Caving at Sil de Perlas in Val Porquero 8 hours

We are going to visit the bowels of the Leonese region and we will do it with a great plan that accelerates the pulse and marvels the senses. Discover the immense network of galleries and underground rivers that are hidden under the town of Valquierero de Torío with this caving route through the Sil de Perlas and see with your own eyes the complex ecosystem that can be hidden in a cave. It is an emblematic journey, but long and complex, so it will take us all day to complete this itinerary.

Just prepare hiking boots, a change of clothes, a towel and sports clothing. We will take care of absolutely everything and you won't have to think about anything. It is a caving route that anyone can try even if they have no experience. However, its narrow steps and great demands mean that this activity can only be tried by people in good physical shape and with a minimum age of 16 years. Furthermore, since it is such a closed cave we can only go in maximum groups of 3 people.

This caving route through the Sil de Perlas is one of the most mythical in the Leonese region and you will soon discover the reason. The Sil de Perlas has its own entrance to the cavity so access will be easy. It has a gradient of 200 meters and it descends gradually, passing what are called meetings, that is, points where we can stop momentarily.

The caving route through the Sil de Perlas is vertigo-inducing, with trembling heights and countless narrow passageways that eventually lead us to the emblematic Val Porquero Cave. As we pass we will come across immense natural pools with very cold and translucent waters and to give you an idea of ​​how colossal this environment that is hidden underground is, many times we will have to overcome these pools by swimming and diving. All of this will just begin, after passing the famous stalagmites of El Pulpito and El Paso de Las Cuchillas.

Once we have overcome these underground pools we will find ourselves at the exit of Covona and before us we will see the galleries of the rivers that shine outside. In this part we can guarantee you the purest and most intense adventure of all, because even if you don't believe it, we will enjoy the same things that we can find on a good canyoning route: long and zigzagging slides, abysmal jumps and even immense gaps to overcome with descents. rappelling.

When we go through these challenges we pass through a section of the Sil de Perlas called the M pass, a complex stretch that quickens the pulse of even the most experienced. When we pass this part we will suddenly find ourselves in theoutside and we will enjoy a little more adventure, but this time descending through a nearby ravine.

Dare to discover the hidden face of nature and enter the Sil de Perlas with us to discover the underworld that lies beneath us.feet.feet.