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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Nonsuch Cave in Port Antonio-Jamaica

Nonsuch Caves Port Antonio Jamaica. 

The caves have nine separate chambers, dimly lit with lanterns revealing stalagmites and stalactites. Fossils of fish and other sea creatures are seen in the limestone formation proving that Jamaica was once beneath the sea. One chamber has a ceiling forty feet high and is a favorite haunt for bats.

Some 6 mi (9 ½ km) northeast of Port Antonio and 2 1/2 miles of  Trident Villas are the Athenry Gardens, a 3–acre Tropical wonderland including the Nonsuch Caves, whose underground beauty has been made accessible by concrete walk ways, railed stairways, and careful lighting. The Seven Hills of Athenry has impressive caves where Arawak Indians lived before Christopher Columbus arrived in Jamaica guides will escort you through these caves.