Harrison’s Cave is named after Thomas Harrison, the man who owned the land in the 1770’s. The cave was carved out over millions of years by seeping water. There are a series of subterranean caverns with underground rivers, a 45 foot waterfall, stalagmites and stalactites.
Stalagmites and stalactites
Several expeditions ventured into the caves but it wasn’t until a Dane, Ole Sorenson, and a local Bajan fully explored and mapped it. The caves were opened to the public in 1981.
There are several tours available ranging from a tram tour (which we took today) to a full out cave exploring in a hard hat with a head lamp wading through waist high water kind of tour.
It was fascinating and beautiful. The formations are just gorgeous themselves and it’s fascinating to be underground, drops of water occasionally hitting me in the head, surrounded by rock, water, and, of course, one point complete darkness.
The tour guide spoke VERY quickly and was hard to understand. One part I most certainly got (Out of one side of their mouths they encourage visitors to see the natural beauty of the place; a beauty so much more magnificent than what man creates. Then out of the other side of their mouths the encourage us to see cathedrals, the Virgin Mary and even Bob Marley (to which Linda and I responded by singing a couple choruses of “One Love”).
Formations and the water that created them and the cave