Aripo Cave

Aripo Cave (Aripo Main Cave) is a cave in Trinidad and Tobago's Northern Range. With a length of 862 meters and a depth of 160 meters, this cave is the longest accessible cave in Trinidad & Tobago and among Most Impressive Caves in Trinidad and Tobago. It's one of a number of caverns formed by recrystallized limestone. The cave is a well-known bat roost, and bats produce significant volumes of guano, which supports a large number of cave-dwelling invertebrates.

The Oilbirds are one of the Aripo Cave's most known residents. These are the world's only night fruit-eating birds. They graze at night, using echolocation to navigate in the same way that bats do. The Aripo Forest is vividly ornamented with the fiery orange blossoms of the mountain immortelles during the month of February ( Erythrina poeppigiana ). The immortelle trees were initially planted to offer shade for the cocoa, and it is thought that when they bloom, it marks the beginning of the dry season.

Location: Northern Territory Trinidad ja Tobago