétaro), Río La Venta / Sótano de la Lucha (Chiapas).
Season: Most are limited to the dry season (November to March).

There are thousands of reported caves in Mexico, most of them only partially explored, or not at all. Furthermore, it is estimated that more than half of the existing caves are yet to be discovered. To give you an idea, here are some of the explored/partially explored caves in Mexico.

Known Mexican Caves (partial)

CAVE NAME	STATE	LENGTH (m)
Ox Bel Ha	Quintana Roo	96800
Sistema Purificación	Tamaulipas	93755
Nohoch Nah Chich	Quintana Roo	60985
Sistema Huautla	Oaxaca	55953
Sistema Dos Ojos	Quintana Roo	55322
Sistema Cuetzalan	Puebla	37676
Cueva del Tecolote	Tamaulipas	36562
Kihaje Xontjoa	Oaxaca	31373
Sistema Cheve	Oaxaca	24300
Sistema Tepepa (Ehécatl+Niebla)	Puebla	24000
Sistema Soconusco	Chiapas	21733
Coyalatl	Puebla	20000
Sistema Naranjal (Najaron-Maya Blue)	Quintana Roo	19394
Sistema Yax Ch'en	Quintana Roo	18302
Sistema Sac Actun	Quintana Roo	17078
Sistema Pondazul (PonDeRosa)	Quintana Roo	14932
Cueva del Alpazat	Puebla	13678
Sistema Nohoch Kiin	Quintana Roo	13615
Cueva del Río La Venta	Chiapas	13000
Atlixicaya	Puebla	12200
Sistema San Andrés	Puebla	10988
Grutas de Rancho Nuevo (San Cristobal)	Chiapas	10218
Cueva del Arroyo Grande	Chiapas	10207
Cueva del Mano	Oaxaca	9790
Sistema Abejas	Quintana Roo	9742
El Chorro Grande	Chiapas	9650
Sistema Tepetlaxtli	Puebla	9600
Actún Kaua	Yucatán	9400
Cueva Quebrada	Quintana Roo	9000
Sótano de Las Calenturas	Tamaulipas	8308
Gruta del Tigre	Quintana Roo	8300
Cenote Chac Mool - Mojarra	Quintana Roo	8182
Sumidero Santa Elena	Puebla	7884
Cueva Yohualapa	Puebla	7820
Cueva de la Peña Colorada	Oaxaca	7793
Cueva de Comalapa	Veracruz	7750
Sótano del Arroyo	San Luis Potosí	7200
Sistema Perrito	Oaxaca	7148
Cueva de la Puente	San Luis Potosí	6978
Sistema Zoquiapan	Puebla	6597
Xongo Dwi Ñi	Oaxaca	6500
Cueva Vinata	Michoacán	6460
Sumidero de Jonotla (Teponahuas)	Puebla	6381
Cueva Aerolito	Quintana Roo	6100
Cueva del Ferrocarril	Morelos	6100
Sistema Cretacico (Suchomimus)	Nuevo León	6065
Cenote Zapoté	Quintana Roo	6000
Sima Castor - Sima Grande	Puebla	5952
Gruta del Río Chontalcoatlán	Guerrero	5827
Sistema H31-H32-H35	Puebla	5745
Cueva de la Iglesia	Morelos	5700
Gruta del Río San Jerónimo	Guerrero	5600
Sima Talcómitl	Puebla	5340
Sistema Huayateno -Tecaltitlan	Puebla	5300
Cueva Charco	Oaxaca	5290
Los Bordos	Chiapas	5211
Cueva de Agua Blanca	Tabasco	5200
Grutas de Juxtlahuaca	Guerrero	5098
Veshtucoc	Chiapas	4930
Akemati	Puebla	4918
Sistema Ocotempa	Puebla	4720
Cueva del Nac. del Río San Antonio	Oaxaca	4570
Sistema Atlalaquia	Veracruz	4530
Sótano de la Tinaja	San Luis Potosí	4502
Sótano de Japones	San Luis Potosí	4500
Cueva Escalera	Oaxaca	4500
Sótano de Agua de Carrizo	Oaxaca	4477
Sumidero de Pecho Blanco No. 2	Chiapas	4435
Sótano del Río Iglesia	Oaxaca	4206
Sima del Borrego	Guerrero	4087
Sistema del Encanto	Puebla	4000
Aztotempa	Puebla	4000
Cenote Esqueleto (Temple of Doom)	Quintana Roo	4000
Cueva Burrodromo	Quintana Roo	3962
Sumidero San Bernardo	Puebla	3931
Sótano del Río Coyomeapan	Puebla	3900
Cueva de Agua de Carlota	Oaxaca	3759
Cueva de la Llorona	Tamaulipas	3540
Nita Nashi	Oaxaca	3524
Las Brumas	Puebla	3521
Cenote Dos Pies	Quintana Roo	3516
Cueva Tepetzala	Puebla	3492
Cueva del Río Jalpan	Querétaro	3440
Resumidero la Joya	Guerrero	3377
Sotano de Venadito	San Luis Potosí	3362
Actún Xpukil	Yucatán	3353
Cueva de la Laguna Verde	Oaxaca	3350
Sumidero Yochib	Chiapas	3316
Cueva de El Chorreadero	Chiapas	3280
Atepolihuit de Nauzontla	Puebla	3066
Sótano de Tlamaya	San Luis Potosí	3057
Sistema de Montecillos	San Luis Potosí	3022
Resumidero de Toxin	Jalisco	3005
Sótano de Huitzmolotitla	San Luis Potosí	3002
Sumidero de Atliliakan	Guerrero	3000
Sótano del Tigre	San Luis Potosí	3000
Cueva de Los Hornos	San Luis Potosí	2960
Cenote Carwash	Quintana Roo	2874
Sótano de Trinidad	San Luis Potosí	2780
Boca del Río Apetlanca	Guerrero	2750
Sótano de la Cuchilla	Tamaulipas	2716
Cueva Ayockal	Puebla	2702
Perdida de Gabriel Esquinca	Chiapas	2698
Actún Loltun	Yucatán	2682
Gruta de Tasalolpan	Puebla	2661
Cueva del Cinco de Abril	San Luis Potosí	2632
Cueva de Tres Marías	Chihuahua	2591
Iztac-Ha	Tabasco	2525
OZ 20	Puebla	2500
OZ 5-6-7	Puebla	2500
Cuevita Chica	Veracruz	2500
Sistema Santa Lucía	Puebla	2500
Meandro Que Cruce (CH54)	Veracruz	2500
Cueva de Juan Sánchez	Oaxaca-Veracruz	2493
Cueva de Queso Suizo	Chiapas	2484
Sima Chapultepec	Puebla	2413
OZ 21	Puebla	2400
Cueva del Viejito	Oaxaca	2400
Nita Cho	Oaxaca	2357
R'ja Man Kijao	Oaxaca	2347
Sima de la Cruz Verde	Puebla	2301
Cueva del Río Corona	Tamaulipas	2301
Guixani Ndia Guinjao	Oaxaca	2292
Xocomanetlán	Guerrero	2223
Cueva de Eligio	Puebla	2218
Sumidero de Xochiotepec	Veracruz	2200
Grutas de Estrella	Guerrero	2100
Sumidero de Cuetzaloztotl	Veracruz	2100
Sistema Carrillo	Quintana Roo	2100
Sima la Pedrada	Chiapas	2090
Sima la Pedrada	Chiapas	2090
Soncongá	Oaxaca	2057
Sótano de El Berro	Veracruz	2029
Cueva del Diablo	Morelos	2019
Sumidero de Atecarla	Puebla	2005
Cenote Nonec	Quintana Roo	2000
Sótano de Vasquez	Tamaulipas	2000
SOL 2	Veracruz	2000
Cueva del Río	Michoacán	2000
Sótano de Yerbaniz	San Luis Potosí	1980
Quichat	Puebla	1936
Grutas de Tenextepec	Puebla	1920
Cueva del Arroyo de Tenejapa	Chiapas	1910
Cueva de la Mantilla	Michoacán	1900
Olbasco de Temaxcalapa	Veracruz	1900
Cueva de Villa Luz (Las Sardinas)	Tabasco	1897
Cueva de Cañada los Pastores	San Luis Potosí	1882
Cueva de la Finca	Oaxaca	1876
El Abra	Coahuila	1841
Sistema de los Ojos del Tigre	Chiapas	1840
Cueva Xantilco	Puebla	1840
Sistema Ictlatlela	Veracruz	1835
Cueva Tecolo	Puebla	1830
Nita Ka	Oaxaca	1813
Cueva Paraíso	Tamaulipas	1799
Cueva de la Canoa	San Luis Potosí	1794
Cueva de los Huesitos	Distrito Federal	1792
Sonyance	Puebla	1785
Dachiki Nita	Oaxaca	1769
Sótano del Pueblito	Veracruz	1752
Cueva San Francisco	Chiapas	1750
Gruta de Aclalá	Guerrero	1744
Chapultepec 1	Puebla	1744
Sótano de Matapalma	San Luis Potosí	1722
La Ciudad	Puebla	1677
Resumidero de Izote	Guerrero	1649
Sistema Maincomio Paralelo de Satanas	Nuevo León	1639
Sistema Holjuaztle-Tlilastoc	Veracruz	1630
Cuaxilotla	Guerrero	1620
Grutas de Xtacumbilxunam	Campeche	1600
Grutas de Balankanche	Yucatán	1600
Cotzalostoc	Veracruz	1600
Cueva del Achin	Chiapas	1585
Nita He	Oaxaca	1555
Nita Xonga	Oaxaca	1550
Sótano de los Planos	Puebla	1526
Akemabis	Puebla	1505
Cueva de Los Sabinos	San Luis Potosí	1502
Zacatecolotla	Guerrero	1500
Nacimiento de Siete Aguas	Veracruz	1500
Cueva de Vitaliano	Oaxaca	1500
Sumidero del Río Xocotlat	Puebla	1500

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