The limestone caves near the coast in Arikok National Park feature stalagmites, stalactites, ancient Arawak artwork, and graffiti left by early European settlers. Guadirikiri sits below a cliff and is famous for its two chambers, which are filled

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The limestone caves near the coast in Arikok National Park feature stalagmites, stalactites, ancient Arawak artwork, and graffiti left by early European settlers. Guadirikiri sits below a cliff and is famous for its two chambers, which are filled with air and light from openings in the ceiling. Bats hang in the long tunnel that connects the two rooms and occasionally startle unsavvy visitors. Fontein Cave, a short distance to the north, is a single large room with a tunnel decorated with handprints and geometric designs left by the island's earliest residents. (Archaeologists believe the Arawaks held tribal ceremonies insides the cave.) Huliba Cave, which is better known as The Tunnel of Love, is a short distance south of Guadirikiri, and is entered through an opening that somewhat resembles a Valentine heart. Steep stairs lead into the dark, airless cavern, which twists for 300 feet through a series of cracks and crevices that once, according to legend, hid pirate treasure.

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