Marble Cathedral of Las Cavernas de Marmo
Description:
In the Patagonian Andes on the border of Argentina and Chile is one of the most unique places in the world - Marble Caves or Marble Cathedral. In fact, it is a complex of underground caves with marble coating, which for many centuries was created by nature itself. Unique caves are located in the heart of Lake General Carrera, as it is called in Chile, in Argentina this lake is called Buenos Aires.
The lake annually gathers on its shores hundreds of professional fishermen, as here you can catch huge individuals of salmon and trout. But, nevertheless, the world popularity brought him exactly the labyrinth of unique marble caves, above which there is a whole peninsula.
The total mass of marble in the caves is about 5000 million tons. Every year this place is visited by many tourists, and each of them remains under a strong impression of the picture. Traditional boats are used to move around the halls of the Marble Cathedral, this gives excursions a special highlight.