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Río Secreto

Río Secreto (English translation: Secret River) is a semi-flooded limestone cave system near Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. There are 38 kilometers of caves in the system, of which approximately 10% are used for tourism. Currently, Río Secreto is protected as a nature reserve.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Mexico

  1. Sistema Sac Actun119.2 m deep
  2. Nombre de Dios Grottoes82.3 m deep
  3. Sistema Dos Ojos0.1 km
  4. Balankanche
  5. Burnet Cave

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km