Dominican Republic

Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana

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The pre-Hispanic rock art of the Dominican Republic comprises 5 out of its 500 rock art sites. They consist of paintings, petroglyphs and bas-reliefs. They are found in caves and shelters, but also in the open air. The oldest date back 5,000 years.
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Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (ID: 6294)
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First published: 12/08/19.

Zoë Sheng

Arte Rupestre Prehispanico En Republica Dominicana

Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (On tentative list)

Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana by Zoë Sheng

Easily the best cultural site in the DR. I only visited the Pomier caves and don't know if the other caves are accessible). To get here you will need transportation but it is not far from Santo Domingo to make it an affordable ride. The last stretch to the park is through a mining area and don't trust Google map for any shortcut suggestions, follow the signs!

The entrance ticket is cheap but you are forced to take a guide from the looks of it. I would be interested to see what they would do if you just refuse and bring your own torch and walk inside.

Anyhow you can choose to see from 1 to 4 caves. Cave 1 is the easy access that you should pick if you don't want to climb. Cave 2 is small and has more cave art but otherwise you are fine with just one. Cave 2 involves some seriously tight climbing to get in anyway so most regular folk would hate that.

Oh right, what do you get to see? Taíno cave art! You can find that in other places like Puerto Rico but Pomier has the biggest amount, 55 caves, and probably is the best example. The pics I post has only a few of them. The first cave also has carvings, pictographs, thousands of bats, a snake the guide claims is his amiga, and a demonstration that without light the cave is entirely pitch black.

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