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HATO CAVES , CURACAO

Curacao Curacao Cave

Hato Caves

27 °C inside, all year.

See the descentHow to visit

JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0

The descent

The entrance, at 48 m.

The real relief above Hato Caves, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 23.8depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 51.5

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

48m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

27°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

25m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

27 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 27 °C here, in January and in August. The best months to escape the heat are from April to December.

outside, at the entrance (48 m)inside
  1. 27°26°Jan
  2. 26°26°Feb
  3. 27°26°Mar
  4. 27°26°Apr
  5. 28°27°May
  6. 28°27°Jun
  7. 28°27°Jul
  8. 28°28°Aug
  9. 29°28°Sep
  10. 29°28°Oct
  11. 28°28°Nov
  12. 28°27°Dec
Inside: 27 °C all yearEscape the heat: Apr–DecWettest: Oct–Dec

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Curaçao

Hato Caves is a cave in Curacao. The entrance is at 48 m.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Wild cave: only with caving equipmentNo paths or lights inside. Go only with a caving club or a qualified guide.
  • Sint Michiel Libernearest town · 5.0 km in a straight line
  • Mirador Berdenearest viewpoint · 1.5 km from the entrance
  • Hato International Airport (CUR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 2 km in a straight lineCar hire at CUR airport (Willemstad)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at CUR airport (Willemstad)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Hato Caves (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 2other cave entrances within 3 kmHato Caves, Kueba Skòrpion
  • 6viewpoints within 3 kmSpotters Place, Mirador Berde, hilltop view and 3 more
  • 13car parks within 2 km
  • 1information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 51bus stops within 2 km
  • 239hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmLandhuis Daniel hotel, Michiel Bay Inn, Trupial Inn and 236 more
  • 40restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • marked hiking routes within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km
  • campsites within 8 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Sint Michiel Liber5.0 km in a straight line
  • Brievengat6.2 km in a straight line
  • St. Michiel6.5 km in a straight line
  • Otrabanda7.9 km in a straight line
  • Willemstad9.2 km in a straight line
  • Santa Rosa9.9 km in a straight line
  • Tera Kora10 km in a straight line
  • Saliña10 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Hato Caves.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Lakeyas1 lakes within 10 km
Saliña Sint Michiel0.5 km² · 5.2 km
Peakyas9 mountains within 10 km
Seru Blandan · 5.0 kmVeerisberg · 5.1 kmSint Michielsberg · 5.3 kmSer'i Karpata · 5.4 kmSeroe Macoco · 5.4 kmJack Evertszberg · 5.5 kmCer'i Domi · 7.1 kmSeru Pret · 7.2 km
Islandyason an island
Curaçao465 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon272627272828282829292828
Afternoon272627272828282829292828
Night262626262727272828282827
Rain (mm)4122101318222726458211764
Rainy days942235768131412
Sun hours/day8.28.78.88.48.28.68.89.08.67.67.27.7
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan272726418.2
Feb262626228.7
Mar272726108.8
Apr272726138.4
May282827188.2
Jun282827228.6
Jul282827278.8
Aug282828269.0
Sep292928458.6
Oct292928827.6
Nov2828281177.2
Dec282827647.7

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (48 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Curacao Hato Caves 0140
ImagePerson · CC BY 4.0
Curacao Hato Caves 0149
ImagePerson · CC BY 4.0
Curaçao - Hato Caves
TerryDOtt · CC BY 2.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020100%25%79%7%0%110%77%51%30%57%66%77%
2021166%173%486%21%19%22%23%102%30%35%16%61%
202223%56%268%98%16%100%119%41%121%70%81%34%
202383%61%25%5%2%78%81%97%0%158%138%147%
202438%29%19%19%222%73%30%31%64%14%25%19%
202562%85%9%21%21%78%49%70%34%71%50%64%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Hato Caves

Curacao

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 48 mEntrance altitude
  • 27 °CInside, all year

Quadiriki Caves

Aruba · 111 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 77 mEntrance altitude
  • 27 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Haiton del Guarataro

Venezuela · 140 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 1,212 mEntrance altitude
  • 22 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Cueva Alfredo Jahn Natural Monument

Venezuela · 348 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 163 mEntrance altitude
  • 26 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q5681711) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit
cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit