A Look at Cathedral Cave

Cathedral Cave is one of the destinations which was included in our tour. We had already been to the Codognon Cave and it was underwhelming at best. The trouble with caves is that they just sit their and their insides just try to trick the mind into seeing stuff. It is difficult for caves to be really jaw dropping as well. The caves here in El Nido weren’t that big to begin with. They were carved out of the limestone from which the islands were made from. Some of the caves here were discovered by the natives and were used as shelter in times of crisis. Our next island is Cathedral Cave. Though the name here implies that it is something grand, I don’t really expect too much from it.

Just like most caves, there is only one way to explore it, that is going through the front door. This also means that there cannot be too many visitors here since the entrance will be crowded. We had to take our time to go to Cathedral Cave since there was another boat in front of us. We finally started approaching Cathedral Cave when the other boat moved away. The entrance was reminiscent of the entrance to the Puerto Princesa Underground River as the water here continues all the way inside the cave. I was surprised when our boat came to a full stop and we were asked to look around the cave from the outside. It seems that we won’t be going in. Normally, visitors will get of the boat and start to swim inside the cave. However, this time of the year had jellyfish in the water, so we were forbidden from swimming. Jellyfish sting is extremely painful, much like skin burning. I haven’t experienced it myself, but I don’t want to start to know from first hand experience.

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