Site of Day: A tourquoise waters in Protected Water Reserve "Cerro San Gil"

Cerro San Gil

Las Escobas

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The footpath "Las Escobas" is located in Puerto Barrios, department of Izabal; notable for the diversity of flora and fauna inhabiting the place, which is frequently visited by tourists coming to Puerto Barrios by different cruise ships that dock in the Port of Santo Tomás de Castilla.

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The idyllic park, centered around the Cerro San Gil mountain, comprises more than 7,700 hectares (19,000 acres) of lush rainforest. Bathed in rainfall throughout most of the year (averaging 255 in.) as warn, humid air rises over the mountains from the sea to elevations in excess of 3,900 ft(1,100 m), the preserve harbors an asounding level of biodibersity.

Site of day,Waitomo Glowworm caves

Waitomo Caves

The waitomo caves is a village and solutional cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the northern King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 km northwest of Te Kuiti. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well.

Waitomo Caves - Visitor Center Entry

The word Waitomo comes from the Maori language wai meaning and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. The caves are formed in Oligocene limestone.