How to look unique mini-waterfalls in the heart of Guatemala
They can even swim.
Close to the town of Lankin in the Department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala you can find amazing attraction, for which it attracts thousands of tourists from around the world.
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A national Park within the semuc champey is a cluster of small waterfalls, cascades and pools with crystal clear emerald water, located right in the heart of the jungle.
Within the semuc champey from the kekchi Indian language translates as “place where the river goes underground”, and indeed it is.
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Within the semuc champey is a limestone bridge, starting with a mountain river Cahabon goes underground and comes out only 300 meters. Despite this, the water still flows on the surface, forming small cascades and pools to a depth of 1 to 3 meters. A large waterfall within the semuc champey only one — where the river returns to the surface of the earth.
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This unique attraction is located in the dense jungle, but because for a long time about it nothing was known. Discovered it by accident in the mid 50-ies of the last century. In 1999, the President of Guatemala announced within the semuc champey natural monument.
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Now this allowed tourists and everyone can even swim in the natural pools.
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