Kalabera Cave

We had tried once before to go to Kalabera Cave but got nervous when the "map" seemed a little off. We tried again a week or so ago when we saw someone else going in the general direction and followed them! It actually helped tremendously in a) getting us there! and b) helping us figure out what was so special about the cave.

Kalabera Cave is SUPER old. The original local tribes used to use the cave way back when. During the war the Japanese soldiers used it as a hospital. It's a HUGE cave and pretty creepy. The local tribes carved and painted faces in the walls that are still there and extremely eerie. The cave itself makes a lot of noise (ie: water trickling, etc.) and is extremely dark. You can go further inside but you have to bring your own lights and supposedly it gets a little difficult to breathe. A few years ago they actually found a skeleton of a Japanese soldier in a pit there that was fully clothed. My camera oddly went out of whack and wouldn't take any pictures so Tim went back with the phone and tried to take a few. He said it was extremely creepy. He snapped a few shots and ran back out. ha! :-)

It's a really cool cave and I'd love to go back and explore it more without the risk of taking the kids down there but I am a little nervous as to what I may find.

The jungle growth will literally take over everything if you don't cut it back. Half the street signs are covered in vines. When you go hiking in the actual jungle it can turn extremely dark because of how trees are just draped in foliage.

it's not an X-terra but it's rugged AND luxurious!