3 caves
Guerrero has 3 caves with their own page on Puebloteca, near the Pueblo Mágico of Taxco. Only Grutas de Cacahuamilpa has a pueblo nearby, 16 km away in Taxco.
Caves keep the same cool temperature all year. Many can only be visited with a local guide, and shoes with grip help on wet floors.
Best months, when most of these towns are dry with comfortable afternoons: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec.
The Caves 3
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Grutas de Cacahuamilpa · Cave · 16 km from Taxco
One of Mexico's best-known show caves: a 2 km walk through giant chambers, inside a national park with underground rivers. -
Cueva de Oxtotitlán · Cave · Chilapa de Álvarez
A rock shelter on a hillside above the Nahua village of Acatlán, painted around 900–600 BC with an Olmec ruler in an owl mask and jaguars, deer and snakes. -
Grutas de Juxtlahuaca · Cave · Quechultenango
A 5 km limestone cave near Colotlipa with some of the oldest paintings in Mesoamerica: an Olmec-style ruler in jaguar skin, deep inside. Guide required.
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Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.
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