World's Longest Undergound River

I read about this yesterday, but didn’t have a chance to post on it. National Geographic is reporting that the worlds longest underground river has been found in Mexico.

Divers exploring caves on the Yucatan Peninsula found a river that flowed 95 miles through underground chambers and caverns in the region. A team of explorers has been marking the caves for several years now and managed to find a link between two very large limestone cave systems in the Yucatan. The river winds through those gaves in a maze of tunnels with hundreds of twists and turns.

Am I the only one, upon reading about this discovery, who immediately thought “Damn, that would be fun to kayak”? Obviously much of it is completely submerged, but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t give it a try! 🙂

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Kraig is an outdoor and adventure travel writer based in Nashville, TN. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous online and print outlets, including Popular Mechanics, Gear Junkie, Outside Online, National Geographic, Digital Trends, Business Insider, TripSavvy, about.com, and of course The Adventure Blog.