They are located within the orographic group Heights of the Northwest in the center-north of the island of Cuba, two kilometers south-west from the city of Sagua la Grande.
They have great scientific interest due to the enormous concentration of flora and fauna in a relatively reduced area, forming an ecological small island.
The Sabaneque Speleological Group from Sagua la Grande started the production of a cartographic map of the region along with a flora and fauna catalogue of the caverns in the mogotes.
They also discovered giant fisher bat colonies, cave tortoises, blind fishes and crabs, and the American eel Anguilla rostrata.
In Afro-Cuban mythology, the "Mother of Waters" is a half-serpent, half-woman creature that lives in rivers and ponds and sometimes drowns people and cattle in the depths of her realm.
Heading back to the coast he noticed his second in command was missing, maybe lost, but very soon the captain, a very smart guy, understood that the second officer actually stayed behind in order to steal the treasure for himself.
Historically, all the caves have been camping places for runaway slaves during the colonial period and for mambi warriors of the "Sagua Brigade" during the independence war of 1895.