Chapada Diamantina, Bahia
Lapa dos Brejões
Info · exploration
Expeditions only: the sumps are explored by Brazilian cave divers with permission from the owner or the managers; no operator takes visiting divers.
- CertificationFull cave
- SpecialExperienced divers
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The dive
One of Brazil's largest caves: an entrance portal 106 m high on the Jacaré river, passages up to 80 m high and 150 m wide, and two collapsed sinkholes as skylights.
Profile and sections
One of Brazil's largest caves: an entrance portal 106 m high on the Jacaré river, passages up to 80 m high and 150 m wide, and two collapsed sinkholes as skylights. The river sinks 300 m before the entrance, reappears 750 m into the cave and comes out again 300 m outside the entrance.
Lapa dos Brejões I is 8,416 m long, Lapa dos Brejões II 3,975 m. In 2021 the team, with XDEEP's support, made an underwater connection, 'Flavio's Connection', that had been attempted for sixty years; the water there was breathtakingly clear, according to the team.
Practical: information only; visit the cave with a guide from the village.
- Depth and profile
- Depths and lengths of the sumps are not published.
- Configuration
- Expedition dives in river passages with sharp rocks, fine silt and wet clay.
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
Near the village of Gruta dos Brejões (Morro do Chapéu), in the protected area Gruta dos Brejões/Vereda do Romão Gramacho; visitors go with a guide of the community association. The sumps lie in the Jacaré river, which flows through the cave.
Around Lapa dos Brejões
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