We only have a few more things on our list that we want to do while we’re here and two of them happened to be on the west side of the island. So today we took the time and marked them both off the list in one day! We first visited Gozlandia Falls which is in a town called San Sebastián. It took us a little over two hours to get there but when we finally made it to the end of the windy road, we were pleasantly surprised at this amazing gem! We found this beautiful waterfall emptying into a perfect emerald pool! It was such a fun spot to spend our day and we all jumped into the cool water and swam across to the cliffs near the falls. Immediately Liev and Rhen started jumping off the shorter cliffs and soon enough everyone else joined in. The short jumps turned into higher and higher jumps as we all got more and more brave. The good thing about the pool is that it’s super deep so there wasn’t really any worry about landing on rocks beneath us. We climbed up underneath the waterfall and loved the water splashing on us. And then jumped from behind the falls into the water below. Eventually josh climbed up high near the top part of the waterfall and jumped from there. It was higher than anyone had gone and before I knew it Rhen was right up there with him. After surveying it and before she could talk herself out of it, off she went! I was proud of that girl and her sense of bravery and adventure! Liev tried it a couple times but in the end decided it was a little too high for him. I watched Rhen jump off that 40 footer a few times and finally gathered up enough courage of my own to jump it once. It took me a little longer to pull it together and jump but I did it! The other kids had the best time jumping off the shorter cliffs and sliding down the side of the rocks. We also found a cool water cave and hung out in there too.
Such a fun and beautiful spot to spend our day and definitely worth the drive!
After Gozlandia we drove over to Arecibo where we hiked up to a cave that we have been wanting to see. There are actually a series of caves that we got to explore a little bit and had a guide taking us through and giving us all the details of the area. The caves are home to three different species of bats and we saw and heard lots of evidence of them. We saw cool petroglyphs and some awesome stalagmites and stalactites.
The final cave is called Cueva Ventana (window cave) and has an incredible view out to her valley below. I was so excited to be able to come to this place and it did not disappoint! So amazing to see out of this cool window! Such a cool way to end our day on the west side of the island.
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