Adventure in Harrison's Cave in Barbados

Swimming and snorkeling the Caribbean Sea for 3 days could be a tiring adventure. My friends and I decided to take it easy on day four so we visited Barbados' famous Harrison's Cave. According to some guests we met at our Barbados apartment hotel, it is a must-see so we headed out to experience it for ourselves.

The admission fee was affordable at only BDS$60.00 for adults and BDS$30.00 for kids. I think locals get a BDS$10.00 and BDS$5.00 discount respectively.

A video presentation is the introduction to the tour where it was explained how the island of Barbados came to be.

There was a tram that took us around the cave system and a tour guide telling facts and stories about it. The stalactites and stalagmites were amazing. There were pools and streams of water that can rival the most expensive bottled water. The water is safe to drink, according to the tour guide, because it is filtered naturally by the limestone. There were waterfalls cascading all over the cave too.

The cave is full of crystallized limestone and it's amazing to think that even now, the cave is still transforming. The lighted caverns emphasized the natural features of the cave that nature had been forming for thousands of years.

The passengers of the tram are allowed to disembark on two locations for photo opportunities and a chance to get a closer look.

It's a bit sad to me this over-developed feel of the cave. Instead of trekking on foot, we have this Disney-like ride that lessened the sense of adventure. It doesn't take away its natural beauty but what is lost is the experience of exploring the cave at your own pace. I would've loved to explore other nooks and crannies of the cave that were not included in the tour.

I heard that redevelopment plans are on the way to improve facilities like parking and create commercial establishments like souvenir shops and restaurants. I hope they aren’t planning on putting up Barbados apartment hotels right on the caves! The plans look like it is a massive undertaking. I hope the government of Barbados knows what their doing, otherwise, I'm afraid they'll over-commercialize the place and lose the natural beauty the visitors flock over there to see.

Weird Experience in a Barbados Travel Hotel

Last year’s spring break is probably one of the most awesome spring breaks in my life. Overflowing booze, beautiful people, great Barbados hotel travel. It was really a dream. The fact that something strange happened at the hotel made the trip even more memorable.

So what happened? Read on.

When you are at Barbados, it would be stupid not to drink all the alcohol your body can consume. It is even more stupid not to dance the night away in one of the many beach parties organized by Barbados travel hotels. Since we are normal college students out to look for some fun under that hot sun of Barbados island, we partied like there’s no tomorrow and spent each day and night drinking whatever our bodies can take. It seemed like the life we have always wanted until we lost our friend, Sam. At first we thought that he was just out partying alone but he did not show up at the day of our departure from the island. Naturally, we did everything to locate the person we happened to lose.


Barbados apartment hotel

We reported the incident to the local police department of the island. With no phone, not even a pager with him, Sam was totally unreachable. We went to every bar to look for him, but no Sam was in sight. The incident drained all the fun we had during our stay at Barbados. It was so stressful.

After half a day of searching for missing Sam, he finally turned up. Of course, we were happy that he’s still alive and right there standing incredulously in front of us. Turned out he hooked up with this rich Barbados beauty he met at the party and stayed at her place which is 2-hour drive away from our Barbados travel hotel. We were about to clobber him with whatever furniture we could get our hands on because of the mess he left for us to clean. Good thing, he introduced us to the girl he was with in those two frigging days he was missing. Man, the girl looked like Rihanna without the mullet hair and the crazy outfit, so in a way, we understood why he would sacrifice friendship over some girl he met at the party.