The Shower
Rare formation.
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The Temimina I and II caves lie in the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, PETAR, in the Caboclos nucleus in Apiaí, and are rated a geodiversity site of national importance. Temimina I is 52 metres long, while Temimina II runs for 1,969 metres with an 85-metre drop, and its visitor route can reach 1,500 metres. The caves are reached by a difficult, steep five-kilometre trail, about nine and a half kilometres in all from the Caboclos headquarters. They were discovered in 1971 and began to receive regular visitors in the 1980s. The name is said to come from an active mine nearby: the cave «fears the mine», teme a mina. The caves lie in the Vale da Ilusão. At the river's resurgence a huge skylight lets in daylight, and the Temimina River covers much of the floor at depths from ten centimetres to a metre. The highlight is the «Chuveiro», the Shower, a rare formation built by a strong underground flow. A guide is mandatory, so book ahead.
Rare formation.
Daylight in the cave.
Wading inside.
Caboclos nucleus, Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park (PETAR), Apiaí, São Paulo state
No, it is a steep five-kilometre trail that needs good fitness.