The three — and fourth — eyes
Set in the Mirador del Este park, Los Tres Ojos is a collapsed limestone cavern whose roof opened to the sky, revealing a series of crystal-clear lagoons fed by underground rivers. Three are reached on foot — the sulphur lake, the cold "Nevera," and the Lake of the Ladies — while a fourth, open to the sun, is crossed by a hand-pulled boat.
Stalactites hang from the cavern walls and tropical vegetation spills over the rim, lit by shafts of Caribbean light.
Sacred to the Taíno
Long before the Spanish arrived, the Taíno held these waters sacred and used the caverns for ceremonies. Today a network of carved stairways and walkways lets visitors descend into the cool of the cave — a startling natural contrast to the colonial stone above ground.
What you'll see
- ✦Four turquoise freshwater lagoons
- ✦The hand-pulled boat to the open-air lake
- ✦Stalactites and limestone cavern formations
- ✦A cool retreat from the Caribbean heat
