Monumento Historico Cueva Maria de La Cruz

Administration Needs to Change

I will be submitting a formal complaint to the municipio of Loiza. This cave is managed by the municipality yet the administration of the cave is unstable, not consistent, does not provide adequate sa...

It wasn't just a cave.....It was immersion into Puerto Rican Folkways

Destination Puerto Rico recommended this trip when our tour to Ponce was cancelled because of the earthquakes. We heard CAVE and small museum, but what we got was an immersion in Puerto Rican history....

Small, but Impressive

The Cueva Maria de La Cruz in Loiza is a natural wonder. This cave can be found in a public park located directly behind a school and off the main road. It is thousands of years old and where remains ...

Small but interesting

Luckily we had a good guide here else it would have been just a rock edifice. We got the story of cave versus cavern. The geology of the area. Natural bee hives in the cave. Writing paper ...

The cave isn't spectacular, but the history is.

The cave sheltered three different Indian tribes native to Puerto Rico and then Africans that escaped slavery. This cave is more of a large open area than a deep cave system. The cave measures 50 mete...