Lete Caves
Situated above the Dam of the Lake of Letino, on two parallel plans at
a distance of about 89 meters one from the other, they are of
indescribable beauty, with stalactite and stalagmite games. The upper
gallery wedges itself in the mountain and is characterized by a thick
vegetation and by several small waterfalls of the river plunging
towards the Volturno Valley. The lower gallery has been dug into the
rock by the waters of the river Lete.
The caves are not yet
adequately equipped, and to visit them it is necessary to use ladders
and ropes, and to be led by a guide. The wonderful phenomena of these
karstic cavities, stalactites, stalagmites, potholes, various
concretions, pay for the effort of the adventurous hiker. Among the
fauna of the cavern there is, besides the natural inhabitants of caves
and caverns, a white aquatic crustacean without eyes, and it is rather
frequent to sight a butterfly with phosphorescent eyes.
