a cave worth getting to know in the world's
second largest urban
forest is known as gruta de eleutério, found along the
estrada
major archer in the circuito das grutas
(cave circuit) - the winding path that
leads to many caves in the
tijuca forest.
gruta de
eleuterio is among several other caves named after the former
slaves of the governor of rio de janeiro. eleuterio was one of
the slaves assigned to implement the major part of the
reforestation process in 1861.