Grotte de Marie Jeanne, Haiti
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To access Grotte de Marie Jeanne one has to climb a hill for about ten minutes before coming face to face with its entrance, which is 120 meters above the sea level. This entrance is not as open as you would imagine; it is well preserved, protected and hidden by the thick foliage, stems and trees.
The inside of the cave is breathtaking. There are more than fifty rooms in Grotte de Marie Jeanne, which are named from the Bible, history, myths and poems. There are carvings of virgin damsel, men, sensitive body parts, dogs and an elephant. The cave is arranged in five levels.
It is a natural habitat for pseudo-scorpions, bats, cockroaches, birds, crickets, beetles and flies. Grotte de Marie Jeanne is also thought to contain some marine life which thrives in the unexplored freshwater lake that is at its fifth level. Its vegetation and naturalness is intact and undefiled.
The cave Grotte de Marie Jeanne has been in existence for a very long time. It is thought to have been occupied initially by Taino Indians. Its enormous geological bewilderment has been the subject of debate among geologists for many years. Some of its chambers are yet to be explored, yet the untapped tourism potential is its greatest strong point.
All in all, Grotte de Marie Jeanne is a tremendous scene. There are plans to develop it into a tourism heritage center, but everything is yet to fall in place.
