The Real Life 'Hobbit Holes' of Mexico Jill Reilly - Daily Mail UK
go to original March 6, 2013

Climbers at the bottom of the Golondrinas cave. The cave floor which is the size of three football pitches, is covered in millipedes, insects, snakes, and scorpions. (Amy Hinkle/Caters)

A secret garden nestles 300 metres beneath the surface of the Earth at the bottom of Mexico's 'hobbit holes.' The dauntingly deep caves showcases the deepest open air pits in the world.

Photographer Amy Hinkle shot the spectacular images in January while on a week-long expedition to Mexico's atmospheric caves.

The cave's Spanish name Sótano de las Golondrinas means Basement of the Swallows owing to the many birds which live in holes on the cave walls. The cave floor which is the size of three football pitches, is covered in millipedes, insects, snakes, and scorpions.

It is deep enough to fit the Statue of Liberty standing on her own shoulders, the Eiffel tower, or the Chrysler building, according to Atlasobscura.

Ms Hinkle says these huge pits in the Aquismon region in Mexico should only be tackled by the most experienced of cavers.

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