Si vas para el tena, puede hacer una parada en este sitio, la visita a las cuevas es de poco mas de 1 hora, lleva ropa para cambiarte porque te vas a mojar completamente, un guia les mostrara la cuevas, es realmente muy entretenido!
These caves are well worth the trip out from Tena. For $4 each you get admission and a guided tour thru the caves there. You get a headlamp, but when we visited the group was large and we had to share one between three! Imagine that happening in Europe! There's no ropes or safety devices inside so watch out for yourselves. The guide didn't speak any English, but spoke slowly enough that we understood pretty much everything. You're in the passages for about an hour and while there isn't any amazing formations to see its still a great trip into a cave system which more or less anyone can do
The history behind the caves is very interesting as well as the caves themselves, especially the stalactites. Don't expect to see animals, we only saw a couple of bats and a large spider. You go inside the caves with a guide; they like to go with a group of at least 10-12 people, so you might have to wait for the group to form. The guide provides a headlamp for every two people and the tour is about 45 min to 1 hr long. The path is somewhat difficult. You need to wear shoes and clothes that can get wet. The overall facilities (bathrooms and changing rooms) are not great, but good enough.
Just book it or go on your own, one of the best places!!! It's amazing! The Caves are great, the pool is great, the food was great, the guides were great!!!
On our way from Tena to Papallacta we had a 2 hours stop. First you have to enter to the swimming pool entrance park there and there to the caves. You need a head-flashlight, good water shoes and swimming clothes because you will get wet. You will leaded in a guided group into the caves. They tell you the story of the incas which escaped from the spanish conquestors in the caves. Sometimes the water is high, but you can walk. After all we stayed little bit in the pool. Our daughter 10 years old also enjoied the trip. But be careful with the waterslide in the pool It´s dangerous- don´t use it.
Well this is something you don't see every day! For $5 (boots included) you get the experience of a lifetime, This cave is all dark and wet, but I strongly suggest you go there. It's only a one hour trip and it's worth it.
Vivirás una experiencia única, las aventuras que vives dentro de las cavernas son simplemente geniales, recuerda ir con ropa comoda ya que te mojas completamente.
Going into the cave requires paying $10, or $2/person for more than 5 people. So try to get a group together beforehand! Also, you can't take any bags into the cave but there is a bag check. It seemed legit and the guys working were very nice. Yet after I came out of the cave I noticed that someone had gone through my bag. A $50 bill was missing but the thief left around $45 and my phone. When I told the guy working about my missing cash, he behaved strangely and told me to look in the rest of my backpack (where I insisted it wouldn't be because the money was in a ziplock bag in a money pouch that I hadn't opened that day), which I did. He then looked under his desk, inside and under some clear tubs that were no where near where my bag was stored, and kept saying "no, no, check again, things don't get stolen here." Hmm...
We decided to go to the conference because we had heard from people in Tena that the tour was amazing. However we were also a little skeptical from the comment that I had read on tripadvisor. Well, before you actually get into the cave you have to pay for an entrance fee to the complex which includes natural water pools (which do look kind of dirty), and that costs two dollars per person. After that to go into the actual cave you have to pay a next or two dollars per person for the guide and a dollar if you want to rent boots. It is true that you can get sometimes a guy who is under age, but if you ask the lady up front that you want somebody who is an adult they will give you an adult tour guide. We did this and we got the oldest person who was also the most knowledgeable. He explained to us the history of the cave, and how the Indians hid in there during the Spaniard invasion to protect the people. You can get lost inside the cave, because there are 28 different paths inside. To go through all 28 paths takes about 27 hours long, but the regular tour lasts for about an hour. It is also important to note that these caves support the few Indians that still live there, and the caves are owned by the Grefa family who are descendants from the Indians who hid in the cave during the Spaniard invasion
Tena is a great home base for side trips near the jungle. The caves near Archidona were pretty cool. Bring a flashlight & expect to get wet. The great warrior Jacumby hid from the Spaniards in these caves. We had a nice local guide that showed his pet 6-month old boa constrictor after the cave tour.